As windows 10 continuous delay, support shortfall grows

Microsoft is running out of calendar runway for Windows 10 October 2018 Update, the one withdrew from distribution.

With less than 48 hours left in the month

Although Microsoft officially released the update on Windows Update, it was decided that it should not be possible to upgrade it.

The reason for the unprecedented moves: Some users – Microsoft said 1 / 100th of one per cent – reported that the upgrade deleted all The last word on 1809 Microsoft's name in its now standard yymm labeling format, was th How long ago, when did John Cable, director of program management in the Windows servicing group, tell us that it was fixed?

With the release of Windows 10 1809 now postponed by at least four weeks, the delay has the impact of the upgrade timeline support.

According to the definitive "Windows lifecycle fact sheet," 1809 support for Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Pro will expire April 14, 2020, and for Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Education on April 13, 2021 (Microsoft has recently extended support for Enterprise and Education from 18

If Microsoft restarted distribution of Windows 10 October 2018 Update today, it would be shortchange customers on support. Rather than the promised 18 months for Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Pro,

The original 2 October. And Windows 10 Enterprise and Education would get more than 30 months.

"If Windows-as-a-Service is in fact a hosted service, if general availability is paused, is the support window of 18 or 30 months extended by the number of days for each break? " asked Wes Miller, badyst at Directions on Microsoft, in an 11 October tweet .

It was unclear if Microsoft will be able to rectify the support, and if so, how. In April, when Microsoft delayed the release of Windows 10, 1803 to the month of the end of the day

Rather than an 8 October 2019 Microsoft set it to expire on November 12, 2019 (May 16, 2008).

Microsoft could extend support for 1809 in the same way. For example, if the firm re-starts distributing on Friday, November 2, it could restate end-of-support for Home and Pro as 12 May 2020, giving users 18 months and 10 days of security patches and bug fixes.

asked today whether Microsoft will add more time to 1809's support, a spokeswoman said the company declined.

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