Windows Vista

Avast announces end of support for Windows XP and Windows Vista users

9 months

Avast has announced the end of support for Windows XP and Vista users. The company published a blog post which stated that starting 1st Jan 2019, Windows XP and Vista won’t get updates. Avast cybersecurity products will offi...

Steam will no longer support Windows XP and Windows Vista starting next year

by Jennifer Locke

1 year

If for some reason you’re still running on operating systems well over a decade old, you soon won’t be able to play games on Steam. Valve announced that starting on January 1, 2019 the Steam client will cease to suppor...

Apple dropping iTunes Store support on Windows XP and Vista PCs from May 25, 2018

by Pradeep

1 year

Apple today announced that it will drop support for iTunes Store on Windows XP and Vista PCs from May 25, 2018. Since Apple is introducing security changes, older Windows PCs will not able to use the iTunes Store. If you have prev...

Read this if you still think Microsoft is infallible

by Surur

2 years

From time to time we post articles critical of Microsoft’s moves and strategies, and this is often met with complaints from readers that Microsoft, worth hundreds of billions of dollars, surely knows better than a simple wri...

Microsoft ends support for Windows Vista as Windows 10 Creators Updates becomes available

by Greg Jordan

2 years

Today Microsoft has officially ended support for its Windows Vista, its 10 year old operating system. This means there will be no more security updates, leaving the OS vulnerable to viruses and malware. With the EOL for Vista, Exc...

Windows Vista will soon be completely unsupported

by Surur

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...

Mozilla Firefox will be supported on Windows XP and Vista until September 2017

by Pradeep

3 years

In March next year, Windows XP and Vista users will automatically be moved to the Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR). Mozilla last week announced that they expect to provide security updates for users until September 2017. In ...

Extended support for Windows Vista will end in one year from now

by Mehedi Hassan

3 years

Nine years ago, Microsoft launched Windows Vista. Microsoft ended mainstream support for the operating system 4 years ago, and the company will be ending extended support for the OS in one year from now: that is April 11, 2017. Wh...

Google Announces End Of Chrome’s Support For Windows XP And Windows Vista

by Pradeep

4 years

Google today announced that they are ending support for Google Chrome on Windows XP and Windows Vista. Since these operating systems are missing critical security updates (no longer actively supported by Microsoft) and have a grea...

Microsoft Partners With Tencent To Offer Free Windows 10 Upgrade Service To Windows Users In China

by Microsoft News

4 years

Microsoft has some big plans for Windows 10 launch in the US. Microsoft will be officially announcing this news at WinHEC conference which is happening tomorrow. Microsoft will be partnering with China’s Tencent for Windows ...

Microsoft Finally Patches 19 Year Old Windows Security Bug That Could Allow Remote Code Execution

by Pradeep

5 years

In the patch Tuesday this week, Microsoft has finally fixed the 19-year-old bug that was identified in literally all the versions of Windows. IBM Researchers found this vulnerability first back in May this year. An attacker who su...

Steve Ballmer Talks About His Biggest Regret At Microsoft

by Pradeep

6 years

ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley had a chance to interview outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and she asked about his biggest regret during his CEO tenure. His answer was not surprising, it is Windows Vista. He admitted that Windows ...