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   wasbit to All   
   Re: "Support has ended" nags   
   25 Nov 25 09:12:17   
   
   From: wasbit@REMOVEhotmail.com   
      
   On 25/11/2025 08:51, ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ wrote:   
   > Nil wrote on 11/24/2025 4:25 PM:   
   >> On 24 Nov 2025, =?UTF-8?B?Li4ud8Khw7HCp8KxwqTDsSA=?=   
   >>  wrote in alt.comp.os.windows-10:   
   >>   
   >>> Nil wrote on 11/24/2025 1:11 PM:   
   >>>> On 24 Nov 2025, "J. P. Gilliver"  wrote in   
   >>>> alt.comp.os.windows-10:   
   >>>> Just in case I wasn't clear - I still want to receive any Windows 10   
   >>>> updates, just not be nagged about Windows 11, since this computer is   
   >>>> not able to run it.   
   >>   
   >>> Updates for Windows 10 ceased in October 2025.   
   >>>    KB5066791 is the last one.   
   >>   
   >> My experience with earlier versions of Windows is that, even though   
   >> they say there will be no more updates, there sometimes are. Also,   
   >> Defender AV updates continue.   
   >>   
   >   
   > History may prove otherwise. Windows 8.1 end of support was 2 years ago,   
   > no Windows Updates since then for Home or Pro editions.   
   >   - Windows 10 is likely to follow the same pattern for Home and Pro   
   > devices not enrolled in the Extended Security Update program which   
   > provides, and only provides updates for one year(Nov 25 to Oct 26).   
   >   
      
   I beg to differ.   
   I am still getting updates for Windows 8.1 as well as daily updates for   
   Windows Defender definitions.   
   There wouldn't be much point in using Windows Defender if there were no   
   new definitions.   
      
   > On Windows 10 Windows Security(Antivirus/Antimalware) application which   
   > uses Defender for part of its protection continues to be updated until   
   > Oct 2028.   
   >   
   >   
      
      
      
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   Regards   
   wasbit   
      
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