How to get free Windows 10 security patches until October 2027 - and avoid the $30 fee ...

Microsoft stops supporting Windows 10 in just over 100 days on Oct.14, 2025. But on June 25, the company introduced the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, which will mean users will supported ...

Windows 11 ISO download: get the official ISO, verify SHA-256, create a bootable USB with Rufus, and follow the steps to ...

Update, Jan. 27, 2025: This story, originally published Jan. 26, has been updated to expand upon the security dangers ahead for Windows 10 users who don’t take the free upgrade to Windows 11 on offer ...

One of the hottest apps for Windows users right now is Flyoobe, a free tool that can be used—among other things—to install Windows 11 on computers that don’t ...

The option to upgrade to the latest version of Windows 11 for free using a Windows 7 or Windows 8 key is no longer available. The free upgrade path from Windows 7 to Windows 11 was more of a loophole.

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 ...