Stay secure with Windows 11, Copilot+ PCs and Windows 365 before support ends for Windows 10
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An enrollment wizard will be available through notifications and in Settings, making it easy to enroll in ESU directly from your personal Windows 10 PC. Through the enrollment wizard, you’ll be able to choose from three options:

  • Use Windows Backup to sync your settings to the cloud—at no additional cost…
  • Redeem 1,000 Microsoft Rewards points
  • Pay $30 USD (local pricing may vary).

Once you select an option and follow the on-screen steps, your PC will automatically be enrolled. ESU coverage for personal devices runs from Oct. 15, 2025, through Oct. 13, 2026. Starting today, the enrollment wizard is available in the Windows Insider Program and will begin rolling out as an option to Windows 10 customers in July, with broad availability expected by mid-August

  • bassomitron@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    8 小时前

    They never said Win 10 would be the last ever. That was an off-handed comment made by one of the developers during an interview that the media spread as an official Microsoft statement, which it wasn’t.

    And yes, MS said the EOL was October 2025, but anyone that’s familiar with any of Microsoft’s previous software sunsets know that they always offer paid extended support. For example, Windows Server 2012R2 was sunset in what, 2023sh? But they offer paid extended support up to sometime in 2026.

    • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubEnglish
      1·
      1 分钟前

      If we want to get even more pedantic (which I thoroughly enjoy lol), we can even point out that Nixon used the phrase “last version of windows” to mean the “latest version” or “the last version to have been released to date”.

      This is in a similar grammatical sense as staying “last week” or “last Wednesday”. Last week wasn’t the last week to have ever existed. Last Wednesday wasn’t the last Wednesday to have ever existed, either. And windows 10 wasn’t the last windows version to ever be released… it was just the latest (or, “last”) version as of the time Nixon said it.