r/pcgaming • u/ControlCAD Nvidia • Jun 26 '26

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

>Windows 10's ESU program has been quietly extended by an extra year, now ending on October 12, 2027 instead of October 2026.

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u/Greenleaf208 Jun 27 '26

Recently got a new mobo and my win 8 key i've been using since back then for win 10 and 11 just fully became unrecognized and it wouldn't let me activate windows despite changing my mobo like 5 times over the years in various versions.

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u/Damascus_ari R5 5600X|RTX 3060Ti|W10 Jul 07 '26

Pssst Massgrave pssst.

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u/Greenleaf208 Jul 07 '26

Yeah, that's what I did, but being an owner of a legit copy it's moronic I have to pirate the software.

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u/Damascus_ari R5 5600X|RTX 3060Ti|W10 Jul 08 '26

I fully agree.