Have you decided what to do with your Windows 10 PCs when they reach their official end-of-support date Oct 14th?
I know some people who are convinced that Microsoft will back down at the last minute and extend that deadline. Take this prediction to the bank: That's not gonna happen. Or keep paying for extensions at 20 bucks a year with a microsoft acct.
The end date is right there on the Microsoft Support document that lists "products retiring or reaching the end of support in 2025."
The schedule is defined by Microsoft's Modern Lifecycle Policy, which is documented on the Microsoft Lifecycle page: "Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025. The current version, 22H2, will be the final version of Windows 10, and all editions will remain in support with monthly security update releases through that date." In a separate support article, Microsoft reiterates that as of October 14, 2025, it will no longer provide technical support or security and reliability fixes for PCs running Windows 10.
When a Windows version reaches its end-of-support date, the software keeps working, but the update channel grinds to a halt:
[There] will be no new security updates, non-security updates, or assisted support. Customers are encouraged to migrate to the latest version of the product or service. Paid programs may be available for applicable products.
That part in the middle sounds encouraging, doesn't it? "Customers are encouraged to migrate to the latest version of the product or service." Unfortunately, that's not a supported option for customers running Windows 10 on hardware that doesn't meet the stringent hardware compatibility requirements of Windows 11. If you try to upgrade one of those PCs to Windows 11, you'll encounter an error message.
****I can help on this, and install either Windows 11 on PCs that say they wont update, or put Linux on them****
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