Don't want to fork over $30 for a one-year subscription to Windows 10 Extended Security Updates? Microsoft is offering a ...

The Windows 10 era is almost at an end. Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10 and stopping security support in October.

If you do nothing, the new feature update will eventually download and install automatically, based on your Windows Update settings. Also: Here's how you can still get a free Windows 10 upgrade.

Ever since Microsoft launched Windows 10 over the summer, Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users have been pressured to upgrade to the latest version of the operating system.

I personally took the upgrade-in-place option when I installed Windows 10. At the time, I was using a five-year-old Windows 7 installation that I'd already carted across three different motherboards.

Microsoft is pushing hard for Windows 7 and 8.1 customers to upgrade to Windows 10, ... Get Windows 10 window with two options: “Upgrade now” and “Start download, upgrade later.” ...