If your computer is still running without issues and meets your needs, you have a few ways to extend its life beyond 2025. Microsoft is now offering enrollment to the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, which allows you to receive critical security patches for an additional year, through October 13, 2026.

Windows 10 support is ending, but you can receive an extra year of security updates by taking advantage of this program.

ZDNET's key takeaways Microsoft's ESU program provides security updates for Windows 10.You normally just head to Windows Update to register for the program.If the option doesn't appear, there are ways to trigger it.

Despite the rush to upgrade PCs before Windows 10 support ended, North America saw only modest growth, according to Gartner.

Some users are still not seeing the registration window for the Windows 10 ESU program. Here's how to force it anyway.

You can change the brightness on any Windows 10 PC in two main ways: through the Action Center, or through your Settings menus. Here's how to do each.