Trouble enrolling in Win10 Extended Support Updates (ESU)

FrugaiMacDugal

When I enrolled I wasn't asked to sign in, maybe because I was  already signed in to my Outlook email account.

BFBW

A few issues...your CPU is quite old and not even able to upgrade unofficially to Windows 11.
Consider splashing out £50 on a more modern PC.
You can try an eligibility check by opening a Command Prompt, choosing to Run As Administrator and then copying and pasting this Command in: reg.exe query "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\ConsumerESU" then to hit the Enter key.
Report back with the result.
Chances are that you'll need to do an in-place upgrade to solve the issue.
I'm guessing similar to here: https://www.reddit.com/r/WindowsHelp/comments/1noy7ri/esu_enrol_continues_to_spin_then_closes

Northern_Wanderer

BFBW said:

Consider splashing out £50 on a more modern PC.

Where can I do that? Fabulous money saving tip, tell me more please 

Boohoo

Northern_Wanderer said:

BFBW said:

Consider splashing out £50 on a more modern PC.

Where can I do that? Fabulous money saving tip, tell me more please 

Maybe one of those mini pc's that's about the size of your hand.

ih8stress

Will reply later, just spent AGES on my fire tablet with a long reply and it DIDN'T save - aaarrrggbhh!

ih8stress

@FrugaiMacDugal thanks for the YouTube info - I couldn't see it and got side tracked with other ones, ha ha. I WAS able to go into my Admin (local) account, then log in to an old outlook account before clicking on the enrol button but I still got a black screen and couldn't proceed.

ih8stress

@BFBW I have done that - haven't got the full result in front of me as not on my computer but the first one ended 0v2 and the second one ended 0v1
I know from tenforum that it might be possible to check and change these numbers through certain settings but can't find the relevant thread at the moment (very slow trying to type on a fire tablet and search for stuff).

I've found my receipt for the computer, bought in 2010, so it's not done bad, ha ha

ih8stress

I am thinking of trying Chrome OS Flex instead of Linux as I think it will be easier for me but I need to get a usb flashdrive first.
If I want to try and go back to Windows 10 extended afterwards will it still be possible to reinstall it, until October 2026?

Northern_Wanderer

ih8stress said:

I am thinking of trying Chrome OS Flex instead of Linux as I think it will be easier for me but I need to get a usb flashdrive first.
If I want to try and go back to Windows 10 extended afterwards will it still be possible to reinstall it, until October 2026?

Yes, but you will need to make a copy of the Windows 10 ISO files NOW before MS removes them from their site.

See this on how to do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am0O6GpB7qI&t=57s

ih8stress

Thanks @Northern_Wanderer.  I have had to download the Iso instead and put it on a DVD disk as I don't have a spare usb flashdrive at the moment.
It says that I can put Rufus on a flash Drive for the iso, so hopefully Rufus won't change after tomorrow too.
I DO have hirens boot on an old usb flashdrive - do you know if I can use this instead of rufus?
It is probably a few years since I put it on there so I need to check it
Thanks 🙂