data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/win10eol” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/win10eol”>Windows 10 was officially retired by Microsoft on October 14, 2025, about 10 years after its launch. data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows/windows-11″ target=”_blank” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows/windows-11″>Windows 11 is now the company’s main focus, regularly receiving feature and security updates.

The Windows 10 End-of-Life period has caused (and will continue to cause) a lot of problems for home and business PC users, but it’s one of the UK’s government departments making headlines lately with its upgrade spending.

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According to a report from data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/05/uk_defra_dept_spent_312m_window_10/” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/05/uk_defra_dept_spent_312m_window_10/” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>The Register, the UK’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural…

data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/win10eol” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/win10eol”>Windows 10 was officially retired by Microsoft on October 14, 2025, about 10 years after its launch. data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows/windows-11″ target=”_blank” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows/windows-11″>Windows 11 is now the company’s main focus, regularly receiving feature and security updates.

The Windows 10 End-of-Life period has caused (and will continue to cause) a lot of problems for home and business PC users, but it’s one of the UK’s government departments making headlines lately with its upgrade spending.

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According to a report from data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/05/uk_defra_dept_spent_312m_window_10/” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/05/uk_defra_dept_spent_312m_window_10/” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>The Register, the UK’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural…