There’s a running joke among the tech community about the quality of Microsoft Windows releases. The joke is that every other version of windows is good. Which means every other version of ...

Also: Is Windows 10 too popular for its own good? Since that announcement, I've heard from multiple readers who tried to upgrade their Windows 7 and Windows 8.x systems and discovered they were ...

Following are the client versions of Windows 10. When upgrading from Windows 7 or 8.1, Microsoft delivers Windows 10 with the same CPU word size (32 or 64 bit). For example, a 32-bit Windows 8.1 ...

See if your Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, Vista, or XP install is 32-bit or 64-bit Not sure if your installed version of Windows is 32-bit or 64-bit? One quick way to tell is by looking at information ...

Microsoft has confirmed that users can no longer use old Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 keys to activate Windows 11. And that applies not only to Canary builds, as it was last month—from now on, only ...

Microsoft released Windows 7 in October 2009. After providing support to users for 10 years, the company ended it on January 14, 2020. An update to fix a critical vulnerability will be the last ...

typically Windows 7 or 10. See Windows 3.1. OS/2, highly regarded years ago as a robust operating system, had its loyal followers, but suffered from limited applications and support. However ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. If you are one of the millions of Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 users still waiting around ...

Instructions apply to Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP. The process of deleting a service that you suspect was used to infect your computer with malware is similar ...