Officially, Windows 10 died last month, a little more than a decade after its initial release. But the enduring popularity of the older operating system has led Microsoft to promise extended security updates (ESU) for many Windows 10 PCs every between one and three years. For individuals with a Windows 10 PC, it is relatively easy to get an additional year of updates at no cost.
Or at least, it should be so. The bug initially identified by Windows Latest was preventing some Windows 10 PCs from successfully enrolling in the ESU program, preventing those PCs from signing up to receive free updates. And because every Windows 10 PC has to be manually enrolled in the program, a broken enrollment process also means broken security updates.
To fix the issues, Microsoft released an update for Windows 10 22H2 (KB5071959) this week, which acknowledges and fixes the “where the enrollment wizard may fail during enrollment” issue. This is being offered to all Windows 10 PCs, regardless of whether they are enrolled in the ESU program or not “because it resolves an issue that was preventing affected customers from receiving required security updates.”