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  • Re: End of support for security updates

    From Stan Brown@3:633/10 to All on Tue Oct 7 13:38:55 2025
    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:48:09 -0400, Paul wrote:

    On Fri, 9/19/2025 12:55 PM, Bill Bradshaw wrote:
    John C. wrote:
    Bill Bradshaw wrote:
    jason_warren wrote:
    I thought that the end of Win 10 support would still allow
    users to pay MS to continue distrbuting security updates.
    Now I'm reading things that run counter to that. What's
    true?

    Go into Settings, Update & Security, and if you are enrolled in the
    Extended Security Updates there will be a notice to that effect. I
    did not get a request to pay but I am informed that I am enrolled.

    Bill, did you in fact enroll? I'm assuming you did. I didn't, and my
    settings window says:

    Windows 10 support ends in October 2025
    Enroll in Extended Security Updates to help keep your device secure.

    I did enroll. I used the ConsumerESU-master program. I don't have the url
    but maybe somebody can provide it or you could find it with a search. It was pretty simple to use. This is not a Microsoft program.


    It's a script on github.

    https://github.com/abbodi1406/ConsumerESU

    https://codeload.github.com/abbodi1406/ConsumerESU/zip/refs/heads/master

    Name: ConsumerESU-master.zip # Is being edited as time passes...
    Size: 9816 bytes (9 KiB)
    SHA256: 4658F0BD8E1BC9BF9D8E46AD659A3502CE36406761917A65BA3FBBF9B4EC6415

    Consumer_ESU_Enrollment.ps1 # Script for enrolling user in Win10 ESU.

    Consumer_ESU_Enrollment_run.cmd # Wrapper to remove PowerShell restricted execution.
    # This would be the part we would normally tell users verbally.

    Details in the Readme file. Run as Administrator (Administrator Terminal maybe).

    https://github.com/abbodi1406/ConsumerESU/blob/master/README.md

    Needs July 2025 Patch Tuesday Cumulative, as there is a ConsumerESU.dll
    in the OS folders after the Patch Tuesday is installed, and the
    script checks for the existence of that file. That file is presumably
    a part of the solution.


    I did this today on my Windows 10 desktop PC. Took well under a
    minute, confirmed I was enrolled. Settings?? Windows Update confirmed
    that also.

    Thanks to Bill Bradshaw for starting this thread, and to Paul for the
    URL and instructions.



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