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Microsoft is done with major Windows 10 updates
Verge ^ | By Jay Peters Apr 27, 2023, 2:41 PM CDT|

Posted on 04/27/2023 1:04:18 PM PDT by Red Badger

Windows 10 22H2 will be the final version of the operating system, Microsoft said in a blog post on Thursday. Moving forward, all editions of Windows 10 will be supported with monthly security updates until October 14th, 2025, when Microsoft will end support. (Some releases on the Long-Term Servicing Channel, or LTSC, will get updates past that end of support date.)

Microsoft is encouraging users to now transition to Windows 11 because Windows 10 won’t be getting any new features.

Now that Windows 11 has been out for more than a year and a half, it’s not too surprising that the company is starting to wind things down for Windows 10, an operating system that first launched in 2015. The company took a step toward moving on when it stopped selling Windows 10 downloads in January, and now, we know when support for Windows 10 will officially end.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Society
KEYWORDS: microsoft; operatingsystem; updates; windows; windows10; windows11; windows12; windowsxp
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To: Skywise

Windows 11 is almost as bad as Vista. Can’t stand it. Will stay on Win 10 as long as I can.


41 posted on 04/27/2023 2:39:59 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Skywise

Been running W7 Home Premium with no problems. I like it.


42 posted on 04/27/2023 2:48:47 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Hold on tight to your dream)
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To: Red Badger

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43 posted on 04/27/2023 2:51:13 PM PDT by gattaca (Either you will control your government, or government will control you. Ronald Reagan)
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To: GingisK

Yeah I have a quad core intel processor that is pretty fast. Computer would boot up in 30 seconds from original windows 10 install. As they put out updates it now takes several minutes to boot up. But the computer is fast after that.

The CPU falls just short of windows 11 requirements. And they want to force me to replace it. NO way. Bad for the environment I say. How they get you is when the software companies stop supporting a version windows, and it is a kind software you need. Like tax programs.


44 posted on 04/27/2023 2:58:10 PM PDT by Revel
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To: rarestia

Hint... It is windows 10 that is the problem. They corrupt their own software whenever they do updates. The result is different depending on your hardware.


45 posted on 04/27/2023 3:01:36 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Luke21
“Except for that fact that 80% of the PCs running windows 10 CANNOT upgrade to Windows 11.”

My computer is three years old and I can’t.


There are some pretty simple ways to bypass the checking and install Win11. Done it many times now.
46 posted on 04/27/2023 3:01:38 PM PDT by BikerJoe
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To: SkyDancer

I was really unhappy when I finally had to leave XP. Windows 10 has been a pain ever since I “upgraded”.


47 posted on 04/27/2023 3:06:13 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: mikelets456

StackSocial is also currently offering Win11 Pro, which can be installed and activated on three different computers, for $40.
Offer expires May 2.


48 posted on 04/27/2023 3:07:19 PM PDT by AF_Blue (My decision-making skills closely resemble those of a squirrel when crossing a road)
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To: Red Badger

“It takes mine 30 seconds...................”

Mine as well !


49 posted on 04/27/2023 3:08:57 PM PDT by sushiman
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To: Red Badger; Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; AppyPappy; arnoldc1; ...
Windows 10/11 Update... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

Thanks to Red badger for the ping!

50 posted on 04/27/2023 3:15:29 PM PDT by dayglored (Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords! Arthur Pendragon in 2024)
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To: Red Badger

>> all editions of Windows 10 will be supported with monthly security updates until October 14th, 2025,

Been mulling over when to retire... 12/12/25 looks attractive! 😆


51 posted on 04/27/2023 3:17:09 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Truth is not hate speech.)
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To: George from New England
> My son showed me ‘wine’ for linux It emulates Windows

Well, good that you know about WINE. But it doesn't "emulate" Windows. In fact "WINE" stands for "WINE Is Not an Emulator".

It is just a set of software modules that allow Windows programs to run on Linux. It doesn't replace Linux, and it doesn't add Windows. It just gives the Windows program you want to run, the false impression that it's running in a Windows host instead of a Linux host.

WINE was developed so that Windows games could be run without paying for Windows. Over the years it has expanded and improved considerably, but it's still somewhat of a crap-shoot with regard to running Windows programs that it hasn't specifically been tested and tuned with.

That said, it's a great utility.

52 posted on 04/27/2023 3:22:51 PM PDT by dayglored (Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords! Arthur Pendragon in 2024)
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To: Red Badger; GingisK

My 2009 HP Desktop running Win-7 Pro x64, boots up nicely in ~40secs.


53 posted on 04/27/2023 3:23:45 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: GingisK

I have to use it at work and yeah, I dislike it very much.


54 posted on 04/27/2023 3:26:14 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Hold on tight to your dream)
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To: Red Badger
Microsoft is done with major Windows 10 updates

Hey, I have something in common with Microshaft!

55 posted on 04/27/2023 3:35:51 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Red Badger

You will rent our new software for $99/year or we’ll waste even more of your time.


56 posted on 04/27/2023 3:38:17 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: T.B. Yoits
Codenamed "Next Valley"

They misspelled 'ditch'.

57 posted on 04/27/2023 3:39:35 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Red Badger

Once I no longer needed to have compatibility for work stuff and mostly do internet I got an IMAC, very sleek, very fast, and absolutely silent.


58 posted on 04/27/2023 3:40:31 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: GingisK

Mine boots in under 20 seconds. I suggest you have something else bogging down your system. I built my computer in 2015 and have only upgraded the hard drive when the original one croaked last year. I put in an M.2 drive which seems much faster than the old mechanical disks.


59 posted on 04/27/2023 3:40:36 PM PDT by Poser (Cogito ergo Spam - I think, therefore I ham)
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To: unixfox

“Will stay on Win 10 as long as I can.”
I’m using Win 8.1 and my system is running just fine. Just do basic text processing, Email, browse with Edge. Can’t upgrade to win 10 or 11, PC powerful enough. So, I will stay put.


60 posted on 04/27/2023 4:07:07 PM PDT by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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