The End of Windows 10: a toolkit for community repair groups

Re:The End of Windows 10: a toolkit for community repair groups by user_7832 on Friday July 18, 2025 @05:12AM (#44602676)

Every time I see one of these posts, I get anywhere between disappointed and pet-peeved that they don’t have the complete/nuanced picture.

Windows 10 support does not end in October 2025 any more than it ends in January 2032.

See what I did there? Without context, claiming “windows 10 does in October” really isn’t true!

…And that’s because the LTSC IOT version gets security updates till 2032!

Now, installing and running the LTSC iot version can be daunting… about as daunting as installing Linux or any other OS. Which this article anyway suggests.

Yes, you’ll need to run the installer again. And yes, you’ll lose app data. But that’s the same as installing a Linux distro!

Now, the biggest kerfuffle is that you’ll either need to form a company, or use one to get a legitimate license key… unless of course, there was an open source tool on GitHub that could help you with that.

Now, if doing that is beyond your moral compass… then you might be better off with some other OS.

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Re:The End of Windows 10: a toolkit for community repair groups by eviks on Friday July 18, 2025 @01:27PM (#44607481)

I think there is a way to preserve app data by tweaking a config before "upgrading" to win10 ltsc? Or was it only true for win11 ltsc?

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Re:The End of Windows 10: a toolkit for community repair groups by user_7832 on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @04:38AM (#44644590)

Honestly, I'm not sure - I didn't even know such a thing existed. I reinstalled it a long time ago, and it had gotten a bit sluggish by then anyway.

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Re:The End of Windows 10: a toolkit for community repair groups by eviks on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @05:23AM (#44644832)

Yes, the app transfer option is artificially blocked, so there is a way to unblock it and proceed the install as thought it were a regular same-edition update

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Re:The End of Windows 10: a toolkit for community repair groups by user_7832 on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @04:37AM (#44644583)

I wonder why this got downvoted? Do people like fear mongering perhaps? Or maybe some windows 11 dev is sad people aren't using it?

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