Windows 10 end of support is less than three months away. After 14th October 2025 Windows 10 will no longer receive updates for: feature updates quality updates bug fixes security updates If you are using Windows Defender antivirus on a Windows 10 computer then carry on. You will continue to receive antivirus signature updates (definitions …
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Windows 10 End of Support – ESU pricing
Microsoft will not support Windows 10 or provide updates after October 14th 2025 Windows 10 End Of Support does not mean that Windows 10 will stop working. However, although Windows 10 will continue to function after that date, the lack of updates (including security updates) will make it more and more vulnerable, as time goes …
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Windows 10 end of life. Your options
The Windows 10 end of life is 14/10/2025 In an earlier blog on Windows 10 end of life, I concentrated on the pros and cons of updating to Windows 11 if you can. But what if you can’t? Windows 10, once hailed as “the last version of Windows,” is approaching its end-of-life on October 14, 2025. …
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Microsoft Bitlocker
Bitlocker improves security but can complicate things A password or PIN normally protects the contents of your Windows computer from prying eyes. But what happens if someone removes the hard drive (or SSD) from your computer and attaches it via USB to another computer? In the past, it has been trivially easy to access the …
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“Let’s finish setting up your device”
If you have a Windows 10 or 11 computer then this unwanted interruption has probably hassled you several times in recent months Microsoft’s screen that sometimes pops up with the exhortation “let’s finish setting up your device” is un-necessary and somewhat misleading. Maybe I am naive for thinking that no company with whom we deal …
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Upgrade to Windows 11?
Windows 10 is nearing “end of life” What if your computer will not run Windows 11? The main reason probably lies in a piece of hardware that your computer lacks. It is called Trusted Platform Module: level 2.0. If your computer lacks this then it is likely to be at least five years old and …
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