Windows 8 stunk. It might have helped cost chief executive Steve Ballmer his job. Windows 8.1 was a bit better — but if you love it, you have only a month or so left to enjoy it. Microsoft will kill ...

As is the case every month, Microsoft is releasing cumulative updates for all supported Windows versions. These include the three most recent Windows 10 versions for consumers and a few versions that ...

It’s the end of the line for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. These older versions of Windows (plus Windows RT) stop receiving all security updates today, over a decade after their original releases.

After serving users for almost ten years, support for Windows 8.1, Microsoft’s serially overlooked operating system, has officially come to an end. This means that while computers running 8.1 will ...

As you install and remove apps from your Surface Pro, the device may begin to lag and run slowly. You can reinstall the Windows 8.1 operating system on your Surface ...

While some users have been complaining about their OS prodding them to upgrade to Windows 10, it looks like the nagging has actually paid off. Windows 10 is now the second most-used version of Windows ...

Windows XP is still hanging onto the No. 2 spot among all desktop OS Web traffic recorded by Net Applications in May. But together, Windows 8 and 8.1 outshine the 13-year-old OS. Lance Whitney is a ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A user has created an unofficial patch that bypasses Microsoft's security check when attempting ...

There aren't many Windows users still running Windows 8.1 these days. But those who are may (or may not) know that support for the 8.1 release is going to end on January 10, 2023. Just to make sure ...