Windows 11 passed Windows 10 in global desktop market share. Now, the newer operating system is on pace to lose its top spot to its predecessor. Whether it gets that bad for Windows 11's market share ...

On October 14, 2025, Microsoft officially ended support for Windows 10. Although they gave users ample time to switch to Windows 11, millions still rely on Windows 10 and cannot upgrade to the new OS ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: Even before the cutoff date for end of support for Win10, when I go to update and security it tells me ...

From October 14, 2025, Microsoft is no longer supporting Windows 10 with new features, troubleshooting aids, or security updates. That's because Microsoft follows a ten-year lifecycle support policy ...

It didn’t take long for some IT leaders who last month started paying to get Windows 10 security updates to face their first support problem. Microsoft said the update issued last week on November ...

The first major update is here for Windows 10 PCs with ESU. The update fixes a couple of bugs that affected ESU registrations. The update also patches 66 security flaws for Windows 11 and 10 with ESU.

Officially, Windows 10 died last month, a little over a decade after its initial release. But the old operating system’s enduring popularity has prompted Microsoft to promise between one and three ...

Microsoft has suddenly issued a just-in-time update for Windows 10 users hit by an awkward failure that has stopped “essential security updates” installing on their PCs. There was no warning this ...

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

Microsoft has released an emergency out-of-band update to address a known issue preventing Windows 10 users from enrolling in the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program. "This update addresses an ...

Microsoft's blog recently gave a firm warning: unsupported systems aren't just outdated, they're unprotected. That message targets anyone still using Windows 10, and it's serious. In Microsoft's ...

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 ...