windows 10

[vanishedchief2021]

I know windows 10 is going to end soon but will i still be able to access steam and if so how long.

[Cathulhu]

There hasn't been an announcement yet. So it is unknown.

Windows 10 will lose support in 2025, so expect Steam to stop supporting it within the next five years after that.

[vanishedchief2021]

thank you

[Vox]

Windows 10 ltsc ends in 2027 and Windows 10 iot ltsc ends in 2032. So I would imagine a date closer to 2032.

[Cathulhu]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-10-home-and-pro

LTSC is for business customers. Valve does not consider that the average Steam users pays a hefty ton of money for the LTSC support.

Windows 10 support will end in October 2025. So expect Steam dropping Windows 10 before 2030.

[🦜Cloud Boy🦜]

Windows 10 will lose support in 2025, that's the official announcement. But situation can change if Windows 11 doesn't get the expected popularity by that time.
If 2 years later most people still found to be using Windows 10, Microsoft will have no option but to extend Windows 10 support period.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

I highly doubt they drop support for Win10 on Steam before 2027 or so.

[Cathulhu]

I suspect it around 2028 or 2029.
Unless Microsoft does another Windows XP and extends support duration.

[Komarimaru]

Look at how long extended support lasted for Windows 7. It's mainstream support was over in 2015. It lasted past 2020 even though shouldn't have lol

Windows 10 is already miles ahead of what 7 was technology wise, so it's main stream support ending in 2025, I suspect at least 2030 before full support drop.

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

so its better to not buy more games on here if we cant run the 11?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

If your machine can run Win10 and has all proper driver support for that, you can run 11. Regardless of what MS says about your PC. You can use the Rufus method to get around the Win11 TPM requirements

[emoticorpse]

Originally posted by AustrAlien2010:

Every Windows user ends up with some sort of "Windows trauma." This is not good.
You should probably not buy Windows.

I've got Linux trauma, and that's why I'm on Windows.

[Crashed]

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

There hasn't been an announcement yet. So it is unknown.

Windows 10 will lose support in 2025, so expect Steam to stop supporting it within the next five years after that.

Microsoft actually did announce in 2021 that Windows 10 Home, Pro, and Pro for Workstations would end support in October of 2025. More recently, Microsoft announced that Windows 10 22H2 is the last feature update, and will continue to receive support until that date.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by Crashed:

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

There hasn't been an announcement yet. So it is unknown.

Windows 10 will lose support in 2025, so expect Steam to stop supporting it within the next five years after that.

Microsoft actually did announce in 2021 that Windows 10 Home, Pro, and Pro for Workstations would end support in October of 2025. More recently, Microsoft announced that Windows 10 22H2 is the last feature update, and will continue to receive support until that date.

That doesnt matter much. They were asking how long Steam would support Win10. Obviously that wouldn't end just after MS ends it's Win10 support.

[Crashed]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

Originally posted by Crashed:

Microsoft actually did announce in 2021 that Windows 10 Home, Pro, and Pro for Workstations would end support in October of 2025. More recently, Microsoft announced that Windows 10 22H2 is the last feature update, and will continue to receive support until that date.

That doesnt matter much. They were asking how long Steam would support Win10. Obviously that wouldn't end just after MS ends it's[sic] Win10 support.

Noted. Might be some time after Chromium ends support for Windows 11 versions that don't support the upcoming sandbox feature.

[Haruspex]

Originally posted by emoticorpse:

Originally posted by AustrAlien2010:

Every Windows user ends up with some sort of "Windows trauma." This is not good.
You should probably not buy Windows.

I've got Linux trauma, and that's why I'm on Windows.

Linux has problems. Windows has problems. All you really can choose is which problems you want to deal with.