No one would argue that Windows 8 created quite a brouhaha from the moment it was announced. Small children screamed. Grown men cried. Eulogies were read. The remainder of the world’s population wondered out loud if Windows 8 was the end of computing as we […]
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A recent announcement from Tami Reller, Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Microsoft’s Windows division, has now confirmed a number of previous speculations regarding the upcoming Windows 8 release. In keeping with Microsoft’s conventional naming policy, the update to Windows 8, which has
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If you’ve been hiding out in the woodshed for the past several weeks you may not be aware that Microsoft is planning on releasing their first major update to Windows 8. A Service Pack, if you will, with a super secret code name of “Blue”
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Google has announced the end-of-support date for its Chrome browser in Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1. As of February 2023, Windows 7/8/8.1 will no longer be supported by Google Chrome. The browser will continue to work okay but no security updates will be released for
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Much has been written about the data collection and privacy concerns in Windows 10. Now, reports are circulating about 4 recent KB updates which purportedly escalate data collection in Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, presumably to similar levels of those in Windows 10 – view
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Take a look back at Jim’s 2020 article which rates Windows operating systems from XP through to Windows 10. Windows 11 can now be added into the mix but I wonder how Windows 11 would rate in comparison. Let us know your thoughts in the
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For the past few weeks, I’ve been tasked with upgrading six computers at a customer’s office; a challenge that I was more than happy to undertake until a Lenovo laptop with Windows 11 Home Edition entered the loop. The scenario was five desktop PCs with
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Remember the hoo-hah when Windows 8 was released? We hope you enjoy reading this Blast From The Past article by Marc Thomas originally published in July 2014 Let’s face it, Windows 8 is a hybrid operating system which, by definition, is something that is
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Whether you’re running Windows 7, 8, 8.1, or 10, in this article I will explain your upgrade options. Upgrading from Win 7/8/8.1 to Win 10 Yes, it is still possible (at the time of writing this article) to upgrade from those older operating systems to
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I know a lot of our readers are long-time Windows users who have been through the entire gamut of Windows operating systems, as have I. I wonder why it is that these operating systems seem to alternate between good and bad. Windows XP – Good
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