windows 8.1

Patch Tuesday updates hit Windows 7 and 8.1 PCs

1 week

Microsoft isn’t terrible when it comes to providing support for older versions of its operating system. The Windows maker recently pushed Patch Tuesday update to users running Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. As you know, Patch Tu...

Microsoft discontinuing Windows 8.1 MSN apps

by Surur

3 weeks

We reported 2 weeks ago that Microsoft was advancing the shutdown of app updates for Windows 8 via the Microsoft Store. That operating system would now stop receiving app updates on the 1st July 2019, instead of the earlier 1st Ju...

macOS might get the Chromium-powered Microsoft Edge before Windows 7, 8, and 8.1

by Raka

4 weeks

Microsoft promised that the new Chromium-powered Microsoft Edge would also be made available on Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 along with Windows 10. The company also announced support for macOS. The launch of the first preview of the Chro...

Patch Tuesday for Windows 7 and 8.1 brings a number of security fixes (changelog)

by Surur

1 month

Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 remains supported, at least for now, which means Microsoft has also released a number of security updates and other fixes for the older operating systems. For users on Windows 7 SP1 or Windows Server 2008...

Rufus adds the ability to download Windows 8.1, 10 ISOs directly from the app

by Anmol

2 months

Rufus is a handy tool that allows users to create bootable drives from ISO files. The tool currently allows users to create bootable flash drives to install Windows or Linux on a computer. The company behind the software is now wo...

Patch Tuesday: Here’s what’s fixed in Windows 7 and Windows 8.1

by Surur

3 months

Patch Tuesday is not just for Windows 10. For the 50-odd percent of us on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, here is what’s new and fixed: PC users on Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 are receiving KB4486563 which bri...

Microsoft rolls out KB4471331 for Adobe Flash Player zero-day vulnerability

by Anmol

6 months

Microsoft has rolled out a new cumulative update for Windows 10 users which brings a fix for Adobe Flash Player’s zero-day vulnerability. The vulnerability was earlier identified by researchers and allowed attackers to trig...

Microsoft missed a critical vulnerability in Windows that allowed hackers to transfer admin rights to other ac...

by Anmol

7 months

A new report shared by Colombian cybersecurity expert Sebastian Castro, reveals shocking details about a critical vulnerability in Windows. Castro shared details about the vulnerability which would allow hackers to transfer Admin...

Patch Tuesday: Here’s what’s new for Windows 7, 8.1 and Windows Server 2012

by Surur

8 months

Besides Windows 10 and Windows 10 Mobile, Microsoft has also released Cumulative Updates for the other operating systems they still support, including Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 The updates fixes similar issue...

Here’s what Patch Tuesday fixed in Windows 7 and 8.1 (changelog)

by Surur

9 months

Microsoft did not just push out updates for Windows 10 and Windows Mobile yesterday, but also for the hundreds of millions of users still on Windows 7 and of course the much smaller number on Windows 8.1 For those users, here̵...

Microsoft makes Telemetry updates for Windows 7 and 8.1 “critical updates”

by Surur

10 months

If you have been avoiding Windows 10 because you are concerned about Microsoft spying on you via its telemetry services, the company has just made your life slightly more difficult. Microsoft has just classified KB2952664 and K...

Dropbox also drops support for Window 8.1

by Surur

11 months

It seems Microsoft’s least popular OS since Windows ME, Windows 8.1, is being dropped like a hot potato by an increasing number of companies. First, we had Microsoft Translator removing their app from the store, and now Drop...