ZDNET's key takeaways Windows 10 PCs can receive free security updates until October 2026.To qualify for free personal updates, enroll with a Microsoft account.Customers in any of the 30 EEA countries ...

Private users can get free Windows 10 updates, but errors may block the ESU registration option. We’ll show you how to fix ...

In this post, we will learn how you can enable Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) for physical machines and ...

It's already been 10 years since Windows 10 was released, and Microsoft has finally pulled the plug on it. Here's what to do ...

With just a few months remaining until the Windows 10 end-of-support date, Microsoft seems to have belatedly realized that owners of tens of millions of consumer PCs running Windows 10 aren't ready to ...

Microsoft has left behind 1 billion PCs after it severed security updates for Windows 10, according to the latest figures ...

During the PC maker's latest earnings call, COO Jeffrey Clarke said there are around 500 million Windows machines in the wild that are too old to ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft’s new Windows 10 operating system debuts Wednesday, as the longtime leader in PC software hopes that giving the upgrade away for free will help it carve out a new role ...

Over the past few months, there has been a lot of hype surrounding Windows 10, in part because Microsoft is offering free Windows 10 upgrades to those running Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows Phone ...

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft will be providing some Windows users with free upgrades to the newest version of the operating system, Windows 10, the company announced today. “I’m very excited to announce ...

"Installed it into a virtual machine to test? It's probably not properly licensed." But if I have a licensed copy of Windows 7 installed in a virtual machine to test, that should be upgradeable, yes?