This popped up today when windows for forcing me to update to 11 from 10. I accepted and new security updates started downloading. Holding on this till a stable version of 11 appears
It was free for me by the way while article mentions about pricing so not sure about that
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/extended-security-updates?r=1
You can use MASgrave to enable 3 years of ESU on any system. I had that enabled on my Win 10 installation.
is this for legit windows licenses ?
Yes can be used on any professional licenses (and a few others). With MASgrave you can even convert your existing home license to pro.
Check their website all details there
I would not recommend it for corporate or business usage. Better to use one of three ways listed in the article, you linked.
Because you might be syncing ie using an MS account
I’ve been saying this for a while. 2 of my old win 10 laptops got esu in oct/nov 2025 itself. Free with online account.
Still this will run out in oct 2026, they might just extend further then. Ive put migration to win 10 IoT LTSC on hold till then.
I would take a sys image of the OS disk before attempting to do the migration/conversion to LTSC.
Genuine Windows 10/11 LTSC and LTSC IoT keys can be had for cheap on those cheap CD key websites like VIPSCDkeys.
Extends your PC’s life by almost a decade.