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Windows Vista will soon be completely unsupported

2 years

If you are one of the 0.78% of people still running Vista now may be a good time to finally make that jump to a supported OS. After 10 years of service Microsoft is finally pulling the plug on the poorly received OS, and are endi...

Windows 10 sees a slight bump in market share, finally claims more than 25% of the market

by Sean Chan

2 years

Net Market Share today released its data for the first month of 2017. The latest data from Net Market Share shows a slight growth for Windows 10 as per usual. According to the latest data, Windows 10 is finally powering more than ...

How to run themes on your Windows 10 device right now

by Michael Allison

2 years

A Windows theme is essentially a file which includes a collection of images for wallpapers, sounds, and other effects. Once installed, the theme helps customize the visual appearance of the Windows PC to some degree. For instance,...

Windows 10’s growth slows down

by Sean Chan

3 years

Windows 10’s growth has continued to slow down. According to a new report from NetMarketShare, Windows 10 only claims 22.59% of the market share as of October 2016. The OS saw a huge growth when the free upgrade offer was availa...

Microsoft begins patch rollups based on the new Windows servicing model

by Mehedi Hassan

3 years

Earlier this year, Microsoft announced some servicing changes coming to Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Server 2012 R2, and Server 2008 R2. For those unfamiliar, Microsoft is changing the way it releases security upd...

Why is the New York Times dropping its Windows 8 and 10 tablet apps?

by Surur

3 years

Four years ago, at the launch of Windows 8 in October 2012, the New York Times proudly launched their Windows 8 app which allowed subscribers to enjoy the full breadth of content available to them from an optimized app, including...

Windows 10 upgrade offer ends today, and you shouldn’t miss the offer

by Sean Chan

3 years

Today, Windows 10 is 1 year old. This means, the free upgrade offer for Windows 7/8/8.1 users is ending today. If you haven’t updated to Windows 10 yet, you’re missing out on a great upgrade that will get even better ...

PSA: You have 10 days left to get Windows 10 for free

by Sean Chan

3 years

Microsoft’s Windows 10 upgrade offer is coming to an end next week. Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 users have exactly one 10 days to get Windows 10 for free as the offer ends on July 29. If you are yet to upgrade to Windows 10,...

PSA: You have 1 month left to get Windows 10 for free

by Mehedi Hassan

3 years

Microsoft has been offering Windows 10 for free to Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 users for 11 months now. The offer will be available for only 1 more month (ends on July 29th, 2016), and if you don’t upgrade to Windows 10 befo...

Microsoft Intune will deprecate support of Company Portal apps for Windows 8 and WP8 from September

by Pradeep

3 years

Microsoft today announced that Intune will deprecate support for the Microsoft Intune Company Portal apps for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 starting in September 2016. Following this change, these versions of Company Portal apps w...

Whatsie for Windows PCs is a WhatsApp client for people who like themes

by Michael Allison

3 years

While WhatsApp’s WIndows Phone app is pretty to look at, the same can’t be said for the official desktop app. WhatsApp’s own desktop app is an electron app which essentially wraps the WhatsApp web with a few cust...

Microsoft is simplifying updates for Windows 7 and 8.1

by Andrew Bennett

3 years

Microsoft has announced that they are simplifying how updates are handled on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. Non-security patches will now be handled similarly to how all Windows 10 patches are handled, with rollup patches containing e...