Businesses that still rely on Windows 7 will be able to pay for extended security updates through 2023, surpassing the OS's current 2020 extended support cutoff date.
It's the end of the line for Pentium III PCs running Windows 7.
Microsoft is turning out the light on official technical support for several of its older products on its community forums.
Windows Defender ATP will add support for monitoring Windows 7 and 8.1 machines this summer.
Windows Update appears to be broken for at least some people still running Windows 7.
Windows 7 and 8.1 users are open to a newly discovered bug that allows websites to crash their machines with little effort.
A number of new hacking tools were recently leaked, and they target Windows PCs. Here's what you know to stay informed — and secure.
If you’re hoping to start running Windows 7 or 8.1 on a shiny new AMD Ryzen or Intel Kaby Lake processor, you might want to rethink those plans.
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.
According to the September 2016 PC operating system market share figures from Net Applications, the share held by Windows 10 actually went down slightly that month.
Microsoft is rolling out an update today to Windows 7 and 8.1 PC users, which finally gets rid of the "Get Windows 10" app that was encouraging those people to download the free update to the OS until July 29.
Windows 10 was used by 22.99% of all PCs worldwide in August 2016, according to the latest data from Net Applications. That's yet another big month-to-month increase compared to 21.13% in July, June's 19.14% and May's 18.43% share for the OS.
Microsoft has announced it will move to a new monthly rollup update model for Windows 7 and 8.1 starting in October.
A new report says that Microsoft has decided to extend support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 on PCs that have Intel's Skylake processors. The support will now end on the same dates it will stop on all other PCs.
Windows 10 was used by 21.13% of all PCs worldwide in July 2016, according to the latest data from Net Applications. That's yet another big month-to-month increase compared to June's 19.14% and May's 18.43% share for the OS.
Windows 10 was used by 19.14% of all PCs worldwide in June 2016, according to the latest data from Net Applications. That's another big month-to-month increase compared to May's 18.43% and April's 14.35% share for the OS.
Businesses with PCs that have Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 installed can check out some improvements in today's culmative updates
Windows 10 was used by 17.43% of all PCs worldwide in May 2016, according to the latest data from Net Applications. That's a big increase compared to April's 14.35% share for the OS.
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.
The April 2016 results from Steam's latest hardware survey show that Windows 10 is just barely behind Windows 7 among its customers.