Last night, as promised, Microsoft started rolling out the patch to Windows 7 Pro that implements 'Support for Windows 7 is coming to an end' nag screens. While all indications at this point say that ...

Bottom line: If your Windows 7 Pro PC isn't part of an IT domain (think corporate environments), Microsoft will start sending you pop-up notifications from next month and remind you (again) to bite ...

We're roughly three months away from the end of extended support for Windows 7, and Microsoft is doing everything in its power to ensure that its most stubborn customers flee the operating system and ...

Though Microsoft doesn’t make a big deal of Windows 7’s many networking improvements and new features, they offer a fine reason to upgrade from XP. There used to be many reasons to skip migrating to ...

When confronted with the same question I went Win 7 Pro x64 and I am happy I did. HP is OK, but I like to have gpedit.msc, etc, and 64-bit because it is what will remain standing in a few years. It's ...

Why it matters: We know that Windows 7 users now have under 12 months before Microsoft ends its extended support for the aging OS. After January 14, 2020, the only people who will receive extended ...

In April this year, Microsoft began proactively notifying Windows 7 Home users about the approaching end of support deadline for Windows 7. Starting this week and rolling out over time, Microsoft will ...

So I have a friend who needs to run Windows on her Mac, via Bootcamp. She's a student, so she qualifies for that nice Win7 Professional $65 "ultimate steal." I'm guessing that simply buying the ...

New report explains in straightforward language what you need to know to stay in compliance with Microsoft's licensing rules Microsoft’s licensing terms are rarely simple — as legions of you and your ...

As the January end-of-support deadline for the aged OS approaches, Microsoft is ramping up efforts to get users to move to Windows 10. Microsoft will soon begin nagging users running Windows 7 ...