Above all else, Microsoft is launching the update in an effort to discern whether Windows 7 installed on a PC is authentic or pirated. The antipiracy upgrade, known as Windows Activation Technologies ...

The complaints started late last week in the Microsoft Answers forum for Windows 7. Users appear to be experiencing two distinct problems, as described in this thread. In one case, Windows 7's ...

Part of Microsoft's Windows 7 presentation at the PDC involved the company's mea culpa on problems with Windows Vista and a plan to avoid them in Windows 7 Microsoft on Tuesday for the first time ...

At a joint event with Intel, Microsoft says newer systems can expect 10 percent to 20 percent battery improvement over Vista when playing DVDs. During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats ...

Microsoft's Windows 7 Extended Security Updates are bound to take their final curtain call this week, or on January 10, to be more exact. So in a few more days, Windows 7 Professional and Enterprise ...

Microsoft is not pushing Vista for netbooks because of its larger footprint, but Windows 7 will be able to comfortably run on netbooks with as little as 16GB of storage Netbooks equipped with ...

This week Microsoft has confirmed that the extended support for its old Windows 7 and Windows 8 .1 operating systems has now come to an end. Microsoft officially ended support for Windows 7 three ...

Microsoft is cutting off Windows 7 and Windows 8 critical security updates and technical support this January. In merely a week millions of PC users will be forced to upgrade their systems. Otherwise, ...

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As of January 10, 2023, Microsoft stops releasing updates for Windows 7. This is the official end —now yes— of this popular version of Microsoft's operating system. Users who were still using Windows ...

Microsoft says Windows 7 recovery discs created using the Control Panel Backup and Restore app will fail to start after installing Windows updates released since January 11, 2022. However, while ...

Time’s running out for the millions of people still running Windows 7 on their PCs. Time’s running out for the millions of people still running Windows 7 on their PCs. is a news writer who covers the ...