Just days before Microsoft orders OEMs to stop building new PCs with Windows 7 Home Premium, Dell tried one last time to spur sales using the lure of the five-year-old consumer OS. In a banner that ...

Six Windows 7 versions, to be precise. But most users only need to decide between two versions. Microsoft has said that 80 percent of users will be deploying Windows 7 Home Premium (consumers) or ...

Earlier this week when Microsoft unveiled its lineup of six Windows 7 SKUs, the company said it expects Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Home Premium to fit the needs of most customers, with the ...

Microsoft Corp.’s release last week of details on the Family Pack and Anytime Upgrade licenses for Windows 7 were, by the softmaker’s standards, downright minimalist. That left many potential buyers ...

The economy will play a role in how fast companies move to Windows 7, of course, but Microsoft has also made some puzzling decisions on Windows 7 that could prove vexing for customers. The following ...

PCWorld reports that modder Bob Pony has created ready-to-install ISO files for Windows 7 and Vista, bringing these classic operating systems back to life. These restored versions offer nostalgic ...

Microsoft yanked its $150 Windows 7 Family Pack from the U.S. market last week, saying that the limited time offer had expired. The page dedicated to the Family Pack now reads: “Thank you for your ...

Firefox is saying goodbye at the end of February.

Tiny Windows: Although Windows 7 has been "obsolete" for years, it remains a viable platform for extreme tech experiments. A long-time Windows tester recently reduced the OS to an astonishingly small ...