Windows 8

Mozilla Firefox on Windows — Microsoft cut Windows 7 support on Edge, but Mozilla says "enough" Firefox users are using it to extend support to March 2025: "Backporting security fixes is already getting increasingly painful due to the divergence" Mozilla is extending Firefox support for legacy versions of Windows and macOS until March 2025.

Steam on PC — Steam drops support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1, dozens of PC gamers affected Less than 1% of Steam users are on Windows 7, 8, or 8.1, and that figure will soon be even lower.

Microsoft extends Windows Server 2012 lifeline to help admins transition to Windows Server 2022 (UPDATED) Admins will now get three additional years of Extended Security Updates (ESUs) for Windows Server 2012.

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Newly discovered NTFS bug lets webpages crash Windows 7 and 8.1 PCs

By Dan Thorp-Lancaster published 26 May 17

Windows 7 and 8.1 users are open to a newly discovered bug that allows websites to crash their machines with little effort.

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Microsoft ceases selling Windows 7 and 8.1 licenses to PC manufacturers

By Dan Thorp-Lancaster published 1 November 16

Microsoft has officially ceased selling Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 licenses to PC manufacturers, meaning your chances of buying a new PC with either OS are increasingly unlikely.

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Microsoft shifting to monthly patch update model for Windows 7 and 8.1

By Dan Thorp-Lancaster published 15 August 16

Microsoft has announced it will move to a new monthly rollup update model for Windows 7 and 8.1 starting in October.

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Internet Explorer 11 gets some enterprise improvements for Windows 7 and 8.1

By John Callaham published 14 June 16

Businesses with PCs that have Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 installed can check out some improvements in today's culmative updates

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Non-security patches for Windows 7 and 8.1 to be released in monthly updates

By John Callaham published 17 May 16

Microsoft has announced that from now on, non-security patches for Windows 7 and 8.1 will be released in one rollup update that will be issued monthly.

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Microsoft ends support for Windows 8, asks users to upgrade to Windows 8.1 or 10

By Harish Jonnalagadda published 12 January 16

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Microsoft will prompt IE 8, 9 and 10 users to upgrade to IE 11 on Jan. 12

By John Callaham published 6 January 16

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Recent update to Windows 7, 8 and Vista won't run games with SafeDisc or SecuROM

By John Callaham published 24 September 15

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How to use the Windows RT 8.1 Start menu

By Mauro Huculak published 16 September 15

Microsoft has just rolled out the last major update for Windows RT 8.1 bringing a new Start menu to the retired platform, and here are some details on getting to know and setting up the new menu.

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Windows 8.1 finally dethrones Windows XP as the second most used desktop PC OS

By John Callaham published 1 July 15

Net Applications has posted up its desktop operating system market share data for June 2015, which finally shows Windows 8.1 taking over the second place spot over the 13-year old Windows XP.

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