Windows 7 is indeed a great operating system. Even after Windows 10 release, it has been giving it tough competition in terms of the market share it acquired. But everything good has an end. And with ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

Windows 7 support ends about nine months from now, on January 14, 2020—and if you’re a Windows 7 user, you’ll see more than this story reminding you of that date. In fact, according to Microsoft, you ...

CEO Satya Nadella says Windows continues to be a very significant part of Microsoft but it's not the only part. Read now Microsoft has hammered one more nail into Windows Phone's coffin, announcing ...

In March, Microsoft announced that it would send Windows 7 users an on-screen “courtesy reminder” about the incoming end of support of the operating system. Now a few months later, on Tuesday, July 22 ...

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is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft has started rolling out an update to Windows 7 that will notify existing ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microsoft may have released a file that will issue a notification for when the final version of ...

Microsoft has started advertising Windows 10 to users of Windows 7 and 8 with the window that you see above. This notification window is now popping up for Windows users all around the world and it ...

Microsoft has been warning Windows 7 users for the past year-plus that after January 14, 2020, they'll get no more security updates to the operating system for free. Even though users will be able to ...

As PC users round the world prepare to download the Windows 10 upgrade, a number of people have scoured their older Windows platforms in vain for the update marker. The icon which installs the Windows ...

Last week I wrote about reports that some Windows 7 users are experiencing anomalies with battery life, or at least how Windows 7 reports remaining battery life. The issue seemed worthy of exploring, ...