Microsoft ended Windows 10 support on Oct. 14, 2025, putting millions of computers at potential risk. This was a major disappointment for many people — myself included — who wanted to keep using older ...

At the beginning of 2025, Microsoft announced plans to end support for Microsoft 365 apps on Windows 10 at the same time as the operating system itself: Oct. 14, 2025. This meant that after this date, ...

Microsoft officially ended support for Windows 10 on Tuesday, closing a decade-long chapter for one of the company's most widely deployed operating systems. The end of support means no new security ...

Windows 10 is getting extended support through to October 2027 That's an extra year on the original deadline, although Microsoft didn't formally announce the extension It gives those who were worrying ...

It has been difficult to escape the fact Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10 later this year -- on October 14 to be precise. The company has made much of issuing reminders about this date as ...

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, ...

Microsoft Extends Free Windows 10 Support Until 2026—But Is It the Right Move? The timing is ironic. In the same week, Windows 11 finally gained momentum. For the first time, it matched Windows 10’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about cybersecurity, surveillance and privacy. Microsoft knows “many millions of users will not buy new devices ...

Microsoft is ending Windows 10 support for most users on October 14, 2025 and the company has been urging users to upgrade to Windows 11. But in what seems to be a tacit acknowledgment that a lot of ...

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Microsoft says that installing the October 2025 updates may trigger incorrect end-of-support warnings on Windows 10 systems with active security coverage or still under active support. This bug ...