Windows 7 was first available for consumers to purchase in October of 2009, and nearly more a decade later, its time is finally coming to end. Today, January 14, officially marks the end of support ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Windows 7 appears to still be running on at least 100 million machines, despite ...

Windows 7 is one of the best things Microsoft ever released. The much-adored operating system wooed back users who reviled the disappointing Windows Vista, and it remained a comfortable refuge during ...

More than six months after the end of life of Windows 7, the operating system is still alive and well. In fact, devices are nearly just as prevalent as they were last year. Windows 7 devices accounted ...

One year ago, Microsoft began the doomsday countdown for Windows 7, promising to end support for the stubbornly popular operating system. Today, that clock hit zero, leaving millions of Windows 7 ...

It may not rise to the level of the Y2K scare that snarled the computer world when 2000 rolled in, but the reality of Microsoft cutting its support to Windows 7 today could have real-world ...

Although there is no direct upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7, that doesn’t mean there is a shortage of tools on Microsoft’s part to help you migrate. But — perhaps due to the abundance of ...

While Backup and Restore (Windows 7) creates viable and fantastically compatible hard drive images, various flaws and limitations with the Windows Rescue/Recovery disks render it basically unusable ...

Deadlines are scary. I know. And Microsoft has thrown Windows 7 users a big one: Update to a more modern operating system by January 15, 2020, or you’ll never receive security updates ever again.