According to Neowin, Microsoft has killed the final method for activating Windows without an internet connection—that is, ...

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Windows 7 has been around for a long time, and it’s one of Microsoft’s most popular operating systems. But its time has now long passed, and Microsoft no longer officially supports it for the general ...

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Suppose you feel that a consistent lag bogs down your Windows 7 PC’s performance. It might be time to reinstall the OS. From registry issues to malware to being overstuffed with large amounts of ...

Microsoft has silently discontinued its phone-based activation system for Windows and Office products, forcing users into an ...

Windows 7's 'netbook edition' -- Windows 7 Starter -- will only let you run three applications at once, Microsoft has revealed. There has been some confusion over what this means, and how it's handled ...

Despite faster CPUs, RAM and storage, today’s Windows experience doesn’t feel noticeably different from back in the 2000s ...

Pour one out for Windows 7, the decade-old operating system that today reached the end of the security line. Some three years after Microsoft called time on mainstream support of Windows 7, the ...

You can no longer get free access to Windows 10 and 11 if you’re upgrading from Windows 7 or 8, though you can still go from 10 to 11. Reading time 2 minutes Does ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. Jun 19, 2018, 04:16am EDT Jun 19, 2018, 04:28am EDT This article ...