In confirming the deployment of patch KB5001716 to Windows 10 and Windows 11 PCs, Microsoft warns that “when this update is installed, Windows may attempt to download and install feature updates to your device if it is approaching or has reached the end of support for your currently installed Windows version.

Windows 10 users – and those running an out-of-date version of Windows 11 – are getting an update stealthily pushed to their PCs that will allow Microsoft to force a future update to the OS (to keep it in support), and also to nag users about support running out, too.

Microsoft mistakenly delivered the upgrade to machines running Windows Server 2022, leaving admins scrambling.

Microsoft’s support for its 1.5 billion Windows users has been making headlines for months. It’s now just a year before Windows 10’s unpopular end-of-life, with the 850 million PC users yet to move to Windows 11 now contemplating the $30 single year extension that has just been confirmed.