Windows 10 retail is almost upon us and today we wanted to take another look at Windows 8.1 - as it stands this year. Based ...

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 ...

Windows 8.1 eases the transition for desktop diehards, granting PC enthusiasts the ability to shun most of the tablet-oriented bits. New tutorials and UI hints will greatly help displaced adoptees.

For Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 this is the end. The final curtain. The fat lady is singing. Fulfilling the long term promise on its Windows lifecycle page, Microsoft has confirmed ‘End of sales ...

From August on, users on Windows 8 / 8.1 or those who run the 32-bit version of Windows 10 won’t be able to use the app to sync or back up their files through the app.

Beginning with Windows 8.1, Microsoft is no longer selling separate upgrade and full price editions through retail partners or online. Instead, every retail copy includes a full license.

If you can't find the discs, then don't worry, as Microsoft offers Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 ISO files for legal download. ISO files are disc images that can either be burned to a DVD, placed on a ...

Windows 8 and 8.1 were never as popular, and they tried to force a touchscreen-centric user interface on people who didn't need or want it, but they did a lot to improve Windows' touchscreen ...

With a Mouse. Windows 8.1 doesn’t feature a taskbar for Windows Store apps. Instead, there’s a multitasking display that slides out from the right side of the screen.

The Windows Experience Index benchmark tool is harder to find in Windows 8.1, but is still available if you know where to look. Ed Rhee Ed Rhee, a freelance writer based in the San Francisco Bay ...

Many Windows users aren't aware of it, but a powerful virtualization tool is built into every copy of Microsoft Windows 8.x Pro and Windows 8.x Enterprise, Client Hyper-V. This is the very same ...

How to deactivate password at login on Windows 8.1 and 7? 1) From the Home screen, tap Windows + R to launch the Run window.. 2) Then, type control userpasswords2, and click OK.. 3) Uncheck the box ...