Windows 10 still uses? Here’s how to get another year of updates for free

From these, the backup application is the most painful; Supports some reserved credentials, some Windows settings, and some Windows applications on your account. It can also prepare the folders you determine, if your account has a space for them (it will not be 5 GB of trivial you get well, but they are).

You have already used Windows Backup with my Microsoft account at some point in the past, so free registration was automatically provided in ESU. Whatever the option you choose, click the Register button, and your computer will be registered for the additional year of updates.

The case message in the Windows Update will confirm that your computer has been registered. You will get safety updates for Windows itself until October 2026, Microsoft has committed separately to provide Microsoft Defender Antivens updates and safety updates for Microsoft Office released through at least 2028.

What if you don’t want to store anything with Microsoft?

We know that some of you do not want anything at all with a Microsoft account, although the company pushes one request as a pre -condition to use any version of Windows 11. If this describes you, the good news is that you can register in ESU without having to stay registered in Windows Backup Opens or without staying in the Microsoft account at all.

To stop using Windows Backup, go to Settings and Accounts and click Windows Backup, and stop all exchanges to prevent future backups. You should be able to scan any previous backup settings by moving to Microsoft account settings in the web browser, Mobility to the hardware tabScroll down, and click on “stored scanning settings”. Any simultaneous files can be managed via OneDrive Via its web interface.

To sign a microsoft account completely, go to settings, accounts and your information tab. There, you should be able to click on a link bearing the “Log in with a local account instead” or “stop logging in to all Microsoft applications automatically”, depending on how to log in in the first place. After switching to a local account, you can also move to settings, accounts, an email tab, accounts and remove any Microsoft accounts that you see here if you do not want to use them for other Windows apps on your computer.

Even after removing all residue of all Microsoft accounts from your computer, you will still see “your computer registered for expanded safety updates” on the Windows update page. We prefer to be able to get updates without Rigmarole, but for people who cannot or does not want to install Windows 11, the value of the additional year of safety corrections is 10 or 15 minutes.

This story was originally appeared on Art Technica.