Microsoft has confirmed that paying $30 to enroll a Windows 10 PC into the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program will also require a Microsoft Account to complete the transaction. The good news is ...

Windows 10 reached its end of support yesterday (October 14, 2025). From today, Windows 10 PCs will no longer receive any technical assistance, feature updates, or security updates from Microsoft.

Microsoft pulled the plug on Windows 10 support last October. The software, which debuted in 2015, is no longer getting ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Geek Note: Sorry readers — no Q&A this week. Just like letters or Christmas cards, you have to write ‘em to get ‘em, and ...

Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) is a paid subscription that provides security patches now that mainstream support of Windows 10 has ended. Free security updates and technical support are no ...

Enterprises must still pay up to $244 per device annually, as Microsoft nudges businesses toward Windows 11 and its cloud ecosystem. Microsoft’s latest Windows 10 Extended Security Updates ...

Just a couple of weeks ahead of the end of Windows 10 support, Microsoft made a rather unexpected move and dropped all the requirements for enrolling devices in the Extended Security Updates program, ...

According to a report from Windows Latest though, Microsoft may be making a change that makes it that bit more difficult to ...

TL;DR: Windows 10 celebrated its 10th anniversary on July 29, with Microsoft announcing end of support on October 14, 2025. Users must upgrade to Windows 11 or purchase Extended Security Updates to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. If you are running Windows 10 on your PC, then you have just two ...

Windows 11 has been on the market for almost four years now, but PC users have been slow to upgrade. As of January 2025, more than 60 percent of all desktop computers were still relying on Windows 10, ...