Microsoft โOffers Freeโฃ Security โขUpdates to Windowsโข 10 โUsers โคin โฃEurope โคAmidst โsupport Deadline
Brussels, Belgium – Microsoft is providing โa critical lifeline toโ Windowsโ 10 usersโค within the Europeanโค Economic Area (EEA), offeringโ aโฃ year ofโค free Extended Security โUpdates (ESUs).โ This โขmove comes as standard support for Windows 10 officially ends on Octoberโฃ 14th, leaving systems vulnerable toโ emerging security threats.
While users outside the EEA will be required to purchase โคESUs or upgrade โฃto Windows โ11 to maintain security protection, thoseโ in โคthe EEA benefit from โฃthis extended, no-cost coverage due to regulations within the โฃEuropean Union. This ensures a continuedโ level of โsecurityโฃ for โขa significantโ user base during the transition period.
Maintainingโฃ Access to Updates
To โคreceive these free updates, users must โremain actively loggedโข in with a Microsoft account. Microsoftโ stipulates that accounts inactive for more โthan 60 days will lose access to the ESUs, requiring re-registration.This โrequirement aims to ensure โthat updates are โคdelivered โto โactively used devices, providing โคa practical window for users to โplan and execute a โmove to Windows โฃ11.
Source: โTechpowerup
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