Microsoft offers free security updates for an additional year for Microsoft Account users. (Image credit: Windows Central / Zac Bowden) Microsoft has announced that it’s making Windows 10’s extended security updates (ESU) program free for anyone who syncs their PC settings data to the cloud via a Microsoft Account, using the new Windows Backup app. While mainstream support still ends on October 14 this year, the company is making it very easy to remain supported via security updates until Octobe...