January 19th Update - Microsoft has now removed this article from its website. No explanation was given, but the motivation seems obvious: it was disingenuous scaremongering, and Microsoft realised it ...

Microsoft introduced Windows 7 in July, 2009. A number of enterprise customers didn't begin deploying Windows 7 well into its lifecycle, and in some cases, only months before Windows 10 debuted in ...

The complaints started late last week in the Microsoft Answers forum for Windows 7. Users appear to be experiencing two distinct problems, as described in this thread. In one case, Windows 7's ...

Windows 7 runs on 55% of all the computers on the planet, but according to news this week that is actually a bad and potentially dangerous thing. Says who? Actually Microsoft … “We do worry when ...

With Windows 7, Microsoft is going back to basics. It's true of the product, which is as notable for its everyday performance as any one new feature. It's also true of how Microsoft plans to launch ...

Windows operating systems provide a platform on which to do basic computing, but you still need to add software for special tasks. As is the case for its predecessors and successors, Windows 7 Home ...

Above all else, Microsoft is launching the update in an effort to discern whether Windows 7 installed on a PC is authentic or pirated. The antipiracy upgrade, known as Windows Activation Technologies ...

At a joint event with Intel, Microsoft says newer systems can expect 10 percent to 20 percent battery improvement over Vista when playing DVDs. During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats ...

It feels like its been a long path to Windows 7; close to a year ago today we were looking at early screenshots of Vista's replacement, and the months in-between have been punctuated with test builds, ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. For some of those who ordered Microsoft‘s Windows 7 ...

If you are using Microsoft’s Windows Vista Home Premium, there are chances, you would like to upgrade to Windows 7. Since, Windows Vista basic or home premium cannot be upgraded to profession of ...

Microsoft has filed a lawsuit in Washington State against not a person but a Verizon IP address — which allegedly has activated hundreds of pirated copies of Windows 7. The lawsuit targets the unknown ...