I'm staying with Win 10 for now - Chase Computers Wonthaggi Bass Coast

This week Microsoft released the final free monthly update to Windows 10. While this marks the end of support from Microsoft, Firefox will continue to support Windows 10 for the foreseeable future.

If you remain on Windows 10, you will continue to get the same updates  to Firefox you do today, with all of our latest feature improvements  and bug fixes. This includes our commitment to resolve security  vulnerabilities as rapidly as we can, sometimes in less than 24 hours,  with special security updates. Windows 10 remains a primary platform  for Firefox users. Unlike older versions of Windows like Windows 7 and  8, where Mozilla is only offering security updates to Firefox, Windows  10 will get the latest and greatest features and bug fixes just like  users on Windows 11.

While Mozilla will continue to deliver the latest updates to Firefox  on Windows 10, security online also requires continued updates from  Microsoft to Windows 10 itself, and to the many other software and  devices that you use on your Windows 10 computer. That’s why we recommend upgrading to Windows 11 if your computer supports it.  You can find out if your PC can run Windows 11 and upgrade to it for  free from your Windows update settings. With this option, when you start  up Windows 11 for the first time you’ll find that Firefox is still  installed, and all of your data and settings are just like you left  them.

If your computer cannot run Windows 11, or you wish to remain on Windows 10 for other reasons, your next best option is to make sure you’re getting “extended security updates”  from Microsoft. While these updates won’t deliver new Windows features  or non-security bug fixes, they will fix security vulnerabilities that  are found in Windows 10 in the future. You should see an option to  “enroll” in these updates in your Windows update settings, and if you  choose the “Windows Backup” option you’ll get the updates for free.  Microsoft has more information on Windows 10 extended security updates if you have other questions.

If you get a new Windows 11 PC you might be surprised to see that  even if you used Windows Backup, non-Microsoft apps like Firefox haven’t  migrated with you. You will typically get a link in your start menu or  on your desktop to re-install Firefox, and after it’s installed you’ll  find that everything is “fresh” — without your bookmarks, saved  passwords, browsing history, or any of your other data and settings.

This can be frustrating, but we do have a solution for you if you prepare in advance and back up your data using Firefox sync through a Mozilla account.  To get started with sync, just choose “sign in” from the Firefox  toolbar or menu, and we’ll walk you through the quick process of  creating a Mozilla account and enabling sync.

Sync isn’t just for people who have Firefox running on more than one  computer. It’s also a safe way to back up your data and protect yourself  against a lost laptop, a computer that breaks down or is damaged, or  your own excited forgetfulness if you get rid of your old PC the moment  you get a new one. And what many Firefox users may not realize is that  Firefox sync is “end-to-end encrypted,” which is a fancy way of saying  that not even Mozilla can read your data. Without your password, which  we don’t know, your data is an indecipherable scramble even to us. But  it’s safe on our servers nonetheless, which means that if you find  yourself with a new PC and a “fresh” Firefox, all you need to do is log  in and all your bookmarks, passwords, history and more will quickly load  in.

Meanwhile, you can also rest assured that if you continue to use  Firefox on Windows 10 over the next few years, we’ll let you know  through messages in Firefox if there is new information about staying  secure and whether our stance regarding our support for Windows 10 needs  to change.