Microsoft it is an absolute point of reference when it comes to PCs and the operating systems that power them. We are obviously talking about Windows, the operating system that we find on millions of PCs and notebooks all over the world.
The latest generation of the operating system is Windows 11, which we now know well and which has already received several important updates, such as the one brought by Copilot. But the predecessor Windows 10 still enjoys a moderate success among users.
In fact, Windows 10 is currently running used still from a good number of devices around the world. The reasons can be different: some are fond of it and do not see the need to switch to Windows 11, others have devices that do not officially support Windows 11, while still others have company devices which must necessarily run on Windows 10.
And perhaps also for this reason Microsoft has just announced a important change regarding its update policies for Windows 10. These are policies that affect the software updates beyond the deadline of the support period.
For Windows 10 this deadline has been set at October 14, 2025.
Following the logic, no updates should arrive beyond the support period. Microsoft has always allowed companies to sign up for support programsdefined Extended Support Update, to receive security updates even after support expires. This is precisely to support companies that need to keep their devices running on a specific, perhaps even obsolete, version of its operating system.
The news is that now Microsoft will also allow private users to subscribe to these programs, in order to receive security updates for Windows 10 even after October 2025. It is therefore for all intents and purposes paid updates for Windows 10. Microsoft specifies that this will be the case security updates only, which will not include new software. In the future it should also communicate what the prices of such subscriptions will be.
The novelty seems enough to us relevantand confirms the sustained diffusion that still occurs today for Windows 10, even among private users.
This comes together with the news from a few days ago that Copilot should also arrive on Windows 10.
