Microsoft's offer to upgrade for free from Windows 7 or 8 to Windows 10 (and from there to Windows 11, if you want, and your spec qualifies) has been one of the most long-standing freebies ever, ...

For more than seven years, it's been one of the worst-kept secrets in personal computing. Officially, Microsoft's free upgrade offer ended in 2016, but no one in Redmond bothered to reset the ...

Microsoft no longer officially supports Windows 10, so do this if you want to keep using your older PC securely.

In brief: Anyone planning to use an old Windows 7 or 8 product key to activate Windows 11 should probably pull the trigger now if it isn't too late. Microsoft has announced the end of a grace period ...

If you were hoping to jump from Windows 7 or 8 to Windows 10 for the low cost of zero dollars, you’re now out of luck. Windows has quietly closed the loophole that allowed people to upgrade their PC’s ...

Republished on June 19 with new analysis of this latest upgrade surge and a warning that some key customers may have decided to ditch Microsoft altogether. What a difference two weeks makes. June ...

Users have 18 months left until end of support, and Microsoft wants them to buy a new PC or upgrade. Users have 18 months left until end of support, and Microsoft wants them to buy a new PC or upgrade ...

For over a year, Microsoft's "Get Windows 10" promotion was included as part of the updates served to Windows 7 and 8.1. The GWX.exe application didn't consume much memory or cause outright problems, ...