Windows 10 End of Life (2 Viewers)

[BlueSpruce]

BitLocker's reliance on a TPM for security is its own downfall.
TPM Bus sniffing is the approach.
Defeated in minutes with a Raspberry Pie……

Ditto

 

[BlueSpruce]

Today, October 18, 2025, my Win10 box received updates! I thought Win10 security and feature updates would stop on October 14, 2025. I didn't sign up for Extended Security Updates, so what's up with this?

 

[NauticalGent]

An interesting read:

What should I do with my older PC that can’t run Windows 11? https://share.google/JIrIB3wsvvpiv1Tlc

 

[NauticalGent]

The ChromeOS Flex option is intriguing. Has anyone here used this?

 

[BlueSpruce]

The ChromeOS Flex option is intriguing. Has anyone here used this?

No, and don't intend to for the following reasons:

 

[AccessBlaster]

Bypass the requirement with Rufus.

 

[JonXL]

I am running Windows 10 with Office 2016 Pro and since reaching EOL (officially for both now), I've noticed strange behavior whenever I am connected to the Internet. First, the MS Upload Center kept popping up telling me I had no files to upload - okay, I've never used this nor worked with any MS files online where I would need the Upload Center to sync for me; I don't have an MS account connected to my PC and no One Drive. Now just today whenever I unlock my PC, I get Office trying to configure itself (Please wait while Windows configures ... [MS Office]). I've had this PC for 7+ years with Office 2016 and neither of these things has ever happened until now.

Which is to say, these products haven't simply reached end of life in the sense of being forevermore neglected by MS but that they have been specifically targeted for assassination. With whatever final updates MS sent out, it clearly included some little poison pills here and there meant to actively disable proper functioning of any software that isn't could-based, AI-integrated, all-seeing-eye MS account monitored.

 

[BlueSpruce]

I am running Windows 10 with Office 2016 Pro and since reaching EOL (officially for both now), I've noticed strange behavior whenever I am connected to the Internet. First, the MS Upload Center kept popping up telling me I had no files to upload - okay, I've never used this nor worked with any MS files online where I would need the Upload Center to sync for me; I don't have an MS account connected to my PC and no One Drive. Now just today whenever I unlock my PC, I get Office trying to configure itself (Please wait while Windows configures ... [MS Office]). I've had this PC for 7+ years with Office 2016 and neither of these things has ever happened until now.

Which is to say, these products haven't simply reached end of life in the sense of being forevermore neglected by MS but that they have been specifically targeted for assassination. With whatever final updates MS sent out, it clearly included some little poison pills here and there meant to actively disable proper functioning of any software that isn't could-based, AI-integrated, all-seeing-eye MS account monitored.

I think you have to go to One Drive Settings and disable syncing Office files.
As for Office reconfiguring itself, I would remove Office and re-install it.