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Starting July 24, 2025 Microsoft Confirms Free Windows Update

Started byMarion <marion@facts.com>
First post2025-07-25 11:31 +0000
Last post2025-07-27 01:48 +0100
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  Starting July 24, 2025 Microsoft Confirms Free Windows Update Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-25 11:31 +0000
    Re: Starting July 24, 2025 Microsoft Confirms Free Windows Update Finnigan <fionnagain@eircom.net> - 2025-07-25 11:38 +0000
      Re: Starting July 24, 2025 Microsoft Confirms Free Windows Update micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-07-26 15:30 -0400
        Re: Starting July 24, 2025 Microsoft Confirms Free Windows Update WolfFan <akwolffan@zoho.com> - 2025-07-26 16:36 -0400
          Re: Starting July 24, 2025 Microsoft Confirms Free Windows Update micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-07-26 19:58 -0400
            Re: Starting July 24, 2025 Microsoft Confirms Free Windows Update WolfFan <akwolffan@zoho.com> - 2025-07-27 15:36 -0400
        Re: Starting July 24, 2025 Microsoft Confirms Free Windows Update "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-07-26 23:32 -0400
    Re: Starting July 24, 2025 Microsoft Confirms Free Windows Update "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-07-25 10:29 -0400
      Re: Starting July 24, 2025 Microsoft Confirms Free Windows Update "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-07-26 15:29 +0100
        Re: Starting July 24, 2025 Microsoft Confirms Free Windows Update Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-07-26 11:09 -0400
          Re: Starting July 24, 2025 Microsoft Confirms Free Windows Update Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-07-27 04:18 +0200
            Re: Starting July 24, 2025 Microsoft Confirms Free Windows Update micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-07-27 14:31 -0400
              Re: Starting July 24, 2025 Microsoft Confirms Free Windows Update Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-07-28 06:16 +0200
              Re: Starting July 24, 2025 Microsoft Confirms Free Windows Update "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-07-28 05:55 +0100
        Re: Starting July 24, 2025 Microsoft Confirms Free Windows Update Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-07-26 18:59 +0100
          Re: Starting July 24, 2025 Microsoft Confirms Free Windows Update Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-07-26 17:46 -0400
            Re: Starting July 24, 2025 Microsoft Confirms Free Windows Update "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-07-26 23:59 +0200
            Re: Starting July 24, 2025 Microsoft Confirms Free Windows Update Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2025-07-26 17:09 -0500
        Re: Starting July 24, 2025 Microsoft Confirms Free Windows Update "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-07-26 23:22 -0400
          Re: Starting July 24, 2025 Microsoft Confirms Free Windows Update "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-07-27 05:00 +0100
            Re: Starting July 24, 2025 Microsoft Confirms Free Windows Update "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-07-27 11:36 -0400
    Re: Starting July 24, 2025 Microsoft Confirms Free Windows Update micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-07-26 15:24 -0400
    Re: Starting July 24, 2025 Microsoft Confirms Free Windows Update Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2025-07-27 01:48 +0100

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#186265

From"...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com>
Date2025-07-27 11:36 -0400
Message-ID<1065h14$1seb0$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#186260
J. P. Gilliver wrote:
> On 2025/7/27 4:22:5, ...winston wrote:
>> J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>>> As with XP and 7, I have no intention of worrying about the cessation of
>>> "support" (I don't feel "supported" anyway). But of course unlike
>>> previous versions, AIUI "updates" in 10 can't be turned off, which
>>> implies - to me, anyway - the possibility that, maybe some years down
>>> the line, M$ would be able to kill off - stop working altogether - any
>>> 10 machine still online. Thoughts? (Including can it be blocked if I'm
>>> right.)
>>
>> Keep in mind, ESU for corporate Win10 is available for 3 yrs(2025, 2026,
>> 2027 purchase, support ending in Oct 2028). ESU for consumer editions
>> last 1 yr(2025, support ending in 2026)
>>
>> Thus, any direction towards 'stop working' is quite a bit down the road
>> even for consumer.
>>
>>
> That doesn't reassure me at all: surely, if they are planning any
> "kill", it'd be "kill only those who haven't paid the exorbitant ESU fees".
> 

Unlikely...conspiracy theory reasoning is almost always a wrong path.

-- 
...w¡ñ§±¤ñ

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#186248

Frommicky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com>
Date2025-07-26 15:24 -0400
Message-ID<3oaa8kdn1n6cf12r29ndbd3r76khpokls3@4ax.com>
In reply to#186240
In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Fri, 25 Jul 2025 11:31:13 -0000 (UTC),
Marion <marion@facts.com> wrote:

>
>I only skimmed it but there seems to be a catch... 
>Maybe others know more about this... and can elucidate the rest of us.

I believe users have to enlist for 2 years in the Microsoft Foreign
Legion. 

To fight enemies of Microsoft in North Africa and elsewhere.

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#186256

FromBrian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid>
Date2025-07-27 01:48 +0100
Message-ID<melba4F84a8U1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#186240
On 25/07/2025 12:31, Marion wrote:
> Starting Today Microsoft Confirms Free Windows Update
> <https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/07/24/starting-today-microsoft-confirms-free-windows-update/>
> 
> <https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2025/07/22/windows-11-is-the-home-for-ai-on-the-pc-with-even-more-experiences-available-today/>
> 
> "The Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) program is designed to keep
> your current Windows 10 PC protected after support ends - helping you stay
> secure during the transition."
> <https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2025/06/24/stay-secure-with-windows-11-copilot-pcs-and-windows-365-before-support-ends-for-windows-10/>
> 
> "Starting today, individuals will begin to see an enrollment wizard through
> notifications and in Settings, making it simple to select the best option
> for you and enroll in ESU directly from your personal Windows 10 PC."
> 
> I only skimmed it but there seems to be a catch...
> Maybe others know more about this... and can elucidate the rest of us.

AIUI you have to have a Microsoft account and you have to allow 
Microsoft to see how you have Windows set up. But I suggest you wait for 
someone who really knows to answer if you need the definitive facts.

-- 
Brian Gregory (in England).

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