Above all else, Microsoft is launching the update in an effort to discern whether Windows 7 installed on a PC is authentic or pirated. The antipiracy upgrade, known as Windows Activation Technologies ...

The thing is that the updates are still online, in the Microsoft Update Catalog. What Legacy Update provides is a third-party ...

Windows 7 grew faster than any other version of Windows in the last couple of months, according to StatCounter's latest data.

Microsoft faces millions of devices still on Windows 10 as support cutoff nears, unlike the stronger migration seen when Windows 7 reached its end.

The free Windows upgrade party is over, or at least much more restrictive. It's common for Microsoft to offer a free upgrade path when releasing a new version of Windows, but it swung the doors wide ...

To recall, Microsoft launched Windows 10 in 2015. At the time, it promised to provide users with a free upgrade to Windows 10 within one year. This offer ended on July 29, 2016. In fact, even after ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. (Credit: Getty Images/NurPhoto) The option to upgrade to ...

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 genuine ...

Microsoft has announced that the DirectAccess remote access solution is now deprecated and will be removed in a future release of Windows, recommending companies migrate to the 'Always On VPN' for ...

Microsoft will remove PowerShell 2.0 from Windows starting in August, eight years after announcing its deprecation and keeping it around as an optional feature. The 14-year-old command processor ...