End of life for Win 10 Oct 2025. How long will Steam support it?

[xBCxRangers]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=272h1Tauqco

I'm not the one on the video lol, but apparently Oct 2025 is end of life for Win 10. And seems to be a "hard" date. How long will Steam support it beyond that date?

In the interim, looking at the comments on the video, people still seem to be running Win 7, and are happy with it.

[MonkehMaster]

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sorry but it is true, i have all of it disabled and/or removed, its quite easy to do.

i have zero ads/news anywhere on my win 11 install, the telemetry is disabled and i removed edge, copilot, bing and much much more.

Wrong. Just look at the telemetry settings. The lowest setting isn’t off; it’s “minimal.”

wrong, thats for home edition, not for pro and up.

that being said, you can even block their telemetry sites through your router, or pihole on any edition, or group policy settings, or registry in pro and up, which disables them completely.

[Boblin the Goblin]

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sorry but it is true, i have all of it disabled and/or removed, its quite easy to do.

i have zero ads/news anywhere on my win 11 install, the telemetry is disabled and i removed edge, copilot, bing and much much more.

Wrong. Just look at the telemetry settings. The lowest setting isn’t off; it’s “minimal.”

To disable it completely requires access to the Group Policy Editor or editing of certain Registry files.

Home doesn't allow that.

[bidulless]

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Wrong. Just look at the telemetry settings. The lowest setting isn’t off; it’s “minimal.”

To disable it completely requires access to the Group Policy Editor or editing of certain Registry files.

Home doesn't allow that.

hello
Really, even using gpo on home ?

[MonkehMaster]

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To disable it completely requires access to the Group Policy Editor or editing of certain Registry files.

Home doesn't allow that.

hello
Realy, even using gpo on home ?

ya, home edition, is limited to only setting telemetry to "minimal", even in group policy settings (which can be enabled in win 11 home).

but you can block it completely with blocking their telemetry servers through a router, or pihole.

[Boblin the Goblin]

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Цитата допису SlowMango:

To disable it completely requires access to the Group Policy Editor or editing of certain Registry files.

Home doesn't allow that.

hello
Really, even using gpo on home ?

Correct.

While the option may show it's disabled(I've done so on my Windows 10 laptop with downloading updates) it will not actually change it.

[bidulless]

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hello
Realy, even using gpo on home ?

ya, home edition, is limited to only setting telemetry to "minimal", even in group policy settings.

but you can block it completely with blocking their telemetry servers through a router, or pihole.

hello
Good to know because i allways thought you could use gpo even in home to disabled them using a tool like https://github.com/Fleex255/PolicyPlus or poledit.
https://github.com/dlwyatt/PolicyFileEditor

So thx you @MonkehMaster and @SlowMango

so like we say in france :
c'est la loose alors ....

[D. Flame]

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Wrong. Just look at the telemetry settings. The lowest setting isn’t off; it’s “minimal.”

wrong, thats for home edition, not for pro and up.

that being said, you can even block their telemetry sites through your router, or pihole on any edition, or group policy settings, or registry in pro and up, which disables them completely.

Incorrect. Only the enterprise (or Win 10 Education) version fully disables it. All other versions just set it to "minimum."

https://i.imgur.com/5MBSf3e.png

[MonkehMaster]

Цитата допису bidulless:

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ya, home edition, is limited to only setting telemetry to "minimal", even in group policy settings.

but you can block it completely with blocking their telemetry servers through a router, or pihole.

hello
Good to know because i allways thought you could use gpo even in home to disabled them using a tool like https://github.com/Fleex255/PolicyPlus or poledit.
so like we say in france ;
So thx you @MonkehMaster and @SlowMango
c'est la loose alors ....

oh, ya if your using third party software, that is a bit different and may likely work, but i havent used any of them so i cant speculate if they do or dont work.

but, no problem, always willing to help.

[MonkehMaster]

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wrong, thats for home edition, not for pro and up.

that being said, you can even block their telemetry sites through your router, or pihole on any edition, or group policy settings, or registry in pro and up, which disables them completely.

Incorrect. Only the enterprise (or Win 10 Education) version fully disables it. All other versions just set it to "minimum."

https://i.imgur.com/5MBSf3e.png

wrong again, i run win 11 pro and mine is fully disabled.

Turn off Telemetry data collection in Windows 11 Professional. Users running the Enterprise, Education or Professional editions of Windows 10 or 11, or users running Windows Server 2016 or later, can completely disable telemetry through an edit of the Windows Registry file or through the Group Policy Editor.

Unfortunately, Microsoft does not allow Windows 11 or Windows 10 Home edition users to completely turn off the collection of telemetry data. However, those users can still limit some optional data collection through System settings

you might want to read up on all this, as you seem to be misinformed.

also as mentioned, you can block telemetry using router settings and/or pihole on any OS.

that all being said, not trying to argue here, just trying to inform you of what can or cant be done.

[D. Flame]

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Incorrect. Only the enterprise (or Win 10 Education) version fully disables it. All other versions just set it to "minimum."

https://i.imgur.com/5MBSf3e.png

wrong again, i run win 11 pro and mine is fully disabled.

You can be wrong as much as you want, but it will not change the facts.

That screen shot is taken right from a Windows 11 Pro install, and it the highlighted portion makes it extremely clear that the setting do not apply to the pro version.

[MonkehMaster]

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wrong again, i run win 11 pro and mine is fully disabled.





you might want to read up on all this, as you seem to be misinformed.

also as mentioned, you can block telemetry using router settings and/or pihole on any OS.

You can be wrong as much as you want, but it will not change the facts.

That screen shot is taken right from a Windows 11 Pro install, and it the highlighted portion makes it extremely clear that the setting do not apply to the pro version.

sorry but im not wrong, you are, do your research.

and like i said, you can also use router settings or pihole to block all microsoft telemetry servers.

anywho, we are done here, bye and have a nice day/night

[D. Flame]

Цитата допису MonkehMaster:

Цитата допису D. Flame:

You can be wrong as much as you want, but it will not change the facts.

That screen shot is taken right from a Windows 11 Pro install, and it the highlighted portion makes it extremely clear that the setting do not apply to the pro version.

sorry but im not wrong, you are, do your research.

Here is the research:
https://i.imgur.com/5MBSf3e.png

And it proves you are wrong.

[Ben Lubar]

If you don't trust Windows, I don't understand why you would want to run Windows-but-it-has-some-parts-removed. Just run something you do trust.

[shakeyourbunny]

I already suggested that if you don't like Windows or trust it, replace it with Linux.

[Blueberry {JESUS IS LORD}]

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I already suggested that if you don't like Windows or trust it, replace it with Linux.

i trust windows so i run 11