Microsoft extends extended updates for Windows 10 in the most muted way imaginable
Consumer users of Windows 10 could acquire an extra year of patches any time up to October 13, 2026. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/c'); }); Microsoft hasn’t explained why it’s extended the offer but it’s not hard to guess why: millions of users continue to use the OS – HP says 30 percent of its customers haven’t moved. MORE CONTEXT Windows 11 turns five, leaving some important lessons for Microsoft Windows devs rerolled old code to save precious bytes Yes!
- ▪Consumer users of Windows 10 could acquire an extra year of patches any time up to October 13, 2026.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/c'); }); Microsoft hasn’t explained why it’s extended the offer but it’s not hard to guess why: millions of users continue to use the OS – HP says 30
- ▪MORE CONTEXT Windows 11 turns five, leaving some important lessons for Microsoft Windows devs rerolled old code to save precious bytes Yes!
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