If you still run Windows 10 on one or multiple of your PCs, you may be aware that Microsoft is ending support for the operating system in about two months.
Come October 2025, Microsoft won’t release updates for the consumer editions of Windows 10 anymore. Windows 10 users may join the Extended Security Updates program to receive another year of support, but this requires becoming active.
If you do not do anything, you won’t receive any updates anymore for the operating system after October 2025.
Joining ESU is a simple process, but you still need to pick one of the available “payment” options: pay with Microsoft Rewards points, enable cloud backups, or pay with money.
Consumer ESU Enrollment is a new script for Windows that simplifies the process. It does require an administrative account and Internet connectivity, but that is about it.
When you run it without parameters, it will enroll using the free backup option and use a Microsoft account or a local account for that, depending on which you used to sign in to the operating system.
Here is what the developer Abbodi says about the order on GitHub (via Deskmodder):
By default, the script will run in the following order, if a step failed, the next is executed:
- Enroll using Microsoft account currently logged-in as Windows user.
- Enroll using Microsoft account currently logged-in with Microsoft Store.
- Enroll using current Local account.
- Acquire Consumer ESU license manually as last resort.
You may run the script using optional parameters to force one of the available options. If you use a local account, you can run .\Consumer_ESU_Enrollment.ps1 -Local to make sure that you are enrolled using the local account and not a Microsoft account.
Note that you may need to run Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force prior to that to allow the execution of unsigned scripts temporarily.
While you may enroll manually as well, using the script may speed up things significantly, especially if you use a local account to sign in to Windows.
Now You: do you still run Windows 10 on a device that you use regularly? Did you join ESU? Feel free to leave a comment down below.