{"id":686,"date":"2025-10-29T14:11:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/t3x.co.uk\/?p=686"},"modified":"2025-10-29T14:12:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:12:52","slug":"windows-10-extended-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/t3x.co.uk\/?p=686","title":{"rendered":"Windows 10 Extended Support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Assuming you don&#8217;t want or can&#8217;t upgrade to Windows 11 then although Windows 10 has run out of time, you can extend support for up to 3 years.  Some organizations may need to pay but home users can get at least the first year free of charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>You won&#8217;t see how to do this until you are fully up to date so the first step is to make sure that you have successfully install all available updates.  Then you will get the following message shown  in Windows Update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"874\" height=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/t3x.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pic1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/t3x.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pic1.jpg 874w, https:\/\/t3x.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pic1-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/t3x.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pic1-768x666.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click &#8220;<strong>Enrol Now<\/strong>&#8221; to start the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"608\" height=\"759\" src=\"https:\/\/t3x.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pic2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/t3x.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pic2.jpg 608w, https:\/\/t3x.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pic2-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now <strong>Next <\/strong>to move on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"608\" height=\"759\" src=\"https:\/\/t3x.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pic3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/t3x.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pic3.jpg 608w, https:\/\/t3x.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pic3-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now you will have the good news if you are eligible for the free update, or not.  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