The Windows 10 ESU enrollment notification finally showed up on my main computer. I’ll show you how the official process went for me and a way to force enrollment using only a local account.
I urge you to make a full system image backup before starting this process.
Check Windows Update > click Enroll Now
Click Next
Click Enroll > You’ll have to log in to your Microsoft Account, you may have to backup some stuff.
That’s it. Windows Update should show you’re enrolled in ESU.
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***EDIT 13OCT2025
Microsoft seems committed to closing every avenue it can for installing Win11 under a local account. The bypass that the program below no longer works…
“UPDATE 2025-10-12:
– Enrollment without Microsoft account is not possible anymore as of 2025-10-08
– Acquire license without enrollment no longer works as well
– Already enrolled devices with Local account or License should not be affected by this change”
Wanna bypass all that and get enrolled using a local account?
Understand this is all “unofficial”. Please BACK UP using a system image BEFORE running this.
The Win10 ESU enrollment option had not showed up on my secondary PC.
There is a script overt at GitHub that lets you use command line or PowerShell to enroll in Win10 ESU: https://github.com/abbodi1406/ConsumerESU
The instructions are all there. I used PowerShell and the script worked perfectly.
If you like you can add “Open PowerShell window here as administrator” to your right-click menu.
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Thanks for the tip(s) Eric – good to know to give our Win10’s a little more life….
it didnt work. after running the program after installing the update…..
==== ERROR ====
ConsumerESUMgr.dll is not detected.
Make sure to install update 2025-06 KB5061087 (19045.6036) or later.
Press Enter to exit:
See the section of this article “***EDIT 13OCT2025”.
Also you can post issues here: https://github.com/abbodi1406/ConsumerESU/issues