It’s inevitable that upgrading to a new version of an operating system or application comes with a bit of a learning curve. With Windows 8.1, though—and its predecessor Windows 8—the curve is steep, ...
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 ...
It’s the end of the line for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. These older versions of Windows (plus Windows RT) stop receiving all security updates today, over a decade after their original releases.
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Was Windows 8 really that bad? I gave it another shot 13 years later
Microsoft blended the Windows 7 interface with its new Metro UI. Metro UI was entirely different from the UIs Windows had ...
Microsoft will launch its next major update to Windows — Windows 8.1 — on Oct. 18 to anyone who wants it, the company announced today. The release will be available one day early inside the Windows ...
May was the seventh full month of availability for Microsoft’s latest operating system version: Windows 8.1 continues to grow slowly while Windows 8 remains largely flat, allowing the former to ...
The company has announced the end of Windows 8.1 support will hit in January 2023, at which point anyone still running Microsoft's old OS will be unprotected from any new system vulnerabilities that ...
is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is preparing to send reminders to Windows 8.1 users that support will ...
Windows 8.1 officially reached its end of support today. The operating system aimed to fix many of the issues introduced with Windows 8 but was ultimately received poorly by general users. Those with ...
According to StatCounter, Windows 8 and 8.1 still account for about 4.3 percent of the Windows install base worldwide, far less than Windows 11, Windows 10, or even Windows 7. But for the people still ...
Windows 8.1 is now displaying full-screen alerts when logging into the operating system, warning that the OS is reaching the end of support in January 2023 and will no longer receive security updates.
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