How to get free Windows 10 security patches until October 2027 - and avoid the $30 fee
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ZDNET's key takeaways
- Windows 10 PCs can receive free security updates until October 2027.
- To qualify for free personal updates, enroll with a Microsoft account.
- Customers in any of the 30 EEA countries automatically qualify.
This month's Windows updates will be delivered automatically on the second Tuesday of the month, aka Patch Tuesday. Unless you have a PC running Windows 10. Support for that operating system has officially ended, and any PC running Windows 10 with its default settings will no longer receive those critical monthly security updates from the Windows Update servers.
But don't start shopping for a replacement PC just yet, as Microsoft offers options that allow you to continue receiving those security updates until October 2027, two full years after the original end-of-support date. The original program was supposed to end in October 2026, but the...
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