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 ...

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 ...

That stubborn Windows 10 holdout number divides between those with PCs eligible to upgrade and those that aren’t. There are hundreds of millions of users in each of those camps. One question regularly ...

At the beginning of 2025, Microsoft announced plans to end support for Microsoft 365 apps on Windows 10 at the same time as the operating system itself: Oct. 14, 2025. This meant that after this date, ...

Windows 11 has been on the market for almost four years now, but PC users have been slow to upgrade. As of January 2025, more than 60 percent of all desktop computers were still relying on Windows 10, ...

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 ...

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 ...

CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR BRIAN ROCHE EXPLAINS. AS WE’VE TOLD YOU BEFORE, MICROSOFT ENDED ALL SUPPORT AND TECHNICAL UPDATES FOR WINDOWS 10 ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15TH. THAT MEANS NO SOFTWARE UPDATES, ...

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2019 file photo, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella talks during a company event in New York. Nadella said in June 2020 that the tech company would double the number of Black and ...

Microsoft has issued an urgent warning to hundreds of millions of Windows 10 users, emphasizing the need to update their devices ahead of the operating system’s end-of-support deadline. This cessation ...