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Microsoft desktop operating system launched in 2015 and succeeded by Windows 11; its standard support ended in late 2025.
Microsoft released KB5126657 for Windows 10 ESU and LTSC systems, carrying fixes from an October Patch Tuesday that covered 1,411 vulnerabilities. BleepingComputer says one was an actively exploited zero-day. We'd shorten the test ring on enrolled fleets.
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Microsoft charges business customers $122 per device for year-two Windows 10 security updates, double the $61 it charged in year one. Statcounter puts Windows 10 at 27.8% of Windows PCs, without splitting business from consumer machines.
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Microsoft says Windows devices on unsupported versions will lose all Windows Update access when update certificates expire on May 17 and June 19, 2027. Every supported release below Windows 11 25H2, servers included, needs a specific monthly update installed first to stay connected.
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IT advisers told ITPro the fixed PC refresh cycle is splitting by device and user role, while IDC projects a 20% year-on-year fall in PC sales. The one large fleet in the reporting stretched its cycle from three years to four, so the evidence so far points to a longer calendar with exceptions.
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Microsoft's release health note says RDP connections can fail after several minutes and servers can hang at the Remote Desktop Configuration screen. Group Policy mitigations cover ten build families while a permanent fix is still in work.
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The September 2026 security updates left File History unable to create or update backups on Windows 10 21H2 and later and Windows 11 23H2 and later. The fix ships in an optional preview update; machines on mandatory updates wait until October 13.
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TrendForce still has DRAM contract prices climbing 13% to 18% this quarter while supplier inventories sit at historic lows, which makes the slowdown a limit on what PC and phone buyers can pay rather than relief for anyone's hardware budget.
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China's Ministry of State Security told state-linked entities to uninstall a customised Windows 10 ahead of schedule, Bloomberg reported. Microsoft says it is aware of no security incident.
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