- Microsoft sends emails to push people to go from Windows 10 to Windows 11
- In front of it, it seems a useful decision to help some users, Microsoft’s e-mail fishing is far from ideal
- It also runs the risk of ensuring that Windows 10 users feel spammed, especially since they are still growing in the operating system itself
Microsoft once again tries to persuade Windows 10 users that they have to go to Windows 11, before the imminent cessation of the care of the old operating system later this year.
This time, however, the boost to the upgrade is not delivered in Windows 10 itself, but by e-mail-although it is not the first time that Microsoft has tried this approach.
I received an email from Microsoft (sent to the email address linked to my Microsoft account) concerning my Windows 10 PC requiring an upgrade at the end of November 2024, a few months ago, but now the software giant sends new messages to upgrade this month.
I have not obtained this last mail (not yet, anyway), but Windows made, and although it bears the same title, a warning that “the end of the care of Windows 10 approaches”, “The email itself is somewhat different.
The overall content of content is similar, however. There is an important reminder of the exact date that Microsoft interrupts the support of Windows 10 – which occurs on October 14, 2025 – and some suggestions on what to do with your old PC (exchange it or recycle the machine). You can also click on a link to check your eligibility for Windows 11 upgrade.
Microsoft also specifies that your PC will continue to operate, it is simply that there will be no support – as in software updates – killed. There is also a link to a presentation text on how Windows 11 is more secure (which is certainly true), and a boost to use OneDrive to save your files if you plan to use Windows 10 after the deadline, before 2026.
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There are a few things that seem strange to me here. First, the sheet for OneDrive is very free and barely a solution to counter the prospect of compromising your PC by performing an obsolete operating system. Where is Devable the severe warning that it is really not a good idea to execute Windows 10 on your PC when the management of the operating system expires?
As you may know, without security updates, your computer will be left vulnerable to exploits, because when the holes appear in Windows 10, they will no longer be corrected – a recipe for a disaster, potentially.
Of course, if you really want to stick to Windows 10, then for the first time, consumers can pay to extend support, and I recommend that you do it (for other options, explore my article on how to prepare the end of the life of Windows 10). Curiously, Microsoft does not mention this extension of the support in his email.
I say that it is strange, but then, Microsoft would really prefer that you can upgrade to Windows 11 anyway, either on your current PC – if it is eligible – or by buying a new Windows 11 computer. And to this end, there is a link in the email to “explore new computers”, which is something that Microsoft has been urging us for a while now. As I have already discussed, there is undoubtedly the merit of suggestion in some respects, but many other concerns will prevail over that of the environment that a ton of Windows 10 PCs being on the Scrapheap could inaugurate.
These are serious concerns, and probably why Microsoft sends the other message to this e-mail advising on recycling (or trading) your old Windows 10 PC if you are upgrading.
The other point here is that you want to receive emails directly from Microsoft on Windows 10 upgrades? Well, in some ways, I suppose it is better (or at least slightly less boring) than being pushed to upgrade in the operating system itself, but the problem is that Microsoft also does – so Windows 10 users get the two barrels, so to speak. Sigh…
We can probably expect several additional dams of this type of email as 2025 are progressing, and the October support deadline gets closer – messages that people might like their spam filter, frankly.
Do not get me wrong here: I am not saying that it is not important to warn consumers of the dangers of an obsolete operating system – this is certainly the case – but Microsoft is rather exaggerated with its wide approach here, and even worse, this particular email in fact underscores these dangers (all in the soil other Microsoft products).
