Today, October 14th, officially marks the end of full support for Windows 10 , a whopping decade after Microsoft debuted the operating system. You’re probably aware of this already, as Microsoft has been begging, pleading, cajoling, and not-quite-demanding that Windows 10 users switch over to Windows 11 by upgrading to a new device or updating their operating system (if their hardware supports it).

But if you haven’t done anything about it yet, you probably should. Here’s a quick summary of what you need to know and what to do about it.

Your options for Windows 10

You don’t have to leave Windows 10 if you don’t want to. Hundreds of millions of PCs ( about half of them , in fact) won’t stop working today just because of a specific date on the calendar. This is not a Y2K situation

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