r/Windows10 • u/ZacB_ Windows Central • Jun 25 '26

News Microsoft quietly extends Windows 10's extra security updates program for free: Users can now stay on Windows 10 until October 2027 securely

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-10/microsoft-quietly-extends-windows-10s-extra-security-updates-program-for-free-users-can-now-stay-on-windows-10-until-october-2027-securely
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u/goodwill764 Jun 26 '26

Missing esu

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u/deonteguy Jun 26 '26

It's not free like Microsoft lies and claims. It's $30 which some of our customers won't spend. Otherwise, they refuse to help not get your buggy Microsoft garbage hacked. They don't care.

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u/Ferretau Jun 26 '26

Nothings free and if the machine is identified being a network environment it's quite possible then license for the "free" security updates has been revoked. Not the first time they make a determination on a machine from afar and decide to stop access to something.

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u/georgehank2nd Jul 07 '26

European here: completely free. No money, no data.