Microsoft Finally Fixed Windows 10 Free One-Year Extended Security Updates Enrollment Issues

Windows 10's imminent sunset on October 14th has been the subject of much ink lately. Windows 11 is a free upgrade, but some users wish to stick with the older version due to device or app incompatibility, fear of a botched upgrade, or just dislike for the migration process of a newer OS. There's an additional year-long lifeline, in the form of free Extended Security Updates (ESU), as we covered before.

In fact, the ESU wizard started rolling out a few months ago but when many users tried to use it, they found that clicking "Enroll now" to start the process would bring up a wizard, but it would just start to load and close itself with no further information. Patch notes for a July 2025 update for Windows 10 indicated that the problem has since been fixed, but not entirely.

The more recent August 2025 ...