To say Windows 8 is a knockout crowd-pleaser would be a downright — and dastardly — lie. As sleek, swift and imaginative as the touchscreen operating system may be have seemed upon its initial release ...

Windows 8 users will no longer need a licensed product key for upgrading to the latest iteration of Windows 8.1, as Microsoft has recently rolled out the Windows Media Creation Tool, which allows ...

Windows 8.1 users will get another month of security patches before they have to update to the latest version. “While we believe the majority of people have received the update, we recognize that not ...

Microsoft shipped its Windows 8 operating system in October, but the company is planning to update it in a big way with codename Blue. Designed for new hardware, including 7- and 8-inch devices, ...

Microsoft has released the public preview of Windows 8.1, and there's plenty to be had in this free update to Windows 8. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) ...

Go to this page, select Windows 8.1 from the drop-down menu and finally, click on Run. The application then determines whether your PC can run Windows 8 Consumer Preview and provides the appropriate ...

Are you still running Windows 8.1? Microsoft ended extended support for that version back on January 10, 2023. That means those of you stuck with the old operating system have been out of the loop for ...

Windows 8 stunk. It might have helped cost chief executive Steve Ballmer his job. Windows 8.1 was a bit better — but if you love it, you have only a month or so left to enjoy it. Microsoft will kill ...

Microsoft has confirmed what many business users had hoped were accurate rumors — that a Start Button and boot-straight-to-desktop option are going to be baked into Windows 8.1, the client release of ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Another week, another leak. Following two leaks of Windows 8.1 builds, ...

You can upgrade to Windows 11 or Windows 10 from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 even now for free! Microsoft offers you a simple method to upgrade from the previous version ...

Windows 10 has been a critical success since its release, but if you need or want to revert to an older version of Windows, you can uninstall Windows 10 and downgrade to Windows 8.1 or even Windows 7.