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Windows 10 hit end of support on October 14, 2025. The core risk of staying is that newly found holes are never patched (forever-days) and pile up, making the machine a favored target. Consumer ESU is a one-year, security-only stopgap through October 13, 2026 (free enrollment routes exist, but the EEA free first year doesn't apply to most regions). The real fix is moving to Windows 11 or replacing the hardware — use ESU only as a bridge until that migration is done.