When we talk about operating system life cycleLike Windows 11, the time range is always a good number of years. For example, Windows 10 was released on July 29, 2015, and while Microsoft has now stopped selling it (although if you need a Windows 10 license, you can find it here for a great price), security updates will continue to be released. and bug fixes and even some extra features at least until October 14, 2025, a little over 10 years from its launch.

However, there is a bit of a catch, namely that updates are periodically released for each operating system, which become its current version, so to speak. For example, currently the current version is Windows 11 22H2, and we expect Windows 11 23H2 to arrive in a few weeks to months. And as you know, single-generation versions of the operating system have shorter life cycles, of course.

It assumes that a problem for users, although some of them do not perceive it that wayand something that worries Microsoft, which often insists on the importance of keeping the operating system updated to the latest version. However, there is also an understandable resistance in this regard from users, because even if there have been important improvements in this regard, it is undoubted and indisputable that updates bring crashes and other problems more often than one would like. .

So we find that many users consciously decide not to update, others neglect this task out of ignorance, and it is in these cases that those from Redmond try to impose a little on the machine. And that’s about to happen, because according to what we can read in Bleeping Computer, Microsoft will start pushing the Windows 11 21H2 update in October.

The reason given by Microsoft for forcing these updates is this the late 2021 version will reach the end of its life cycle on October 10, so from that date it will stop receiving updates of any kind, including security ones, so those users will be exposed when any security issue affecting this version of the system is found. So if we say that the life cycle of an operating system can be 10 years, in this case we see that Windows 11 21H2 is around two years.

Now, Windows 11 21H2 users aware to avoid updating to the latest version, they can either jump to 22H2 which has been out for about a year and is therefore reliable, or they can wait for the forced update in October, although in such a case it depends on the day Microsoft chooses to the Windows 11 23H2 release, they may be surprised to suddenly find themselves with this new version.