Windows 10 End Of Support
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Steam Sets January 2026 Deadline: 32-Bit Windows Support Ends, 0.01% of Players Affected
Valve has confirmed that the Steam client will stop receiving updates on 32-bit versions of Windows starting January 1, 2026, according to a report from Twisted Voxel citing the company. The move...
Windows 10’s October Death Sends Companies Scrambling for New PCs—Even as Overall Shipments Slip
U.S. PC shipments slid 1.4% year over year in the second quarter of 2025 to about 18.6 million units, according to new data from Canalys. But beneath that small decline, a powerful force is reshaping...
Apple Mac Shipments Leap 15.5% as Businesses Weigh Windows 10 Deadline and AI Needs
Apple’s Mac business in the United States grew 15.5 percent year-over-year in the second quarter, according to Canalys data analyzed by Computerworld — a surge that made it the fastest-growing PC...
Windows 10 Support Ends in 5 Months: Australia's Upgrade Path Is Splitting Between Sprint and Stall
Australia’s IT partners are racing against an immovable deadline: October 14, 2025. That’s when Microsoft will stop releasing free security updates for Windows 10, leaving millions of PCs...
Windows 10 Support Ends October 14: How to Prepare, Upgrade, or Extend Your PC’s Life
On October 14, 2025, Microsoft will stop issuing security updates for Windows 10. That means millions of PCs still running the decade-old operating system will no longer receive routine patches,...
Consumer Reports Demands Free Windows 10 Security Updates Beyond October 2025 — Here’s What It Means for You
On October 14, 2025, Microsoft will stop issuing free security patches for Windows 10. Consumer Reports is now pushing for that deadline to be meaningless for the millions of people who can’t or...
After Windows 10 Dooms 400 Million PCs, EU Urged to Mandate 15-Year Software Updates
On October 14, 2025, Microsoft will cut off free security updates for Windows 10. An estimated 400 million functional PCs worldwide cannot upgrade to Windows 11, a cliff-edge that has crystallised a...
WVU Orders Immediate Network Removal of All Windows 10 PCs by Oct. 1, 2025
West Virginia University will forcibly disconnect every managed computer still running Windows 10 from its campus network on October 1, 2025—a strict enforcement move that arrives two weeks before...
Surface Hub v1 Faces Hard October 14 Deadline as Microsoft Blocks ESU for Windows 10 Team
In a stark advisory that has sent IT and AV teams scrambling, Microsoft has confirmed that Surface Hub v1 devices running Windows 10 Team edition will lose all support and Teams functionality on...
Windows 10 Support Ends October 2025: SMBs Face a Stark Choice Between Proactive Migration and Costly Chaos
Microsoft will pull the plug on free Windows 10 security updates, bug fixes, and technical support on October 14, 2025. That date is not a suggestion or a marketing scare tactic. It is a hard,...
Windows 10 Support Ends October 2025: BPO Industry's Migration Crisis Deepens
Less than six months before Microsoft retires security support for Windows 10, business process outsourcing (BPO) firms are staring down an operational emergency. On October 14, 2025, the company...
Windows 10's End-of-Life Pushes Users to Ubuntu, Exposing 4 Critical Missing Features
When Microsoft ends support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, millions of users will face a choice: upgrade to Windows 11 or flee to Linux. For those choosing Ubuntu, the transition reveals four...