Microsoft’s decision to end support for Windows 10 has turned a routine product sunset into a global infrastructure problem.

For more than a decade, Windows 10 has been the familiar digital workspace for millions. It’s the operating system you trust when you hit “save,” the one you boot up every morning for work, school, or ...

Microsoft officially ended support for Windows 10 in October 2025, bringing a decade of the operating system to a close. Although PCs with the software installed will continue to function, without the ...

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 ...

Bowing to user backlash, Microsoft eventually relented and implemented a one-year Windows 10 support-extension. But lifelines ...

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

Windows 10 can still receive security-only updates after end of support through Extended Security Updates (ESU). If your PC ...

There’s now less than six months until Microsoft plans to kill support for Windows 10. There’s just one major problem: it’s still the world’s most used desktop operating system. Microsoft plans to end ...

Microsoft says Windows 10 home users who want to delay switching to Windows 11 can enroll in the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program at no additional cost using Microsoft Rewards points or ...