{"id":14311,"date":"2025-06-26T01:19:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T01:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newestek.com\/?p=14311"},"modified":"2025-06-26T01:19:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T01:19:36","slug":"microsoft-offers-free-windows-10-security-updates-but-only-for-consumers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newestek.com\/?p=14311","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft offers free Windows 10 security updates, but only for consumers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"remove_no_follow\">\n<div class=\"grid grid--cols-10@md grid--cols-8@lg article-column\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-10@md col-6@lg col-start-3@lg\">\n<div class=\"article-column__content\">\n<section class=\"wp-block-bigbite-multi-title\">\n<div class=\"container\"><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Microsoft\u2019s latest Windows 10 Extended Security Updates announcement reveals a telling double standard: while home users get multiple free pathways to maintain security beyond the October 2025 deadline, enterprises face the same expensive pay-or-migrate ultimatum.<\/p>\n<p>The software giant announced in a blog post that individual consumers can secure an additional year of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windowsexperience\/2025\/06\/24\/stay-secure-with-windows-11-copilot-pcs-and-windows-365-before-support-ends-for-windows-10\/\">Windows 10 security updates<\/a>\u00a0for free, either through Windows Backup, or by redeeming 1,000 Microsoft Rewards points. They also have the option to access the updates by paying a $30 fee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft\u2019s latest Windows 10 Extended Security Updates announcement reveals a telling double standard: while home users get multiple free pathways to maintain security beyond the October 2025 deadline, enterprises face the same expensive pay-or-migrate ultimatum. The software giant announced in a blog post that individual consumers can secure an additional year of\u00a0Windows 10 security updates\u00a0for free, either through Windows Backup, or by redeeming 1,000 Microsoft&#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/newestek.com\/?p=14311\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","is-cat-link-borders-light is-cat-link-rounded"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newestek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newestek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newestek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newestek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newestek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newestek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newestek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newestek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newestek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}