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You Can Keep Using Windows 10 Past October 14, 2025, but It Will Cost You<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Many Windows 10 users have not updated to Windows 11 because their computers won’t run Windows 11. For some, buying a new computer would be a heavy financial burden and for others, it seems to be wasteful to stop using a perfectly good Windows 10 computer and buy a new one. But now all Windows 10 users have a choice.<\/span><\/p>\n Microsoft recently announced a change to its End-of-Life (EOL) policy for Windows 10, offering paid Extended Security Updates (ESU) to individual users who want to keep using Windows 10 and keep their systems protected beyond the official October 14, 2025, deadline. This marks a first for Microsoft, as previously Extended Security Updates (ESU) was only available for enterprise customers.<\/span><\/p>\n The ESU program will be offered as an annual subscription service, but pricing details haven’t been made public yet – at the end of this article we’ll give you our guess as to what it may cost. <\/span><\/p>\n While Microsoft is providing this option, it emphasizes that ESU doesn’t include technical support.<\/span><\/p>\n With Windows 10’s official end-of-life (EOL) approaching, the ESU program extends security updates for an additional three years for those willing to pay. This extension is likely meant to ease the transition between Windows 10 and Windows 11, as research indicates Windows 11 adoption is exceeding expectations. While Windows 11 now runs on over 400 million devices and is expected to reach 500 million by early 2024, Windows 10 still maintains dominance in the business sector, powering 80.5% of devices.<\/span><\/p>\n Here’s what the new ESU program means for you:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n According to Microsoft, Windows 11 adoption is growing faster than expected, but Windows 10 remains dominant in the business world.<\/span><\/p>\n The new ESU program offers Windows 10 users more flexibility, but it also comes at a cost. Ultimately, the decision of whether to upgrade to Windows 11 or pay for the ESU program is up to you.<\/span><\/p>\n How much do we think it will cost you to keep Windows 10? This is only a guess but our guess is somewhere between $69 and $99 a year.\u00a0 We could be wrong – but stay tuned.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You Can Keep Using Windows 10 Past October 14, 2025, but It Will Cost You Many Windows 10 users have not updated to Windows 11 because their computers won’t run Windows 11. For some, buying a new computer would be a heavy financial burden and for others, it seems to be wasteful to stop using a\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1678,1674,4353,4221],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27438"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27438"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27440,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27438\/revisions\/27440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n