Windows 8

Windows Microsoft veteran admits Windows 8’s codename lacked creativity. A veteran engineer adds that the Start menu was derived from earlier ‘Go page’ explorations.

DOZENS OF US! Valve officially ended Steam support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 this week. Steam clients on those operating systems will no longer receive updates, including security updates.

Windows 10 years after it first launched, Windows 8.1 has reached the end of extended support. After today, the operating system will not receive security updates or technical support.

Windows Steven Sinofsky recently shared a presentation that showed off the initial concept of Windows 8. The video was initially shared with Microsoft employees back in 2010.

Windows 8.1 reaches its end of support in January 2023. PCs will now show a warning about the upcoming cutoff.

Users who are still running machines with Windows 8.1 installed will soon begin to see warnings from Microsoft alerting the user that the OS they're using is running out of support.

Microsoft is focusing its energies on its younger children. As such, Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 are losing support in certain areas.

If you're still using Windows 8.1, you'll have to bid farewell to the MSN suite of apps next month.

Windows Defender ATP will add support for monitoring Windows 7 and 8.1 machines this summer.

Windows 8 was a big shift for Windows, so much so users reacted negatively to it. That was partly Microsoft's fault, however. Let's take a look back and see where Microsoft went wrong.