Can we talk? Based on the e-mail I get every day, I know a lot of you are still using Windows XP. I can understand why; it’s like a comfortable old shoe. Plus, it’s bought and paid for. Windows 7 ...

Windows 7 plus Google's Chrome browser is an excellent netbook combination. The two together make pretty good use of a netbook's most limited resources: screen size and processor power. The result is ...

The relatively close release dates of both OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and Windows 7 plus the awesomeness of both operating systems are generating much publicity. Inevitably, both OSes will also be the ...

Microsoft is, if anything, tenacious. After nearly three years trying to get people to buy Vista, the company has decided to put that operating system in its rear-view mirror. On Thursday Microsoft ...

Believe what Microsoft and its resellers tell you, and every man and his dog is either migrating to Windows 7 or planning to do so in the next few months. But is it really the automatic and obvious ...

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What if a new version of Windows didn’t try to dazzle you? What if, instead, it tried to disappear except when you needed it? Such an operating system would dispense with glitzy effects in favor of ...

Windows: Xdn Tweaker, which we've previously enjoyed for its fine-tuning capabilities on Windows XP and Vista, has upgraded to support the same sort of fixes and features on Windows 7, plus a few ...

Windows 7's five years of extended support will expire on January 14, 2020—exactly one year from today. After this date, security fixes will no longer be freely available for the operating system that ...

Suppose you feel that a consistent lag bogs down your Windows 7 PC’s performance. It might be time to reinstall the OS. From registry issues to malware to being overstuffed with large amounts of ...