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Our thanks to Steve for sharing his experiences. If you are looking to going down this route for a home brew
NAS system, I am sure Steve will be only too happy to point you in the right direction.

Dave Robb

Windows 10 is fighting back and it is terrible news for Mi-
crosoft's Windows 11

A few weeks ago Alan sent me a link to an article about support for Windows 10 beyond the cutoff date for Mi-
crosoft’s free support. Since then, there has been lots of articles about continued support for Windows 10 so I
thought I would pick out some bits and pieces from them and update you on the future.

Windows 10 might be less than 12 months away from being sent to the history books but that's not stopping
people from using it.

In less than 12 months, Windows 10 will lose all free support from Microsoft, leaving users with some very
tough choices to make. Those with this operating system still installed will either have to take the risk of their
devices not being protected from cyber bugs or sign up for Microsoft's Extended Security Updates which will
be available from October 2025 for a yearly fee.

Of course, the other option is to switch over to a Windows 11 compatible PC but it seems millions really aren't
that keen on making the jump. Over the past few months, Windows 11 adoption has been slowing growing
whilst Windows 10 numbers have been declining. With end of support on the horizon that makes perfect sense
but something bizarre has suddenly happened over the last month.

According to new data Windows 10 numbers suddenly increased during November, whilst Windows 11
dropped.