There will be paid security updates from Microsoft [0], 0patch [1] (if you trust them), the LTSC version (which however takes you back to 21H2), and lastly you

There will be paid security updates from Microsoft [0], 0patch [1] (if you trust them), the LTSC version (which however takes you back to 21H2), and lastly you can still take your chances with just Windows Defender signature updates. I know a couple of people who still run Windows 7, including a security researcher (and not for research purposes), which still receives Microsoft Defender signature updates. [0] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whats-new/extended-security-updates https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whats-new/extended... [1] https://blog.0patch.com/2024/06/long-live-windows-10-with-0patch.html https://blog.0patch.com/2024/06/long-live-windows-10-with-0p...