Windows 10: Five Year Support Auto Renewal 2020-2025

I received a email from: *** Email address is removed for privacy *** ….about Auto Renewal 5 Year Support. I did not order....how do I stop this?

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Future of Windows before 2020 and 2025

The whole "Windows as a Service" idea is so confusing.

According to the Lifecycle Fact Sheet, Windows 10 Mainstream Support ends in 2020 (security updates only after that) and Extended Support ends in 2025. After that, Windows 10 is dead.

So, I am wondering if Microsoft is developing an "open-source" version of the Windows platform that will succeed Windows 10 before the Mainstream Support lifecycle ends. If this is possible, will the open-source version be just the core components of the
platform? Will this new platform be the upstream for the proprietary versions of Windows? Will the "Home" edition of the proprietary Windows be released as "freeware", while the "Pro" and "Enterprise" versions remain "commercial"? Could the open-source version
have a new open-source .NET Framework? Is "Command Prompt" dead, and will PowerShell replace it?

I just want to be prepared for whatever comes.

 

Future of Windows before 2020 and 2025

Microsoft has released several versions of Windows 10 since 2015:

Windows 10 1507 - July 2015

Windows 10 1511 - November 2016

Windows 10 1607 - August 2016

Windows 10 1703 - April 2017

Windows 10 1709 - October 2017

Next version of Windows 10 coming March 2018 - 1803.

As part of Windows as a service, users will need to be on the two most recent releases or their device will still have to support it in 2025.

But in 2025, you will have a version of Windows 10 called 2503 and 2509

In 2026, you will have versions 2603 and 2609.

New versions are released in Spring and Fall of each year.

Windows is a 'service' now, meaning the idea of versioning where you had Windows 7, 8, 10 are irrelevant.

 

Microsoft commits to 10-year support lifecycle for Windows 10

Full ZDNet article: http://www.zdnet.com/article/microso...or-windows-10/

Microsoft support lifecycle for Windows: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/lifecycle