End of Windows 10 - do I need to worry?

[Martin_H]

Windows 10 comes to end-of-life in October and will no longer receive security updates*. I have a PC used for streaming services in our church which runs perfectly well, but does not meet the hardware requirements for W11. Although it is connected to the Internet for streaming, the PC is not used in any other way. Do I need to worry about replacing Windows 10?

(* There will be some updates for those on a business subscription but not consumers.)

 

[R1CH]

As long as it isn't connected to any dangerous networks or opening untrusted content, an out of support OS is probably not that risky. You can also enroll for extended security updates.

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