Microsoft stops selling Windows 10 licenses

Microsoft announces on its website that stop selling licenses of Windows 10 from January 31. The goal is that the new users start directly with Windows 11.

For decades, Microsoft has been fighting against a phenomenon that the competition does not have: user resistance to change to one new version of Windows.

The vast majority of Android, iOS, Mac or Linux users are looking forward to making the leap to the new version, when offered for download. instead with windowsthe opposite occurs.

The reasons are varied. The new windows they always tend to worsen performanceAt least the first few months. Secondly Microsoft Accustomed to change interface oh make changes thinking of their own interestsinstead of those of the users, which are almost always the opposite.

Also, both Windows 10 like Windows 11 were born with many bugs, and they took months to correct. The result is that many users refuse to install new versions of Windows. In this case, Windows 11.

On January 31, goodbye to Windows 10

the only thing you can do Microsoft to “force” to change the operating system, it is stop selling the license of the old So new users will have no choice but to install Windows 11 on their new PCs.

That is exactly what has happened with Windows 10:

The above capture comes from the website of the Windows 10 Technical Service. As we can see, he warns that from the January 31Already no more Windows 10 licenses will be sold.

Luckily it also confirms that technical support, with security patches (although not with improvements or system news), will continue until the October 14, 2025.

It is a controversial decision, because unlike previous versions, Windows 11 doesn’t play well with older computers. It requires the presence of the TPM 2.0 security chip, and older PCs do not have it.

Fortunately, at least for now. Microsoft maintains the Media Creation Toolwhich enables upgrade from an old version to Windows 10. We don’t think it will remove it for now, because many people use it when doing a clean reinstall of the system, which requires downloading Windows again.

Microsoft stop selling licenses of Windows 10 the January 31. You will be able to continue buying them in third-party stores, until they run out. After or Windows 11 or nothing… Well yes, Linux.