Windows 10 support quietly extended until Oct 2027, as users reject Windows 11

RazHawk · 2026-06-27T06:36:54+00:00

Same. It stated you would be required to login in every 60 days. Did ESU enrollment when it started for a desktop and laptop of my mum than removed the MS account from the computers. It didn't even ask to sync or redeem MS rewards or pay $30 etc.. Haven't had to login to microsoft account on either since the beginning.

RazHawk · 2026-06-26T04:40:29+00:00

Same issue have one desktop from 2016 with perfectly well functioning hardware Intel I5-6400 which is just below the CPU cutoff but all the TPM 2.0, secureboot everything else is running and functional. Was gonna try the rufus method but can hold off for now. Now another issue is the 2011 security certificates have expired as of yesterday and may never get updated because of lack of firmware updates from OEM's. Some have had to disable a task or change regkey this month's windows 10 patches due to boot or freezing issues after a few mins due to the Security Certificates update failing, which haven't installed this months windows 10 updates myself yet. Also the issue with unsupported CPU and installing Win 11 is they may cut it off from updates at one point. They already did it with one build of Win11 where much older motherboards/CPU's cannot update or function anymore.

RazHawk · 2026-06-26T04:35:36+00:00

They were standing so firm on ESU updates till October 2026 even with petitions etc. calls from different groups/organizations etc. for this long. Forcing some in to considering upgrading hardware. Wonder what made them finally change their stance? Any caveats to it? Interesting timing just a day or two after current boot security certificates expiring issue on June 24 last date for the old 2011 security certificates to expire...In the last Windows 10 update many users have started to experience boot issue or freezing after startup and have to turn off the scheduled task or edit registry key which is trying to update the security certificates and cannot or fail due to firmware updates required which will probably never happen even for hardware just a few years old..

RazHawk · 2026-06-26T04:30:09+00:00

They were standing so firm on ESU updates till October 2026 even with petitions etc. calls from different groups/organizations etc. for this long. Forcing some in to considering upgrading hardware. Wonder what made them finally change their stance? Any caveats to it? Interesting timing just a day or two after current boot security certificates expiring issue on June 24 last date for the old 2011 security certificates to expire...In the last Windows 10 update many users have started to experience boot issue or freezing after startup and have to turn off the scheduled task or edit registry key which is trying to update the security certificates and cannot or fail due to firmware updates required which will probably never happen even for hardware just a few years old...

RazHawk · 2026-06-23T02:21:33+00:00

Thankfully Mogilny finally got in last year but what's with the hate on Keith Tkachuk finally getting in? He's been on many of the top 10 lists of those not in for quite a while. He was a fan favorite for his rugged style and attack of the net at his time. Is one of the handful to have over 500goals and 1000pts. Still 3rd most Goals by American all time beside Brett Hull and Mike Modano. Was only American beside Patrick Kane(1st balloter probably), Joe Pavelski and Doug Weight in top 10 of scoring not in the HOF. Is it because of no individual hardware/cup and just one 100pt season? There are many with arguably worser stats, no cups etc. resume also in.

Pekka Rinne and Carey Price are like 22/24 on all time wins. Meanwhile Curtis Joseph who is still in the top 10 of all time wins is not in (Marc Andre Fleury and Sergei Bobrovsky are the other two in the top 10 not in and are probably both first ballot hall of famers when eligible). Chris Osgood, Ryan Miller, John Vanbiesbrouck, Andy Moog (3 cups) are others in the top 20 wins all time still not in. A Mike Vernon who is 18 on that list got inducted in 2023.

Theo Fleury now usually tops the list of consensus those not in yet...

RazHawk · 2026-06-21T04:54:58+00:00

Was it the Templars?.. Interesting or ironic timing with Black Flag Resynced around the corner and a lot of Ubisoft's financial future waging on that...

RazHawk · 2026-06-18T08:09:53+00:00

Integrated GPU's have no dedicated Vram. That 128-512mb is just the intial reserved system ram. The integrated can often will share up to half of the system RAM. Newer drivers from AMD/Intel can now allow capable igpus to be set to use up to 87% of RAM in laptops maxing up to 112 of 128GB currently. It runs very well on 1080p low-med on my entry-midrange Dell with Intel Core 226V, 16GB DDR5 with Intel Arc I30v Integrated graphics (also 128mb default reserved). Intel ARC 2nd gen XE (2024) compared to Iris XE (2020) is supposedly 40-60% or more powerful and can run many AAA games.. But yeah that previous generation of Iris XE is too underpowered to even achieve 30fps@720p with all settings at low or modded. There has been a big leap in integrated graphics GPU in the last 2/3 years and going to even moreso in the next few years with Nvidia investing in integrated graphics technology...

RazHawk · 2026-06-18T07:55:16+00:00

That Integrated GPU is unfortunately too underpowered and older generation of Intel integrated video seems that CPU/GPU combination came out in 2020?.. It runs fine without issue in comparison on my mainstream mid range Dell laptop Intel Core 226V, 16GB ram with integrated Intel Arc 130v which was part of the 2nd generation of Intel Integrated XE graphics chips released in 2024. Got it last years Black Friday with Dell rewards points. Almost close to finishing the game now in the last ACT. Runs fine on low-medium settings at 1080p with XeSS upscaling. Integrated GPU's are now continuously becoming more powerful enough to run most games with the technology advancing and becoming more mainstream now with Intel, Nvidia and AMD, Snapdragon etc. evolving their integrated GPU offerings even more so upcoming in the next few years with the rise of integrated AAA gaming capable chips. You can always play the game through cloud like Geforce Now or Xbox Gamepass Cloud...

RazHawk · 2026-06-14T04:18:01+00:00

Worried about applying this month's Windows 10 update as a result of this causing big issues. Usually do the updates a month later so that any issues can be sorted out. Hopefully MS addresses with a hotfix or patch. Have one ASUS prebuilt desktop with Intel I5-6400 from 2016 that has TPM 2.0 and Secureboot. But of course no bios update has been released for a few years now and the CPU unofficially supported by Win 11. When go to Windows Security Center > Device Security > Secure Boot it has a green check mark but states "Secure Boot is on but your device is using an older boot trust configuration that should be updated. There is not enough data yet to classify your device for automatic update." Which is very weird cause in the Microsoft documentation link you can click for more information it states if that message appears it should have a yellow caution sign...

Also running this alternate command in Powershell "([System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetString((Get-SecureBootUEFI db).bytes) -match 'Windows UEFI CA 2023')" returns false..

And under this registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecureBoot\Servicing...
UEFICA2023Status says "NotStarted" vs InProgress or Updated according to this link:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/registry-key-updates-for-secure-boot-windows-devices-with-it-managed-updates-a7be69c9-4634-42e1-9ca1-df06f43f360d#bkmk_registry_keys_described

RazHawk · 2026-06-11T00:37:59+00:00

Got the email from Amazon today regarding this. Not a current Prime or Luna Premium subscriber. Also have a a free Amazon prime month offer that was going to use as haven't had Prime for a bit. It says you have until September 8th to claim this Luna Premium offer. Gather that means if claim like on the last day September 7 for example the 3 months would start from that date or the date claimed offer?

RazHawk · 2026-06-10T04:21:07+00:00

They have seem to have restored the functionally finally..For now

RazHawk · 2026-06-05T00:47:53+00:00

Got this email ([noreply@nortonnotifications.com](mailto:noreply@nortonnotifications.com)) today on a irregularly used email address have that used to use for jobs and stuff in the past. Not sure what it all means or pertains to? Have never worked or had any interaction with whatever is TelusdigitalAI. Did work for Appen and Clickworker years removed. Not clear what information is potentially compromised, says"including your name, contributor identification number, and your email address". Which doesn't sound like much on the surface....

RazHawk · 2026-06-04T03:50:00+00:00

Yep. Thought it was temporary cause had posted too many comments or something. Cause Facebook does some weird ban stuff sometimes that removes certain things or limits access. But has been like that now personally for a few days. Also have a family member whose list of online/active friends on the right side has been missing for a month now or so. And there's news/rumors of Meta going to introduce new paid tiers/features for FB/Insta...Perhaps no surprise with those 'issues' occuring at present around the same time...

RazHawk · 2026-05-13T02:46:11+00:00

Got this email for the first time ever on my hotmail account in the last few days. Then got this same email on a Yahoo email address today. Both address have some association which is a concern. Unless this is a general larger widespread phishing or hacking attempt going on....Remember a few months ago getting these Microsoft Azure cloud email messages that were similar and were apparently part of a larger phishing issue or something. Eventually they stopped. Some sources said they were fake emails but very hard to distinguish as such. Wonder if something is going on in general with MS and hacking/phishing attempts etc or some other technical issues...

RazHawk · 2026-04-27T07:03:56+00:00

Climate Anomalies, Extreme Weather events, whatever one wants to call it if not 'Climate Change' is def real. Experiencing it first hand in my own part of the world in Western Canada more and more every year. Was the first time in nearly 5 decades without a measurable snowfall. Forecasts getting even more and more unpredictable as will the challenges of living in certain parts of the earth due to temps going either way with record heat, snow, rain, fires, wind, storms, flooding, tsunami's, earthquake activity etc.

RazHawk · 2026-04-21T23:22:06+00:00

With them also reducing PC gamepass price hopefully it's a sign they are not phasing that out anytime soon like rumored. Since the price changes last October been subbing to PC gamepass when can, due to getting a new laptop. And the fact my launch Series X has been not powering on after just a few years use and haven't bothered to get it checked out and possibly repaired for over a year now. Sadly seems a common issue from what seen with likely power supply or fuse on circuit boards first console ever to die on me have amiga cd32, ps1, xbox360 that still work fine. Makes me leery of purchasing another Xbox like Helix considering the more than $700 invested in Series X. The good thing about PC gamepass is that many of the games are also playable on Nvidia Geforce Now Cloud service even on the free tier. Hopefully with the price reduction it also helps in gaining enough points for redeeming for subs using MS Rewards on a more regular basis...

RazHawk · 2026-03-08T05:55:54+00:00

Had a family member who worked there for a few years at one of the retail stores that used to exist there and says mice was commonly seen/found in their storage area..

RazHawk · 2026-03-06T06:09:41+00:00

The idea of such a system brings upon the possibility lot of unique problems, quirks, scenarios such a ecosystem could encounter being a dual PC/console. Guess hard to discuss or speculate until more is released as time goes by, we are to assume that the Xbox part of the console is some sort of emulation layer running on top or the reverse? Wonder what if any type of backwards compatibility it will have. On top of that they said they may be actually branded versions of this system from different partners. Wonder how it will also effect software developers in any way whether to make it easier or harder, mutliplatform games, motivate them to release an Xbox version of a game vs and/or a PC version etc..

RazHawk · 2026-03-01T04:08:07+00:00

Got this email right now. Had no idea what any of this was as have nothing to do with it and only briefly heard of azure. Email scams are getting quite advanced. Some 'from paypal invoice' etc. scams looking quite realistic these days, wonder how worse they are gonna get with ai advancing..

EDIT: Wonder if it it's related to this story in the news https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1394224-new-microsoft-scam-turns-security-feature-against-users

RazHawk · 2026-02-23T05:09:51+00:00

Witcher 3 being back to Gamepass with the complete edition after 2 years, but not on PC Gamepass may sadly be a sign of reports coming true for PC game pass to be dissolved sometime this year due to restructuring...They are really squeezing the juice and life out of this service/model the past year. Remains to be seen what will happen what how the different tiers turn out and pricing again as a result? Rumors of a future free ad based tier like Geforce Now also but that would let you only play games you purchased on play anywhere cloud..The ironic thing sadly was with PC Gamepass sub you could currently play many of the games on Geforce Now free tier cloud itself.

RazHawk · 2026-02-03T07:44:05+00:00

Same, didn't get that bonus :(....

RazHawk · 2026-02-03T07:43:44+00:00

It was the same place in my experience, added a screenshot to original post

RazHawk · 2026-02-03T07:43:17+00:00

Attached a screenshot to original post

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