Some seriously good news for those whose computers won't support upgrade to W11. 0Patch which supports at present Windows7 will support W10 until 2030. That's 200 million W10 devices granted a pardon.

Martin Brinkmann brings us this good news at gHacks:

"Come October 2025, owners of Windows 10 devices will have these five options, if they want to keep on using their devices:

 

• Upgrade to Windows 11 -- only available if the device is supported officially. Yes, there are workarounds, but Microsoft may introduce changes that are incompatible with older hardware. This happened once already.
• Join Windows 10 ESU -- Extended Security Updates will be offered to all customers for three years (until 2028). Microsoft has yet to reveal the price for home users. Businesses may pay more than $400 for three years of patching for a single machine.
• Continue using Windows 10 -- as more vulnerabilities are detected, unpatched Windows 10 systems face more risks.
• Migrate to Linux -- the best option in many regards, but also the most daunting one, as it means learning a new system and facing the stress of migration. Best, because it is free and not time-limited. Join 0Patch -- the company will create security updates for Windows 10."- gHacks

Please read more on the 0Patch blog: https://blog.0patch.com/2024/06/long-live-windows-10-with-0patch.html . Here's how it works:

"Here is how it works:

• Price: Consumers pay about $25 + tax per year to gain full support for that year. This includes security updates for Windows 10, but also for other Microsoft products, including older Office versions.
• Patching: A software applies the small patches "to running processes in memory". In other words, no Microsoft binary files are changed.
• Convenience: Since patches are applied in memory, there is no rebooting involved. gHacks"

I recommend you read the page linked, and the FAQs at the end of the blog post. I recommended 0Patch years ago, and one member here at WC is still using W7 safely thanks, in part to that software.

In short, 0Patch will take over the security patches for W10 in 10/2025, and patch W10 for at least five years...maybe more depending on the demand.

I'm really glad to be bringing this news to you W10 users.

Enjoy your weekend!

Links:

0Patch: https://0patch.com/

0Patch registration for free account: https://central.0patch.com/auth/register

gHacks: https://www.ghacks.net/2024/06/28/windows-10-support-until-2030-0patch-makes-it-possible/?_m=3n%2e0038%2e2962%2ehj0ao01hy5%2e33ph