At least those 900 million Windows 10 users have another year before support ends—absent a surprise Microsoft support extension, an affordable support package or a workable workaround. But for 50-million Windows users that end of support nightmare has come true, and Microsoft is warning them of the consequences.

Today, Microsoft announced the general availability of Windows 11 version 24H2, also known as the Windows 11 2024 Update. This is the release that Copilot+ PCs have been running since the summer, and it's now beginning to roll out to the rest of the Windows 11 user base.

Version 24H2 adds the sudo command for developers and alerts users when an application accesses their physical location.

Microsoft has issued a warning to Windows 11 users over a recent optional software update that has been causing multiple problems. The company says patch KB5043145 is causing some computers to restart many times in a constant loop, and in some cases, become unresponsive.