In all discretion, Microsoft announces the end of the marketing of Windows 10. We will soon no longer be able to buy the system or even download it. Hurry up to grab an ISO copy of it before it’s too late!
Windows 10 will soon bow out. It is at the bend of a page of the Microsoft store that we learn the news. Windows 10, until now offered for sale for 145 euros, will be withdrawn from the shelves from January 31, 2023. It will then no longer be possible to buy it from the publisher. Above all, it seems very likely that Microsoft no longer offers the download of the ISO image of the system as is still the case now. Nevertheless, the publisher ensures that security updates for this version will continue to be supported until October 14, 2025. Remember that Windows 10 was released in 2015 and that it gave way in 2021 to Windows 11, major evolution of the system, with a sleeker design and richer functions but which cannot be installed on any PC.
What are the consequences of the end of availability of Windows 10?
Windows 11 is certainly very efficient and more comfortable to use than its predecessor, but it is also much more demanding and selective as to the PCs capable of hosting it. Microsoft has indeed imposed technical restrictions to be able to take advantage of it. The PC must have at least an 8th generation Intel Core processor or later – some Atom, Celeron and Pentium chips, 3rd generation AMD Ryzen plus some Athlon and Epyc models are also supported – more than 4 GB of RAM , and, above all, a motherboard with a TPM 2.0 module (for Trust Platform module or secure platform module in French). This chip integrated into the motherboard stores encrypted data that can be used in authentication phases, for example. Without this small component, it is impossible to update a PC to Windows 11. So many restrictions that have led many users to stay on Windows 10. And if for them, Microsoft no longer offers the sale or download of disk images (ISO files) from the system, it is better that the PC does not crash and does not require reinstallation from USB or DVD. It will then become very complicated to get your hands on a clean ISO image ready to be installed.
We strongly recommend that you download a version of Windows 10 before it disappears from Microsoft’s shelves on January 31 and keep it safe on a USB key or hard drive. In the event of a glitch, it will always be possible to reinstall a clean and healthy system without scouring the Web for a disk image whose security and reliability are not guaranteed. Follow the advice in our practical sheet to recover Windows 10 from Microsoft.
If it is already too late, nothing is lost. If Windows 10 disappears from Microsoft’s shelves, it’s a safe bet that it will still be possible to get your hands on it from many online merchants. Be careful, however, with low-cost license resellers who allow you to obtain Windows 10 for a handful of euros or even less than a euro for some. They only sell license keys to activate the system but only rarely provide download links to repatriate Windows installation files.
