Windows 10 support from Microsoft ends today (End-of-Life/EOL)

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Just a reminder that today is the last day Microsoft supports Windows 10 with security updates.

This excludes those who have enrolled in the Extended Security Updates program, which buys Windows 10 users an additional year of security support (limitations apply). That was discussed on the forum here: Win10 extended support
 
I went into the settings today prepared to purchase the extended coverage and ended up getting it for free. I knew one of the options was to get it for free as long as you back up your computer to One Drive, which I did not want to do. However, I didn’t realize that I had my setting set to back up my settings (only) to One Drive. So when I went in to purchase the extended coverage, it said I could have it for free because I was already “backing up my computer”. I confirmed that it was only backing up my settings, which I’m okay with, and that was good enough to get the extension for free.

See you in a year Microsoft. I guess now I need to find a workaround for my equipment not being Win 11 compatible because I’m not getting a new computer yet. I bought my current one in 2020 and it’s working just fine.
 
Just remember that programs like TurboTax going forward (2025 and beyond) will not install on Windows 10.

It is also my understanding that TurboTax will not install on Linux.
 
Jerry1 said:
See you in a year Microsoft. I guess now I need to find a workaround for my equipment not being Win 11 compatible because I’m not getting a new computer yet. I bought my current one in 2020 and it’s working just fine.
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If your computer doesn't support TPM 2.0 one way around is a virtual machine to run Win 11. You need to create a fake TPM 2.0 in the machine settings to get it to run.
 
Jerry1 said:
I went into the settings today prepared to purchase the extended coverage and ended up getting it for free. I knew one of the options was to get it for free as long as you back up your computer to One Drive, which I did not want to do. However, I didn’t realize that I had my setting set to back up my settings (only) to One Drive. So when I went in to purchase the extended coverage, it said I could have it for free because I was already “backing up my computer”. I confirmed that it was only backing up my settings, which I’m okay with, and that was good enough to get the extension for free.

See you in a year Microsoft. I guess now I need to find a workaround for my equipment not being Win 11 compatible because I’m not getting a new computer yet. I bought my current one in 2020 and it’s working just fine.
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Same thing here. I didn't even realize my setting were being backed up, but it gives me another year of W10 security updates (and a year to decide if I want to upgrade my computer).
 
MC Rider said:
I don't know about installing on your system, but doing it online should not be an issue. Have not been using it long enough to find out.
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TurboTax is just one of several Windows applications I cannot get to run on Linux.

As it is, I'm surprised Intuit hasn't pulled the plug on Windows 10 users using their online access to TurboTax. If the decision was made to prohibit installing TurboTax 2025 because Windows 10 could be a security risk going forward, how is accessing TurboTax online in a browser while running on Windows 10 any safer? This is actually a scenario where running TurboTax online in a browser on Linux would be far safer.
 
I also went into settings on my WIN10 PC today and see that it's getting the extended updates. I've pretty much moved on to my miniPC with windows 11 anyway but nice to know I have another year of my last DIY build system if I need it.
 
Thanks for the reminder. I probably updated my Win10 computers for the last time.
I am in the middle of Win11 build, but...tariffs. I feel like I'm waiting for sales that will never come.
 
DW and I have been on IPhones for 10 years. She’s had IPads for about 8. I moved to a MAC Air from a Dell Laptop in 2023. Just migrated to a Mac Mini M4 pro to replace a non-compliant desktop.
 
jim584672 said:
If your computer doesn't support TPM 2.0 one way around is a virtual machine to run Win 11. You need to create a fake TPM 2.0 in the machine settings to get it to run.
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My first step is to check my bios and see if the option I need to convert to Win 11 is something I can turn on.
 
Not doing anything to my Win 10 machine since I only use it for taxes using H&R Block. Maybe I'll try the upgrade hack if I get the ambition to.
 
I mentioned it in the other thread, but current Windows 11 builds, the system needs UEFI bios and a processor that supports SSE4.2 to install Windows 11, even though some common workarounds will get around some other restrictions of official Windows 11 support.

The video below won't workaround those limitiations.
 
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Jerry1 said:
I guess now I need to find a workaround for my equipment not being Win 11 compatible because I’m not getting a new computer yet. I bought my current one in 2020 and it’s working just fine.
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Yesterday we followed
to load Win 11 despite MS saying "your system will not support Win 11."

So far all seems well with Win 11 on our 2015-built desktop. That's the extent of our knowledge....
 
Jerry1 said:
I went into the settings today prepared to purchase the extended coverage and ended up getting it for free. I knew one of the options was to get it for free as long as you back up your computer to One Drive, which I did not want to do. However, I didn’t realize that I had my setting set to back up my settings (only) to One Drive. So when I went in to purchase the extended coverage, it said I could have it for free because I was already “backing up my computer”. I confirmed that it was only backing up my settings, which I’m okay with, and that was good enough to get the extension for free.

See you in a year Microsoft. I guess now I need to find a workaround for my equipment not being Win 11 compatible because I’m not getting a new computer yet. I bought my current one in 2020 and it’s working just fine.
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Awesome, thanks for that tip. I just went to enroll in the extended coverage program and it also told me I can have it for free for one year.
 
statsman said:
Just remember that programs like TurboTax going forward (2025 and beyond) will not install on Windows 10.

It is also my understanding that TurboTax will not install on Linux.
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Perhaps, as a bottled app in Wine, but for those of you that are hanging on to their Windows machine just for things like a tax program consider going to a Mac or Linux, and create a Windows VM there, just for tax time.

Personally, I have a cheapo (about $100) Windows 11 machine, just for the rare occasion that I want to do something in Windows. I flip it on and Remote Desktop into it from my Mac (and wait for all the Windows security updates to happen).
 
This is old news. There was a previous thread started here months ago. I had already enrolled various Windows 10 systems for the extra year of free support.
 
Am I to late to back my settings up to One Drive now? Is my One Drive login the same as my Microsoft login? No big deal if it's to late, I have a new mini but I never moved the contents of my old PC over to it yet because I have a ton of junk on there that needs to be deleted first.
 
RetiredAndLovingIt said:
Am I to late to back my settings up to One Drive now? Is my One Drive login the same as my Microsoft login? No big deal if it's to late, I have a new mini but I never moved the contents of my old PC over to it yet because I have a ton of junk on there that needs to be deleted first.
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I never heard of any deadlines. Just go to updates and see if you have the option to enroll. It does require a Microsoft account.
 
RetiredAndLovingIt said:
Am I to late to back my settings up to One Drive now? Is my One Drive login the same as my Microsoft login? No big deal if it's to late, I have a new mini but I never moved the contents of my old PC over to it yet because I have a ton of junk on there that needs to be deleted first.
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Everything, except updates, should work as before
 
I just installed Win 11 Pro 25H2 in a virtual machine, compared to 24H2 it is faster (at least it seems to be). They try to up sell you on various MS products as you install it, and a MS account is required (there may be workarounds, would have to research).
 
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jim584672 said:
I just installed Win 11 Pro 25H2 in a virtual machine, compared to 24H2 it is faster. They try to up sell you on various MS products as you install it, and a MS account is required (there may be workarounds, would have to research).
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I believe there are workarounds for a fresh install of Windows 11 25H2 to set up a local profile instead of requiring a MS account. I also believe anyone upgrading from a prior Windows version (10 or 11) that was using a local profile will have that retained when moving to 25H2 during an in-place upgrade.

I just upgraded my Windows 10 PC a couple of weeks ago, and I am on Windows 11 Pro 24H2. I hesitate to move to 25H2 so soon after installing Windows 11, but your comments about it being faster than 24H2 is something I have read from others.

With Windhawk installed and the handful of mods I have selected, Windows 11 on my PC is as faster or a touch faster than Windows 10 for most functions. To be fair, I eliminated (via registry edits) several items from the File Explorer content menu that I don't want nor need, some of which were there in Windows 10.

For the time being, I have set the target of my PC in the Group Policies to stay at Windows 11 24H2. That will avoid the constant upgrade messages and an accidental install of 25H2 when I am not ready for it.
 
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