Windows users are, understandably, given the size of the operating system market share, a prime target for attackers of all kinds, from nation-state espionage actors to hackers and scammers. Windows ...

Microsoft is offering Windows 10 users another year of free security updates – but only if they’re willing to back up their settings to the cloud. Windows 10 support is due to end in October, ...

Windows 10 PCs can receive free security updates until October 2026. To qualify for free personal updates, enroll with a Microsoft account. Customers in any of the 30 EEA countries automatically ...

Last fall, Microsoft announced that individuals who wanted to keep using Windows 10 past its official end-of-support date could do so by opting into the company’s Extended Security Update (ESU) ...

For more than seven years, it's been one of the worst-kept secrets in personal computing. Officially, Microsoft's free upgrade offer ended in 2016, but no one in Redmond bothered to reset the ...

Microsoft has given the official go-ahead for users who want to register for Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU). Those who are still on Windows 10 but don’t want to upgrade to Windows 11 yet ...

Consumers will have to turn on Windows Backup if they want a year of free Windows 10 security updates. Consumers will have to turn on Windows Backup if they want a year of free Windows 10 security ...