{"id":237619,"date":"2026-06-25T20:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T20:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/microsoft-adds-another-year-to-windows-10-extended-update-program\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T20:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T20:24:09","slug":"microsoft-adds-another-year-to-windows-10-extended-update-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/microsoft-adds-another-year-to-windows-10-extended-update-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft adds another year to Windows 10 extended update program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/10\/windows-10-support-ends-today-but-its-just-the-first-of-many-deaths\/\">ended official support<\/a> for Windows 10 in 2025, but the company may have a harder time than expected putting the operating system out to pasture. After promising a year of optional extended update support, Microsoft has changed its policy, tacking on another year to its Extended Security Updates (ESU) program. If you are still clinging to Windows 10, you don&#8217;t have to do anything but enjoy that extra year.<\/p>\n<p>The last regular updates rolled out to Windows 10 in October of last year, but the Internet can be a dangerous place for unpatched Windows machines. That was a problem for Microsoft, as Windows 11 usage had only barely surpassed Windows 10 when support ended. Microsoft&#8217;s solution was to give everyone on the old OS a free year of extended updates.<\/p>\n<p>That program was set to end on October 12, 2026, but Microsoft has updated its policy with hardly a whisper, pushing back the end of extended updates to October 12, 2027. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/extended-security-updates#cw\">ESU support page<\/a> was updated with that date, and Microsoft&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windowsexperience\/2025\/06\/24\/stay-secure-with-windows-11-copilot-pcs-and-windows-365-before-support-ends-for-windows-10\">blog post on the program<\/a> has a new editor&#8217;s note confirming the change.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/06\/microsoft-adds-another-year-to-windows-10-extended-update-program\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/06\/microsoft-adds-another-year-to-windows-10-extended-update-program\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft ended official support for Windows 10 in 2025, but the company may have a harder time than expected putting the operating system out to pasture. 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