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Title: Windows 10 Update Incorrectly Tells Some Users They've Reached End-of-
Life, Despite Having Extended Support

Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/11/04/1942...

An anonymous reader shares a report: Microsoft officially ended mainstream
support for Windows 10 last month, nudging users to upgrade to Windows 11.
While that led to almost an overnight technological revolution in Japan,
elsewhere, it has caused a lot of confusion. Certain versions of Windows 10,
like Enterprise LTSC -- and those enrolled in the ESU program -- are still
scheduled to receive security updates through at least 2027, but they're
starting to see out-of-support messages in Settings. Various users over the
past few days reported that they're being subjected to end-of-life warnings
in Windows, despite already qualifying for extended security updates through
the ESU program. Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 and �IoT Enterprise are
business-oriented editions of the OS, so they're already supported up to
2032, but even they saw these incorrect messages. This widespread bug started
to occur after the KB5066791 updates were pushed on October 14, 2025.
Microsoft has already acknowledged this mishap and said, "The message, 'Your
version of Windows has reached the end of support, might incorrectly display
in the Windows Update Settings page," confirming it as a mistake. The company
has already released a cloud config fix that should remove the message, but
you need to be connected to the internet for that, and a restart is also
required.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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