Windows 10 Has Gone End Of Life – Or Has It…

Windows 10 Has Gone End Of Life – Or Has It…

You may, or may not, be aware that support for Windows 10 has run out, on 14th October 2025 Microsoft formally stopped issuing updates for Windows 10 and strongly encouraged people to move to Windows 11. The issue here, for me, is that many computers currently running Windows 10 are more than capable of running Windows 11, however it seems that this option is not available unless you’re lucky enough to have very recent hardware inside your computer.

As I’ve reassured you all before, nothing dramatic will happen once your computer has support removed, it will still continue to work exactly as it has done, but you will not be able to download the security updates to keep it up to date and secure. This means that you should “think” about upgrading to Windows 11 and in most instances, this means buying a new computer unfortunately.

There is now, however, another option that could put off that decision for another year, Microsoft have enabled an option to extend support for Windows 10 until 14/10/26 and you’ll be pleased to hear it’s easy to get your computer enrolled into this extended support.

Your computer needs to have a Microsoft account configured (presumably so the lovely people at Microsoft can try to sell you their products directly) and you need to visit the settings > Windows Update and look for a section titled “Enrol in Extended Security Updates”, just under this section you will see an “Enrol now” option, if you click this, you’ll be taken through a short process to enrol your computer and allow it to receive security updates for a further year.

If you’d like to read more about this programme and what the requirements are then there is additional information available here – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/extended-security-updates?r=1