Stay secure with Windows 11, Copilot+ PCs and Windows 365 before support ends for Windows 10
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When we launched Windows in 1985, we set out to revolutionize computing—guided by the belief that technology should be accessible, intuitive and powerful for everyone. Nearly 40 years later, that same vision continues to drive us forward. Today, Wi

An enrollment wizard will be available through notifications and in Settings, making it easy to enroll in ESU directly from your personal Windows 10 PC. Through the enrollment wizard, you’ll be able to choose from three options:

  • Use Windows Backup to sync your settings to the cloud—at no additional cost…
  • Redeem 1,000 Microsoft Rewards points
  • Pay $30 USD (local pricing may vary).

Once you select an option and follow the on-screen steps, your PC will automatically be enrolled. ESU coverage for personal devices runs from Oct. 15, 2025, through Oct. 13, 2026. Starting today, the enrollment wizard is available in the Windows Insider Program and will begin rolling out as an option to Windows 10 customers in July, with broad availability expected by mid-August

  • Cyberwolf@feddit.orgEnglish
    30·
    2 hours ago

    I just wish to compliment Microsoft on them accurately prophesying that Windows 10 would be my last windows.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    16 hours ago

    Getting a discount to hand over your data into their cloud so they can train their AIs on it? And hold you hostage in case you dare to switch the OS?

  • reddig33@lemmy.worldEnglish
    55·
    1 day ago

    Holding security updates hostage is a sicko business strategy. I hope the EU sues them for it.

  • blargh513@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    13·
    21 hours ago

    This stinks of their enterprise practices. They are masters of creating extremely confusing plans for pricing that involve bundling, discounts for various combinations, etc. In the end, you get a fat ass bill at the end of every month. When you ask them to explain it, they will say that this component was generated by one team, another by a different…

    You will never get a straight answer and if you do, it will take weeks. By then you have another bill and you get to start all over.

    I am so over Microsoft and their bullshit. I don’t use any of their shit at home and I actively remove anything I can of theirs at work. Punting Defender out of our environment was my best day ever.

    • bassomitron@lemmy.worldEnglish
      23·
      19 hours ago

      So all your users are working on Macs or Linux? That’s an impressive accomplishment for an enterprise scale work environment.

      • atticus88th@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        19 hours ago

        It was easier for our 500+ employees when our CFO pointed out that its either switch to Linux and have a learning curve or see some of your coworkers, maybe even yourself be laid off. We actually saved so much money dumping Microsoft products that we were able to hire tech ambassadors to help the older folks get setup with the new software.

        • wrekone@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          6·
          18 hours ago

          I love this so much. We use Macs at work but there’s absolutely no reason we couldn’t just use Linux. 60% (guestimated) of the work, across all departments, is done through the browser and the other 40% is software development. I’d much rather have more smart people around than a $2000 locked down laptop.

    • DarthFreyr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 hours ago

      “Till” is completely valid synonym of until. “'Til” is an informal contraction (and was probably meant to be the actual word “till”). If you’re gonna be aggressively prescriptive, at least pick an actual battlefield instead of attacking innocent folks.

  • Libra00@lemmy.mlEnglish
    371·
    1 day ago

    Yeah, Microsoft came to bargain, but I came to flip 'em the bird cause I already switched to linux.

  • CatZoomies@lemmy.worldEnglish
    231·
    1 day ago

    I switched to Linux last year. I’m just a teacher but I’ve got pretty good techy skills having grown up in the late 80s with computers. Switching to Linux gave me some small problems at first, but everything works just fine for me. My husband’s been pretty curious seeing me have fun with it and mess around on my computer more. Maybe I’ll get him to switch one day too! 🙃

  • Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    11·
    1 day ago
    • Reads this on his iOS phone
    • While playing modern games on fedora workstation 42
    • While all my backups and containers run on a synology nas
    • with a literal blank 2nd hard drive that used to have windows 10 on it but now has nothing
    • while his computer illiterate wife uses her hp laptop just fine with linux

    Ya… Go f yourself Microsoft. You used to be the cool kid in town. Now you’re trash.

    • Quazatron@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      14 hours ago

      I’m sorry to disagree. I’ve been using Microsoft crap since the days where you had to free up memory in config.sys to load Novell Netware drivers, and never has Microsoft been the cool kid in town. It was always the fat bastard bully kid that would beat and extort the other kids.