Windows 10 refuses to die, and the security bill is coming due
OS PLATFORMS
One in six machines still run the old OS as migration stalls and patch deadlines creep closer
A hard core of Windows 10 devices cannot or will not be migrated to Windows 11, leaving enterprises with a growing security problem as support options run out.
According to asset tracking service Lansweeper, Windows 10 still runs on 16.9 percent of the Windows devices it monitors, or "roughly one in six." A year ago, the operating system accounted for about half of the machines in its dataset, falling to the low-to-mid 40 percent range by the time Microsoft ended standard support.
The decline continued after that, reaching 18.6 percent in June, but Lansweeper says migration has now slowed to a crawl.
This presents a problem because even installations enrolled in the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, under which Microsoft has committed to fixing security bugs, will eventually become vulnerable....
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