Windows 10: Windows 10: ESU-bypass to extend updates is working already reportedly

Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system reaches end of support in October 2025. This means no updates anymore for the operating system, including security updates.

This is a problem for many users, especially for users who run systems with hardware that is not compatible with Microsoft's official list of supported hardware for Windows 11.

One way out of this is to extend support via ESU.

What is ESU? Extended Security Updates were introduced by Microsoft for Windows 7. Organizations could pay Microsoft to extend support for up to three years.

For Windows 10, Microsoft widened the ESU-program to also include home users. Microsoft charges home customers $30 for a year of extended security updates. Notably, Microsoft is limiting the offer to a single year. Business customers on the other hand may extend support for three or even more years.

Windows 7 ESU Bypass hack


Back when Microsoft announced ESU for Windows 7, bypasses were discovered that enabled these updates on any Windows 7 machines, even home systems and devices that did not join ESU officially.

What this meant was that devices would continue to receive updates from Microsoft, even after the official end of support. These continue to work five years after Microsoft ended support for Windows 7 officially. While there are some limitations, only 64-bit Windows 7 remains supported, the bypass continues to work as to this day.

Windows 8 did not get any ESU.

Windows 10 ESU-bypass


Windows 10 customers may extend support for one or three years, depending on whether they are a consumer or business.

Preliminary tests show that Bypass ESU is working on Windows 10 devices as well. This would unlock security updates after October 2024 on systems on which the patch is installed.

The only downside, apart from the question of legality, is that Windows 10 Home updates cannot be extended for more than one year. Devices that run Windows 10 Pro on the other hand support at least three years of ESU updates in theory.

Closing Words


The end of Windows 10 support impacts millions of PC users significantly. While millions of Windows 10 PCs can be upgraded to Windows 11, tens of millions can't because of the altered system requirements of Windows 11.

These customers need to make a decision regarding the future of the device. ESU is one option to extend support, especially if the device is working perfectly fine. Another is to use the services of the micro-patching company 0Patch instead. For about $30 per year, 0Patch promises to release security patches for Windows 10 until at least 2030.

Now You: do you still run Windows 10 on your PC? What is your plan for October 2024? Feel free to leave a comment down below.

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Windows 7 ESU

ESU are available ONLY to businesses (although Microsoft's definition of "business" is pretty wide). And it appears that ESU will be available through January 2023.

FAQ about Extended Security Updates:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4527878/faq-about-extended-security-updates-for-windows-7

Also see:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/mic...small-midsize-businesses-stay-secure-current/

Your request has been blocked. This could be due to several reasons.

From the blog post above:

 

Windows 7 ESU Activation

These forums are for Home users.

I suggest that you post to the Windows 7 I.T. Pro Community:

Microsoft Q&A

Also look under ESU Deployment in the link:

FAQ about Extended Security Updates for Windows 7.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4527878/faq-about-extended-security-updates-for-windows-7

Cheers.

 

Esu Windows 7 after January 2023

hello view that Windows 7 pro in business that I use will soon come to an end in esu is that my business pc is not compatible with Windows 11 and besides I saw rumors on the net of July 2022 that Microsoft may be extended esu 4.5.6 th additional year which was discovered via the kb5015861 or kb5015862 update

is it possible that microsoft will extend esu support until 2026 after january 2023 for windows 7 enterprise it is possible.