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Jacob Fox

If your Windows 10 Extended Security Updates weren't working, they should now after Microsoft's latest patch

The Windows 10 ESU sign-up in the Settings menu.

It's been exactly one month since Windows 10 went kinda-sorta-not-really EOL. Microsoft's previous operating system has stopped receiving official support for most things, but you can at least opt into a year of security updates and keep your system's defenses, well, up to date. That's just as long as those updates actually get downloaded and installed, though, which wasn't happening for some due to two errors (via Windows Latest).

These errors have now been patched, though, according to Windows Latest, citing a statement from Microsoft. The KB5071959 update should fix the issue. Microsoft says:

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