Windows 7's Advanced Boot Options dialog lets you select one of many options when booting your computer. These options are primarily designed for troubleshooting or repair purposes, so you can get ...

Microsoft announced it will offer the security capabilities of Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection for Windows 7 devices this summer. Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft said Monday that it ...

What was the holdup? I've asked Microsoft for comment, but no word back yet. The February 22 blog post announcing availability noted that since public preview, Microsoft has been working with customer ...

Desktop composition is a visual user experience feature that was first introduced in Windows Vista. To disable the desktop composition on Windows 7 follow the tutorial below. How to disable desktop ...

Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP), Microsoft’s security software that combines end-point security and data collection with cloud analytics, has hitherto been unique to Windows 10. But ...

To date, Windows Defender ATP -- Microsoft's post-breach security service -- has been available only for Windows 10 -- and via a few partners, in preview as protected endpoints for other non-Windows ...

Search has become an integral part of Windows, particularly in later versions. While the major search improvements began with Windows Vista and were backported to Windows XP, it’s really only with ...

The Windows 7 System Recovery Command Prompt is a text-based console that allow you to perform maintenance and recovery tasks on your computer by typing the commands that you would like to execute.