Lucky college kids! They can score the upgrade edition of Windows 7 Pro for way less than anybody else. There's also a sweet deal on Office 2010. Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and ...

Microsoft's business model for Windows has historically been complex, with a mix of different editions, a partner-centric sales channel, and Byzantine licensing rules. Throw in a 10-year support ...

Just as Microsoft had disabled Games by default in the Business and Enterprise editions of Windows Vista, bowing down to pressure from Employers and the Corporates, games have been disabled in Windows ...

We're roughly three months away from the end of extended support for Windows 7, and Microsoft is doing everything in its power to ensure that its most stubborn customers flee the operating system and ...

Who wants a free copy of Windows 7? You probably just instinctively raised your hand or yell out "me!" without thinking twice. Well, we've got good news for you. Microsoft is hosting The New ...

Though Microsoft doesn’t make a big deal of Windows 7’s many networking improvements and new features, they offer a fine reason to upgrade from XP. There used to be many reasons to skip migrating to ...

Sales of new PCs running the Windows 7 Professional edition will start to end next year. The final end-of-sales date for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) offering Windows 7 Pro edition machines ...

As October ended so did Microsoft's distribution of two operating systems to OEMs. Windows 7 Professional and Windows 8.1 have both reached the end of their sales via PCs with Windows pre-installed.

For all the talk about the advantages of Windows 8 over Windows 7—for example, account sync, better multiple monitor support, and faster startup times—some people just can’t get past Windows 8’s ...

As the January end-of-support deadline for the aged OS approaches, Microsoft is ramping up efforts to get users to move to Windows 10. Microsoft will soon begin nagging users running Windows 7 ...