Microsoft adds another year to Windows 10 extended update program
Microsoft adds another year to Windows 10 extended update program
微软为 Windows 10 扩展更新计划再延长一年
Microsoft ended official support for Windows 10 in 2025, but the company may have a harder time than expected putting the operating system out to pasture. After promising a year of optional extended update support, Microsoft has changed its policy, tacking on another year to its Extended Security Updates (ESU) program. If you are still clinging to Windows 10, you don’t have to do anything but enjoy that extra year.
微软于 2025 年结束了对 Windows 10 的官方支持，但该公司想要让这一操作系统“退役”的过程可能比预想中更为艰难。在承诺提供一年的可选扩展更新支持后，微软改变了政策，将其扩展安全更新（ESU）计划延长了一年。如果你仍在使用 Windows 10，你无需进行任何操作，只需享受这额外的一年支持即可。
The last regular updates rolled out to Windows 10 in October of last year, but the Internet can be a dangerous place for unpatched Windows machines. That was a problem for Microsoft, as Windows 11 usage had only barely surpassed Windows 10 when support ended. Microsoft’s solution was to give everyone on the old OS a free year of extended updates. That program was set to end on October 12, 2026, but Microsoft has updated its policy with hardly a whisper, pushing back the end of extended updates to October 12, 2027. The ESU support page was updated with that date, and Microsoft’s blog post on the program has a new editor’s note confirming the change.
Windows 10 的最后一次常规更新于去年 10 月发布，但对于未打补丁的 Windows 机器来说，互联网可能是一个危险的地方。这对微软来说是个问题，因为在支持结束时，Windows 11 的使用率才刚刚勉强超过 Windows 10。微软的解决方案是为所有使用旧版操作系统的用户提供一年的免费扩展更新。该计划原定于 2026 年 10 月 12 日结束，但微软在几乎没有声张的情况下更新了政策，将扩展更新的截止日期推迟到了 2027 年 10 月 12 日。ESU 支持页面已更新了该日期，微软关于该计划的博客文章也添加了新的编者注以确认这一变更。
The prevalence of Windows across so many devices and form factors has given Microsoft a massive customer base for decades, but it has also stymied the company’s efforts to roll out new operating systems. Microsoft famously extended the support window for Windows XP numerous times throughout the 2010s as it became apparent that millions of PCs would never be updated. Windows 10 isn’t quite as entrenched as XP was, but it has still been a slog getting people to upgrade to Windows 11 even nearly five years after release.
Windows 在众多设备和外形规格上的普及，为微软带来了数十年的庞大客户群，但也阻碍了该公司推广新操作系统的努力。众所周知，微软在 2010 年代曾多次延长 Windows XP 的支持期限，因为当时很明显有数百万台电脑永远不会升级。Windows 10 虽然不像 XP 那样根深蒂固，但即便在发布近五年后，让用户升级到 Windows 11 依然是一项艰巨的任务。
Unlike many past Windows updates, Windows 11 required some users to buy new PCs with specific CPU technologies and a Trusted Platform Module (TPM). Microsoft was widely criticized for excluding perfectly serviceable PCs, and that’s turning into a problem in 2026. The AI-driven shortage of storage and memory has made system upgrades vastly more expensive, potentially slowing upgrades. Some have also avoided Windows 11 due to Microsoft’s intense focus on AI features.
与过去许多 Windows 更新不同，Windows 11 要求部分用户购买配备特定 CPU 技术和可信平台模块（TPM）的新电脑。微软因将完全可用的电脑排除在外而受到广泛批评，这在 2026 年正演变成一个问题。由人工智能驱动的存储和内存短缺使得系统升级成本大幅增加，这可能会减缓升级速度。此外，由于微软过度关注人工智能功能，一些用户也对 Windows 11 敬而远之。
The result is that Windows 10 remains stubbornly popular. According to StatCounter data, Windows 10 is still running on about 26 percent of PCs, while Windows 11 sits at 72 percent. That means there are still hundreds of millions of active Windows 10 installs, but those machines will be up to date for at least an additional year.
结果就是 Windows 10 依然顽强地保持着高人气。根据 StatCounter 的数据，Windows 10 仍运行在约 26% 的电脑上，而 Windows 11 的份额为 72%。这意味着仍有数以亿计的 Windows 10 系统处于活跃状态，但这些机器至少还能再获得一年的更新支持。
To join the ESU program, just look for the enrollment option in the Windows Update menu. Customers in the EU get these updates for free, but in other regions, you have to sign in with a Microsoft account and sync your system settings to be eligible for free updates. Otherwise, it costs $30 (or 1,000 Microsoft Rewards points) to join the program. Once you’re in, the ESU license works on up to 10 devices, but Microsoft stresses this is for personal use—businesses have to pay per device for Windows 10 updates, but the program is available through 2028. But at this rate, Microsoft might be releasing Windows 10 updates even beyond that timeline.
要加入 ESU 计划，只需在 Windows 更新菜单中查找注册选项。欧盟地区的客户可免费获得这些更新，但在其他地区，你必须登录微软账户并同步系统设置才有资格获得免费更新。否则，加入该计划需要支付 30 美元（或 1,000 微软奖励积分）。一旦加入，ESU 许可证最多可用于 10 台设备，但微软强调这仅供个人使用——企业必须按设备为 Windows 10 更新付费，但该计划将持续到 2028 年。照此速度，微软甚至可能在 2028 年之后继续发布 Windows 10 更新。