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Microsoft has confirmed a consumer version of its Extended Security Updates plan. For $30, you'll receive "critical" and "important" security updates — basically security patches that will continue to protect your Windows 10 PC from any vulnerabilities. That $30 is for one year's worth of updates, and that's the only option at this time. (You won't be able to re-subscribe at the end, thus ending Windows 10 support.)
Microsoft has been warning users for years that Windows 10 support will expire in 2025, specifically October 14, 2025. At that point, Windows 10 will officially fall out of support: there will be no more feature updates or security patches. On paper, that would mean that any Windows 10 PC will be at risk of any new vulnerabilities that researchers uncover.
Previously, Microsoft had quietly hinted that consumers would be offered the same ESU protections offered to businesses and enterprises, as it did in December 2023 and again in an "editor's note" shared in an April 2024 support post, in which the company said that "details will be shared at a later date for consumers." That time is now, apparently.
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This digital copy of Office Home works with Windows 10 or 11, or even macOS if that's your thing. The latest versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint pack in a ton of new features like a refined user interface, better support for OpenDocument Format, improved accessibility tools, and streamlined integration with mobile, like the ability to plop a photo into a document on your desktop right from your phone.
This standalone version of Office will be updated for functionality and security, but it won't be getting constant feature updates. And it doesn't include the full version of Outlook (though you can get one that does with a $20 discount). But at $120 for a "forever" license that never needs to be renewed, it's a much better deal than the Microsoft 365 system, which starts at a hefty $99.99 a year.
Again, this deal is only available for two more days, ending on Thursday, October 31. Spooky.
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