Don't want to fork over $30 to keep receiving Windows 10 security updates? Microsoft offers a couple of ways to avoid the fee, but customers in Europe get the best deal.

With the first Patch Tuesday following Windows 10's end of support approaching next week, users who continue to run the operating system should enroll in the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program to ...

Expect Sloppy Updates? On the eve of its Ignite conference, Microsoft has managed to break the first Extended Security Update ...

Microsoft has released an emergency Windows 10 KB5072653 out-of-band update to resolve ongoing issues with installing the ...

If you do enroll your PC in the ESU program, it only gets you security patches until October of 2026. Businesses, schools, ...

End of support? Not quite Microsoft released an emergency out-of-band update on November 11 to fix a malfunctioning ...

Windows 10 KB5071959 is an out-of-band update rolling out to all PCs that are not part of Extended Security Updates (ESU).

TL;DR: Microsoft will end Windows 10 support next month but offers a one-year extended security update plan requiring payment or cloud syncing. However, European Economic Area users can access these ...

Although Microsoft's July 29 deadline has expired, there's an easy way to get Windows 10 gratis -- provided you don't mind a little white internet lie. Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and ...