Microsoft's latest operating system is now a distant second behind No. 1 Windows 7, according to the latest stats. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT ...

It’s the end of the line for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. These older versions of Windows (plus Windows RT) stop receiving all security updates today, over a decade after their original releases.

Despite faster CPUs, RAM and storage, today’s Windows experience doesn’t feel noticeably different from back in the 2000s when XP and later Windows 7 ruled the roost. To quantify this feeling, ...

When Windows 10 was released on July 29 last year, it was hailed as the best operating system to come from Microsoft in a long time. Now, six months after its release, the latest iteration of Windows ...

Everyone in the Windows world is sitting on a bit of a time bomb: On July 29, Windows 10 upgrades cease to be free. Let's be clear. While some of you die-hards might not want to move off of Windows XP ...

Windows 10 has been a critical success since its release, but if you need or want to revert to an older version of Windows, you can uninstall Windows 10 and downgrade to Windows 8.1 or even Windows 7.

Downgrading Windows 10 to Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 isn’t as easy as it used to be. When Windows 10 launched in summer 2015, Microsoft offered the operating system as a free upgrade for existing ...

Windows 10 only: No Microsoft Office 2019 if you’re on Windows 7 or 8.1 Your email has been sent Office 2019 will not be supported on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, despite those operating systems being ...