Microsoft brings Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection to Windows 7 and 8.1
Microsoft announced the general availability of Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) on devices running Windows 7 or Windows 8.
Latest Windows 7 News
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Would you pay Microsoft for extended Windows 7 support?
Windows 7 support ends in January 2020 and there is nothing that consumers and small business customers-- read non-Enterprise customers -- can do about it.
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Windows 10 can run all your Windows 7 apps, says Microsoft (except a few)
The last twelve months of official unpaid support for Windows 7 have started; Microsoft's, still very popular, operating system will receive the last batch of u
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Better check your Windows 7 PC for Get Windows 10 (GWX) traces
Depending on from what angle you look at it, Microsoft's Get Windows 10 (GWX) campaign to get Windows 7 and Windows 8.
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Microsoft explains the Windows 7 KMS activation issue
Some Microsoft customers started to report activation issues that they experienced on Windows 7 devices on January 8, 2019, after installation of the latest sec
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KB971033 causing activation issues on Windows 7 Enterprise PCs
The year 2019 begins like the year 2018 ended for administrators and users running Windows: troublesome.
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Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 updates KB4480970 and KB4480960 causing network issues
Microsoft published the security updates KB4480960 and KB4480970 on yesterday's January 2019 Patch Day for the operating systems Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Serve
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Running Windows 7 or Server 2008? You will need this patch!
Microsoft plans to release an update early next year for the company's Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 operating systems that add support for SHA-2 update han
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Windows 7 to Linux: Backup and Media creation
This is the second part of our migrating from Windows 7 to Linux guide.
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Windows users are still hit with error 0x8000FFFF
Windows administrators who install the October 2018 rollup patch on a Windows 7 device may run into error 0x8000FFFF once again.
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Microsoft explains Windows 7 update error 0x8000FFFF
A group of administrators and users who tried to install the August or September 2018 patches on Windows 7 devices reported that the update installation would f
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Extended Security Updates for Windows 7 and Longer Windows 10 servicing
Microsoft made two important announcements today on the company's Microsoft 365 blog that change support periods for Windows 7 and Windows 10 operating systems
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Microsoft expects to make a lot of money in 2020
January 14, 2020 is a special day for Microsoft and millions of computer users and organizations around the world.
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Microsoft fixes July 2018 updates for Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Server
A lot of things went wrong on the July 2018 Patch Day on July 10, 2018.
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Windows 7 Internet Games Error 0x80041004
Internet games that Microsoft distributed with its Windows 7 operating system throw the error code 0x80041004 right now when you try to play them.
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Fix Windows 7 BSOD 0x000000c4 after installing KB4056894
Microsoft published security updates for all supported versions of Windows recently that protect systems running Windows from Meltdown and Spectre attacks.
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Windows 7 to Windows 10 upgrades still free
I had some time at hand recently to run a couple of tests regarding the purchase of Windows licenses on eBay, and upgrades of said licenses to Windows 10.
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Why I won't upgrade Windows 7 to Windows 10 (but Windows 8)
The upgrade to Windows 10 of an existing Windows 7 system looks like a good deal on paper.
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Windows 7 SP1 will be distributed via automatic update
The end of support for the original version of Windows 7 is near - it ends on April 9, 2013 - and Microsoft as a consequence decided to distribute the first ser
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IE 10 for Windows 7 special Bing and MSN edition
Many of us in the tech world use Chrome or Firefox most of the time and we tend to forget that the vast majority of people still use Internet Explorer, largely
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How To Fix Aero Issues In Windows 7
I received an error message that Aero was not enabled the first time I tried to install the custom Mac OS X theme for Windows 7.
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How To Install The Windows 7 Mac OS X Lion Theme
Windows 7 users have a lot of personalization options right at their hands, without having to modify system files to do so.
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How to Configure Windows Remote Assistance On Windows 7
Windows Remote Assistance is a tool that Microsoft has integrated into the Windows 7 operating system.
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Diagnosing and Repairing Difficult Problems in Windows 7 Free Webcast
Windows 7 is Microsoft's most stable and reliable version of their desktop operating system yet, but it's still such a complex piece of software that when somet
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Setting up and Configuring a New PC, Free eBook
With Christmas only ten days away you might well be lucky enough to receive a new PC or laptop as a present, or you may be giving one as a gift.
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Display Files In Windows 7 Libraries, Favorites Differently
Files in standard folders can be sorted and displayed in a number of ways.
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Add Dropbox As A Library To Windows 7
I have to admit that I'm not making full use of Windows 7's library feature.
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Hide, Delete or Customize Libraries in Windows 7
The Libraries feature in Windows 7 provides an easy interface to manage multiple file locations from a single location.
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The State of Windows 7 Two Years After Release
Back in October 2009 Microsoft released the long awaited and highly acclaimed Windows 7 operating system.
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Change Windows 7 Library Icons with Library Icons Changer
So many users enjoy customizing various features and appearances in Windows 7.
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Tools to Tweak Windows 7 and Make it Like Windows 8
Windows 8 will be released soon, perhaps not soon enough.
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The complete guide to Windows 7 Shortcut Keys
There's been a lot of talk recently about use use of shortcut keys in Windows 8, primarily because 90+% of the people who will be using that OS for the next few
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"Save Sam" and win some Great Tech Prizes from Microsoft
Microsoft UK are running a new Windows 7 competition with some really great prizes through their TechNet newsletter between now and the middle of December.
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Using Windows 7 Advanced Search Operators
Windows users are familiar with the not so perfect search utility in XP.
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Running System Restore in Windows 7 from your Windows Disk
When your computer is running at peak performance you probably won’t think twice about running system restore to restore it to a previous state.
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How to Automate the Disk Checking Utility in Windows 7
Windows allows you to check your hard drive for errors so that these errors can be repaired.
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Set Program Access And Computer Defaults In Windows 7
Default programs are used by the Windows operating system to determine the program that needs to be opened when a user wants to perform a specific action on the
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How to Add Apps to Explorer Favorites List in Windows 7
If you regularly use Windows Explorer, it is advantageous to be able to start any application from the Explorer Window.
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Increase Windows 7 Performance in 4 Easy Steps
Even if you’ve just bought a brand new computer complete with Windows 7, you may find you’re lacking some power.
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How to Install XP Mode on Windows 7 without Virtualization
Update: Please note that Windows XP was retired as of April 8, 2014 and that support for the operating system -- including Windows XP Mode for Windows 7 -- has
