Windows 10 EOL Is Tomorrow And Microsoft's Upgrade Tool Is Broken, What Now?

After more than a decade of service, Windows 10, once pitched as the last monolithic version of Windows ever, is just hours away from officially reaching end of life (EOL) status, which Consumer Reports deemed a national security threat. That means no more technical support or free security updates (with caveats) despite a petition to compel Microsoft to change its mind. And as lousy timing would have it, Microsoft's handy media creation tool to facilitate clean installations to Windows 11 is having issues on Windows 10 PCs.

While not the end of the world, it's an inconvenience for this to happen in the final hours before Windows 10 is retired. After all, hundreds of millions of PCs are still running Windows 10, even with the PC market seeing its biggest growth in three years in part because of the looming upgrade deadline, according to a recent PC shipment ...