Windows 8 was heavily criticized back in the day, but looking back, it added some big changes we take for granted today.

Adding to the frustration of Windows 8 was the Charms bar, a hidden menu that always seemed to appear when you needed it the ...

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 ...

Following are the client versions of Windows 8 and 8.1. When upgrading to Windows 8 from an existing Windows operating system via download, Windows 8 retains the same word size. For example ...

reminding users they could still activate Windows 11 and 10 with valid Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 keys. This practice dates back to 2015 when Microsoft launched Windows 10 with a one-year free upgrade ...

Are you still running Windows 8.1? Microsoft ended extended support for that version back on January 10, 2023. That means those of you stuck with the old operating system have been out of the loop ...

If “People” rings a bell, it should: People is a decades-old app that Microsoft originally launched for Windows 8, then gave up on. Now, it’s back. Though the new apps appear in Windows ...

Microsoft has confirmed that users can no longer use old Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 keys to activate Windows 11. And that applies not only to Canary builds, as it was last month—from now on ...