A broader look over the course of the past five years shows Windows 11 adoption climbing steadily, but Windows 10 remained ...

With the first Patch Tuesday following Windows 10's end of support approaching next week, users who continue to run the operating system should enroll in the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program to ...

So when did Windows 7 actually die? It happened in 2023 when Google dropped Chromium support for Windows ( via ZDNet ). This means that after this date Windows 10 was a minimum requirement to run any ...

Microsoft has closed one of the loopholes allowing those with older PCs from freely upgrading to Windows 10 and Windows 11. If you own a Windows 7 or Windows 8 PC, you’ll need to buy a new license to ...

For more than seven years, it's been one of the worst-kept secrets in personal computing. Officially, Microsoft's free upgrade offer ended in 2016, but no one in Redmond bothered to reset the ...

Defender will continue to provide security even for unsupported Windows 10 PCs. But Microsoft still wants you to move to Windows 11.

Recently, we explored a couple of fan-made concepts wherein Windows XP and Windows 7 were re-imagined as modern versions and how they would be if they existed today. The idea was to create a 2024 ...

Microsoft closed a Windows 7 / 8 key loophole last month, and now people are experiencing issues reactivating some Windows 10 / 11 installs. Microsoft closed a Windows 7 / 8 key loophole last month, ...

The Epic Games Store is one of the few apps still supporting old, pre-Windows 10 releases. However, its days are numbered. Epic Games recently published a notification, alerting users sticking to the ...

Windows enthusiasts have been stripping the operating system down to its bare minimum for years. Now, a user known as "Xeno" on X has reduced one ...

When the deadline approached, some IT teams face three core paths: upgrade, extend support, or repurpose. Those who have ...