Windows 10 Update Incorrectly Tells Some Users They've Reached End-of-Life, Despite Having Extended Support (tomshardware.com)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/11/04/1942258/windows-10-update-incorrectly-tells-some-users-theyve-reached-end-of-life-despite-having-extended-support
- Source link: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-10-update-incorrectly-tells-some-users-theyve-reached-end-of-life-despite-having-extended-support-microsoft-confirms-message-sent-to-enterprise-pro-and-education-users-in-error
> Microsoft officially ended mainstream support for Windows 10 last month, nudging users to upgrade to Windows 11. While that led to almost [1]an overnight technological revolution in Japan , elsewhere, it has caused a lot of confusion. Certain versions of Windows 10, like Enterprise LTSC -- and those enrolled in the ESU program -- are still scheduled to receive security updates through at least 2027, but [2]they're starting to see out-of-support messages in Settings .
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> Various users over the past few days reported that they're being subjected to end-of-life warnings in Windows, despite already qualifying for extended security updates through the ESU program. Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 and âIoT Enterprise are business-oriented editions of the OS, so they're already supported up to 2032, but even they saw these incorrect messages. This widespread bug started to occur after the KB5066791 updates were pushed on October 14, 2025.
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> Microsoft has already acknowledged this mishap and said, "The message, 'Your version of Windows has reached the end of support, might incorrectly display in the Windows Update Settings page," confirming it as a mistake. The company has already released a cloud config fix that should remove the message, but you need to be connected to the internet for that, and a restart is also required.
[1] https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/10/23/1429225/fujitsus-new-laptop-in-japan-includes-optical-drive-abandoned-elsewhere
[2] https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-10-update-incorrectly-tells-some-users-theyve-reached-end-of-life-despite-having-extended-support-microsoft-confirms-message-sent-to-enterprise-pro-and-education-users-in-error
Understandable confusion (Score:2)
> Windows 10 Update Incorrectly Tells Some Users They've Reached End-of-Life
I'd be confused too if Windows told me that I had reached EOL. :-O
"Windows" and "Incorrectly" (Score:1)
like
peanut butter and jelly,
pancakes and syrup,
head and desk...
Re: (Score:2)
Mork and Mindy
Maybe it was Korea (Score:1)
They use a customs flavor with boot logos and weird Zoho stuff.
This is SO Microsoft. (Score:2)
> The company has already released a cloud config fix that should remove the message, but you need to be connected to the internet for that, and a restart is also required.
If you wanna get rid of an erroneous message, please connect to the internet, and then reboot your computer.
Sometimes I think they took that joke about moving your mouse and needing to reboot to see the refresh on screen as a challenge. The number of reboots required during updates these days is ridiculous. I have a dual boot that automatically comes up in Linux if I don't press some buttons, and I have to walk it through about three to five reboots every update on my gaming partition. I don't let it touch
The Gall. The Audacity. (Score:2)
The gall. The audacity. The incompetence.
Anyway...