Windows 10 ESU

deviation · Saturday at 23:08

ED209 said:
I've been trying that out for the last month or so.

Has its perks but also has its down sides

Downsides wise, did you tell it, that it had 20 seconds to comply?

ED209 · Sunday at 07:14

deviation said:
Downsides wise, did you tell it, that it had 20 seconds to comply?

I did but it didn't listen!

deviation · Sunday at 12:35

ED209 said:
I did but it didn't listen!

I'd assume it's met the same fate as Mr Kinney?

Vern1961 · Sunday at 17:41

ED209 said:
What issues did you have?

Just ran very sluggishly particularly on startup. All updates were done but it just didn't seem as fast as 10.

At least now there is a 12 month stay of execution or by then I will have sufficiently persuaded the missus to let me buy a new PC. To be fair, this old potato and Win 10 runs most of what I play more than adequately, the only slug being Dovetail's Train Sim World but that's down more to poor coding and/or inefficient use of UE4.

krooton · Sunday at 18:16

Got tired of waiting, so did all the registry edits to force the option and enrolled, so good for another year now.

LostCorpse · Wednesday at 21:48

might be of interest

Microsoft Extends Free Windows 10 Security Updates

Microsoft offers US and European Windows 10 users free security updates, extending the OS's life and addressing upgrade concerns. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

www.straitstimes.com

Summary

Microsoft offers free Windows 10 security updates for one year to US and European users before support ends on October 14.
European users get free updates by logging in with a Microsoft account, addressing advocacy group concerns about forced upgrades.
US users can get free updates by uploading profiles to Microsoft's backup service or using Microsoft Rewards points.

still a no for me, i have no interest in logging in to an MS account

Mercurial · Wednesday at 23:44

I updated my old "main" PC this evening, and because I used the same MS account to login that i'd previously used for another machine which has enrolled in the ESU, it automatically enrolled that machine to the MS "Oops, we've misjudged our userbase, let's just kick the can down the road for another year whilst we come up with something" extended update scheme.

malachi · 2025-09-25T01:51:47+0100

There is so much push back from the public, I see MS extending this past another year.

All part of their plan to get people onto their subscription model by having an MS account as an requirement.

Blackjack Davy · 2025-09-25T02:04:59+0100

malachi said:
Until game developers stop using Directx for the game development, they aren't going anywhere. If Nvidia and AMD decides to stop releasing drivers for a Win10, everyone else will just follow.

Nvidia already announced that didn't they? No more driver releases for 10 after october from then it'll be 11 only its the thing that puts me off grabbing ESU its the hassle with this sort of stuff

malachi · 2025-09-25T06:26:53+0100

Blackjack Davy said:
Nvidia already announced that didn't they? No more driver releases for 10 after october from then it'll be 11 only its the thing that puts me off grabbing ESU its the hassle with this sort of stuff

Im sure they did.

But that's an example of, you can hang onto Windows 10 as long as you want but soon as the 3rd party companies pull their support. You have no more options.