In response, Microsoft rolled out the Windows 11 22H2 updates “User Comments”. This way, support for this edition of new non-security content will be available in some versions until June 2025.

Microsoft can drive everyone crazy with so many changes to the support program. Different versions of your operating system are supported at the same time, but the lifecycle of each release only lasts for a certain amount of time and users must upgrade to a higher version before this happens. And if not, Microsoft will do it through automatic updates.

It has been announced that on Tuesday, February 27, Microsoft will release the final preview update for Windows 11 22H2. However, this update was not released and instead Microsoft quietly updated its plans for updates to this edition.

In a post on their support page, Microsoft fixed the end date for Windows 11 22H2 users to receive non-secure preview updates. In some cases will take more than a yearand Windows 11 22H2 Enterprise, Education, IoT Enterprise will last until June 24, 2025.

Microsoft says that this change was due to “user comments”, for Windows 11 22H2 users continue “take advantage of our continuous innovation”. In other words, Windows PC owners will be able to get the new features a little longer, including Home and Pro client versions until October 8, 2024.

This isn’t the first time Microsoft has extended support for certain updates to Windows users, but it’s unusual for the announcement to come literally last day of scheduled updates. Apart from user “comments”, we believe that the main reason is related to the release of versions for this year. The minor “Moments 5” update, which will be available in March, and the major Windows 11 2024 Update, which is expected in October.

It is possible that these changes in version support are related to the huge market share that Windows 10 has and the delay of Windows 12. A new version that will definitely not arrive until 2025, when the end of the Windows 10 life cycle is approaching.