Has anyone tried an installation with a Windows 7 OEM key? I built my own system and purchased a Win7 Pro OEM disc, but I have not seen any information about this specific issue. All of the OEM ...

Yes, I've done some Googling. However, there seem to be some contradictions. Here's my scenario. I want to upgrade a friend's Thinkpad to Windows 10 Pro. His current license is Windows 7 Pro. I ...

Even Zune-clutching Windows loyalists have to admit that Mac owners have it pretty great—at least, they do now. Apple hasn’t charged for macOS, nor macOS updates, for years. Of course, you need to buy ...

Over the past few months, there has been a lot of hype surrounding Windows 10, in part because Microsoft is offering free Windows 10 upgrades to those running Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows Phone ...

Back when Windows 10 first launched, Microsoft made a huge push to get those on Windows 7 and 8.1 to upgrade. Most notably, this included a promotion that offered Windows 10 upgrades for free for a ...

Are you still using Windows 10 on your desktop or laptop? If so, you need to know this: As of October 14, Microsoft moved the software to its "end of life" phase. What that means is that while Windows ...

Windows 10 is dead, long live Windows 10! Or so many users thought after reading about the Extended Security Update (ESU) program that offers a free year of security updates. But worry set in when ...

Q. I converted my Windows 7 PC to Windows 10 in 2016, when Microsoft was offering the upgrade for free. But I didn’t like Windows 10, so I chose to undo the upgrade. Now that Windows 7 no longer gets ...

Note: This article was originally published in September 2019 and has been updated significantly and republished several times since then. The current version incorporates details about major changes ...

Did you know that a full copy of Windows can be installed and run from a USB drive? Microsoft introduced "Windows To Go" with Windows 8 Enterprise and has continued supporting the feature in Windows ...

Craig is a reporter for Pocket-lint based in Toronto. He earned a diploma in journalism from Seneca Polytechnic and holds a Media Foundations certificate from Humber College. Craig previously interned ...

The day many have been dreading has arrived: Microsoft has officially stopped supporting Windows 10, its ten-year-old operating system (OS), which was replaced by Windows 11 in 2021. This means that ...