‘Upgrade Now’ Microsoft Warns As Urgent Windows Update Confirmed

‘Upgrade Now’ Microsoft Warns As Urgent Windows Update Confirmed

By Zak Doffman
Publication Date: 2025-11-18 08:54:00

Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. That’s the theme of Microsoft’s latest warnings for users sticking to Windows 10 and refusing the endless warnings to move to the newer, safer and more secure Windows 11, which still has an appeal problem.

It’s against that backdrop that Microsoft’s latest emergency out-of-band update has been released, fixing an issue where Windows 10 users enrolled for the extended security updates saw November’s critical fixes failing to install.

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“After installing the October 14, 2025 Windows update (KB5066791), the message, “Your version of Windows has reached the end of support”, might incorrectly display in the Windows Update Settings page,” Microsoft said.

That has now been fixed with an urgent update. “Microsoft has released an emergency Windows 10 KB5072653 out-of-band update to resolve ongoing…