Youtube channel Britec is reporting today that if your Windows 10 machine isn't enrolled in Extended Security Updates, the Pause Updates for 7 Days button will now be greyed out and the feature ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: Even before the cutoff date for end of support for Win10, when I go to update and security it tells me ...

Windows 10 update KB5068781 from November 11th, 2025 was the dream of all Windows 10 users. As the first ESU update, it’s meant to keep Windows 10 PCs protected from malware and hacker attacks even ...

Microsoft has recently issued a critical update to rectify Windows 10 enrollment issues for extended security updates. This move resolves a problem that previously prevented eligible devices from ...

As usual, Microsoft has fixed numerous security vulnerabilities in Windows 10 and Windows 11 with the big November patch this week. But this is the first big month forward for Windows 10 users, who ...

Windows 10 users sticking with the older operating system have one remaining lifeline for security updates: ESU, Microsoft’s Extended Security Updates program. It’s designed for systems that can’t ...

Support for Windows 10 officially ended October 14th, and since then most users should have already received Extended Security Updates (ESU) if they registered for them. However, for some, the ESU ...

The first major update is here for Windows 10 PCs with ESU. The update fixes a couple of bugs that affected ESU registrations. The update also patches 66 security flaws for Windows 11 and 10 with ESU.

Officially, Windows 10 died last month, a little over a decade after its initial release. But the old operating system’s enduring popularity has prompted Microsoft to promise between one and three ...

Some Windows 10 users are quite surprised: Without registering for Extended Security Updates (ESU), they are being offered an out-of-band security update. It corrects a problem that prevents ESU from ...

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Senior Technology Editor. He has a BFA in Film & TV from NYU, where he specialized in writing. Jake has been helping people with their technology professionally since ...

Microsoft has released an emergency out-of-band update to address a known issue preventing Windows 10 users from enrolling in the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program. "This update addresses an ...