Windows 10

Windows 10

Windows 10 running on a laptop
Developer	Microsoft Corporation
OS family	Microsoft Windows
Working state	Current
Initial release	July 29, 2015; 8 years ago
Latest release	22H2 (10.0.19045.5070) / October 14, 2024; 2 months ago (2024-10-14)[1][2]
Latest preview	21H2 (10.0.19044.1415) (December 14, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-12-14)[3][4]) [±]
Preceded by	Windows 8 (2012) Windows 8.1 (2013)
Succeeded by	Windows 10X (2020) Windows 11 (2021)
Official website	www.microsoft.com/ru-ru/software-download/windows10,%20https://www.microsoft.com/it-it/windows
Support status
Support of all-non LTSB/LTSC version: Mainstream support ended on October 13, 2020 Extended support will end on October 14, 2025 All LTSC loT, and all LTSC/LTSB of 2019 and older variants of Windows 10 are unsupported 10 years or 5 years after release Paid Extended Security Updates (ESU) support for version 22H2 until at most October 10, 2028. Windows 8 users (except those using Windows Embedded 8 Standard) had to install Windows 10 to continue receiving updates after January 12, 2016 Exceptions exist for LTSC versions & other editions, along with some hardware configurations, until at most January 9, 2035

Windows 10 is a computer operating system by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Windows group of operating systems. It was called Threshold when it was being developed (made/coded). Windows 10 was announced at a press event on 30 September 2014. It was released for personal computers on 29 July 2015. It is a free update for Windows 8 that can be found in the Windows Store until version 1709.

Windows 10 is designed to provide the same look for different systems. These include desktop, laptop, and other systems.

Unlike earlier versions of Windows, Windows 10 was regularly updated with new features based on user feedback, starting before it was first released. Each release has a four-digit build number. The first two digits (2 numbers) refer to the year of release, and the other two digits refer to the month of release (e.g. "1903" refers to a build released in March 2019).

Windows 10, is by now, the most popular Windows version, at 71.1%.^[5] Older versions of Windows 10 (any version before 22H2) are officially discontinued and do not get updated, and Windows 11 is 2nd most popular.

1. ↑ "Releasing Windows 10 Build 19045.5070 to Beta and Release Preview Channels". Windows Insider Blog. 14 October 2024.
2. ↑ "October 8, 2024—KB5044273 (OS Builds 19044.5011 and 19045.5011)". Microsoft Support. Microsoft.
3. ↑ "Releasing Windows 10 Build 19044.1381 / 19043.1381 to Release Preview Channel". Windows Insider Blog. 18 November 2021.
4. ↑ "December 14, 2021—KB5008212 (OS Builds 19041.1415, 19042.1415, 19043.1415, and 19044.1415)". Microsoft Support. Microsoft. 14 December 2021.
5. ↑ "Desktop Windows Version Market Share Worldwide". StatCounter Global Stats. Retrieved 2 August 2023.