In an official capacity, Windows 10 reached its end last month, shortly after ten years since its original launch. However, the lasting appeal of the legacy operating system has led Microsoft to guarantee one to three years of Extended Security Updates (ESUs) for numerous Windows 10 PCs. For users with Windows 10 devices, obtaining an additional year of updates at no expense is fairly straightforward.
At least, that’s what it’s intended to be. Issues first reported by Windows Latest were preventing certain Windows 10 PCs from properly enrolling in the ESU initiative, hindering those devices from accessing the complimentary updates. Moreover, since each Windows 10 PC must be manually enrolled in the program, a malfunctioning enrollment procedure also resulted in disrupted security updates.
To address these issues, Microsoft issued an update for Windows 10 22H2 (KB5071959) this week that both acknowledges and rectifies a concern “where the enrollment wizard may fail during the enrollment process.” This update is being provided to all Windows 10 PCs, regardless of their enrollment status in the ESU program, “as it resolves an issue that was stopping affected customers from obtaining critical security updates.”
