Probably in 2029-2032 or so.
while Windows 10 for consumers will lose support in Oct 2025. its LTSC versions are supported for far longer. until 2032 for 21H2 LTSC IoT for example.

The LTSC mean nothing to us its for medical imaging devices, computers used in aircraft, and industrial machinery that doesn’t require updates are prime targets for Windows LTSC. Steam I'am sure will whine again that no one can make a chromium patch to work on windows 10 so get 11,12, and on and on

Originally posted by *1157*:

The LTSC mean nothing to us its for medical imaging devices, computers used in aircraft, and industrial machinery that doesn’t require updates are prime targets for Windows LTSC. Steam I'am sure will whine again that no one can make a chromium patch to work on windows 10 so get 11,12, and on and on

the support for Windows 7 has been dropped because Chromium dropped support at the end of its ESU.
and I can certainly imagine that Chromium will keep on supporting 10 way past 2025 because of the LTSC releases.

Originally posted by *1157*:

The LTSC mean nothing to us its for medical imaging devices, computers used in aircraft, and industrial machinery that doesn’t require updates are prime targets for Windows LTSC. Steam I'am sure will whine again that no one can make a chromium patch to work on windows 10 so get 11,12, and on and on

Close but not quite. The long-term servicing channel is indeed primarily meant for integrated systems that are tested and delivered as a whole and any added features in an upgrade; mean revising and retesting the whole system. So medical and industrial set-ups; aircraft control systems; that kind of thing.

But while LTSC doesn't include new OS features over its life time, it does still include security updates and bugfixes wrt e.g. robustness of generic driver classes included with the OS.

LTSC also isn't something consumers can even legally use.
The LTSC channel is only available to the Windows 10 Enterprise SKU and that's only sold to select large businesses in individual negotiation; or offered through iirc the Microsoft Partner program.
Even normal small to medium sized businesses will not have access to anything 'better' than Pro licenses normally.

Originally posted by ★Sinon★ <3:

Originally posted by *1157*:

The LTSC mean nothing to us its for medical imaging devices, computers used in aircraft, and industrial machinery that doesn’t require updates are prime targets for Windows LTSC. Steam I'am sure will whine again that no one can make a chromium patch to work on windows 10 so get 11,12, and on and on

the support for Windows 7 has been dropped because Chromium dropped support at the end of its ESU.
and I can certainly imagine that Chromium will keep on supporting 10 way past 2025 because of the LTSC releases.

True. Google likely has business users it doesn't want to screw with.

Well, it's still working in 2025, but I wonder how long it will last

Don't care will still use it..

Will most likely switch to Zorin or Bazzite if it goes wrong at all, i'm done with windows.

Originally posted by Spindles:

I know Microsoft are ceasing all support for Windows 10 in October 2025, how long after will Steam cease supporting it and force users to install Windows 11?

Can't wait for when my Windows 10 machine stop trying to update itself every week without my approval. I'm really looking into that. Never needed those updates to begin with... IF (and I really need to stress the word if here) I ever need to update I can do that manually. Like I've always done in the past to begin with.

As for when will Steam stop supporting 64bits OSes? That will be in a loooooong time in the future. Especially if people keep using the OS. There is already a huge divide between Windows 10 and Windows 11 users.

I've personally decided a long time ago that my next machine is going to be Linux based. I'm just that fed up with all the BS MS is bringing up.

Windows 11 is okay and it's much better to go to 11 than stay on 10. The risk of hackers taking over your PC easily when windows 10 security updates stop on October 2025 will be high. Some hackers when they find a security exploit they sit on it and wait until the day they can use it and it won't be patched out.

The risk of hackers taking over your PC easily when windows 10 security updates stop on October 2025 will be high.
There are risks of MS taking over your PC like accidentally giving recall more permission

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.