You have until Oct. 14 to act so make sure you do your prep work now. To give its users more time to upgrade their software and hardware to Windows 11, Microsoft has ...

As of October 14, your Windows 10 PC has reached end of life (EOL.) Microsoft is ending mainstream support for Windows 10 after a decade on the market, and is encouraging all users to switch to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about cybersecurity, surveillance and privacy. This update mistake has finally been fixed. Updated on Nov. 5 ...

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, ...

Microsoft says the October 2025 Windows security updates are causing smart card authentication and certificate issues due to a change designed to strengthen the Windows Cryptographic Services. This ...

Some Windows users are in a quandary. Since Windows 10 ceased to receive support from Oct. 14, the only way to avoid moving to Windows 11 (if the hardware allowed), was to sign up to Extended Security ...

In a rather unexpected move, Microsoft dropped the Microsoft Account requirement for the Extended Security Updates program for Windows 10, but there is one "but." Just a couple of weeks ahead of the ...

I am suspecting they got wind of some catastrophic level exploit in the wind and instead half-assing long term support with registration. They'd get worse PR blowback if they just gatekept it. At some ...