Officially, Windows 10 died final month, a bit of over a decade after its preliminary launch. But the outdated working system’s enduring recognition has prompted Microsoft to vow between one and three years of Extended Security Updates (ESUs) for many Windows 10 PCs. For people with Windows 10 PCs, it’s comparatively simple to get an extra yr of updates without charge.
Or not less than, it’s presupposed to be. Bugs initially recognized by Windows Latest have been holding some Windows 10 PCs from efficiently enrolling within the ESU program, stopping these PCs from signing as much as seize the free updates. And as a result of every Windows 10 PC needs to be manually enrolled in this system, a damaged enrollment course of additionally meant damaged safety updates.
To repair the issues, Microsoft launched an update for Windows 10 22H2 (KB5071959) this week that each acknowledges and fixes a problem “where the enrollment wizard may fail during enrollment.” It’s being supplied to all Windows 10 PCs no matter whether or not they’re enrolled within the ESU program “as it resolves an issue that was preventing affected customers from receiving essential security updates.”
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