Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Geek Note: Sorry readers — no Q&A this week. Just like letters or Christmas cards, you have to write ‘em to get ‘em, and ...

On the eve of its Ignite conference, Microsoft has managed to break the first Extended Security Update (ESU) for many commercial Windows 10 customers.… The November 11 update, KB5068781, fails to ...

Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10 in a matter of days, on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. This change, which has been signposted for months, means there will be no more free security updates or ...

Microsoft says that a bugfix will be provided for organizations that purchased Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESU) to fix a newly acknowledged issue leading to the desktop wallpaper being ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Ahead of Windows 10’s Oct. 14 end-of-life, multiple countdowns warned ...

Participants in Microsoft's Extended Security Updates (ESU) program for out-of-support Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 machines faced new installation requirements on Tuesday. The details are ...

Once Windows 7 reaches end-of-support (EOS) on January 14, 2020, Microsoft will also stop updating Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) for Windows 7. Companies who purchase Windows 7 Extended Security ...

Users report an inability to enroll in Windows 10 ESU; errors claim the region is unsupported. PCs tied to work or school accounts get errors and are flagged as needing an organisation ESU license.

The German federal government stands to pay at least €800,000 ($886,000) this year to Microsoft, local media reported. The sum represents support fees for over 33,000 government workstations that are ...

Microsoft this week described installation instructions for volume licensing users of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to get Extended Security Updates (ESU) activated on PCs. The ESU program provides access ...

The company will give Windows 7 Extended Security Updates to EA and EAS customers with active subscriptions to Windows 10 Enterprise E5, Microsoft 365 E5 or Microsoft 365 E5 Security. Microsoft is ...

Private users can sign up for the ESU program since recently for the ESU program. However, no free option is provided in the commercial sector, which is why Microsoft has now published guidance in the ...