Microsoft's ill-fated Windows 8 operating system was well ahead of its time, and Windows 11 could learn a thing or two about ...

Learn how to boot into Safe Mode on Windows 8 with our easy-to-follow guide. Safe Mode is a diagnostic startup mode that allows you to troubleshoot and fix various issues with your Windows 8 system.

Windows 8 is a different experience with a touch-enabled display, even if you’re using such a display with a stock desktop system. At first, you don’t think you’ll use the touch capabilities.

Windows 8 is a rebirth, a “reimagining” of Windows and the entire Microsoft brand. It’s also the single riskiest project that Microsoft has ever embarked upon â a bet from Redmond that ...

The biggest problem with Windows 8 is that it wasn't born out of a need or demand. Its design failures, particularly with 'Metro UI' will likely be its downfall. Here's why.

Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 incorporated user feedback that Microsoft almost begged for, and Windows 10, of course, was developed almost hand-in hand with its users.

Like ‘Windows 8.0’, Microsoft never uses this (frankly ludicrous) ‘Windows 8.1 Update’ name in any of its branding materials, instead reserving it only for blog posts.

Windows 8 was conceived in a post-iPad world, where tablets were gaining popularity thanks to Apple’s first iPad in 2010, and a lot of people speculated that tablets would bring about the end ...

Tip: Create a Windows 8 recovery drive. Unlike earlier versions of Windows, 8 and 8.1 include simple, quick tools to create USB system-recovery drives.You can then use one to repair your system or ...

Both Windows 8 and Windows 10 run on old hardware really nicely. In fact, some folks have reported that newer OS versions actually increase the performance of those old machines.

Windows 8 doesn't have native DVD video support, but there are several good options for watching DVDs in Microsoft's latest operating system. We'll show you a few of the more popular ones.

Windows 8.1 is an admission from Microsoft that it had more to do, and a mostly successful attempt to make the platform more usable for tablets and PCs alike.