Starting today, March 19, 2013, Microsoft will start rolling out automatically Windows 7 SP1 to its users via Windows Update. The new change comes right on time, considering that Microsoft is terminating the mainstream support for Windows 7 with no Service Pack very soon. And to ensure customers will continue having support, the software giant has [...]
On Tuesday Microsoft finally made available for download Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 after many months on the making. The new web browser shares all the same technologies as the version of IE10 in Windows 8 and Windows RT, but with the exception of the modern chromeless UI with the distinctive URL bar at [...]
Microsoft has been working for a while getting ready Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7, and for millions of users today the wait is over. IE10 for Windows 7 ditches the “Release Preview” label and becomes available for everyone to download in 95 languages, bringing better JavaScript performance and improved battery life on portable devices. [...]
Following the traditional product lifecycle and after nearly four years, Microsoft is about to end support of Windows 7 RTM (Release To Manufacture), the version of the operating system with no service pack on April 9, 2013. This essentially means that now is the right time to install Service Pack 1. Windows 7 with SP1 [...]
When upgrading from any new version of Windows, you will always be recommended (at least by me) to make a full backup of your PC before proceeding. This is just in case things were to go wrong and you have to rollback, for example, from Windows 8 to Windows 7 and, of course, to protect your [...]
Microsoft is today putting an end to the vulnerability found in old versions of Internet Explorer (6-8) that allowed an attacker to execute harmful code in a target computer, if the user was tricked by a specially crafted website. Soon after the security hole was found, the software giant quickly made available a temporary workaround [...]
Compared to Windows 7 or any other previous version, Windows 8 brings a radical shift to the way we interact with computers moving forward with many new features and a complete overhauled interface (the new Modern UI). Windows 8 is a touch-first operating system and it is always connected to the cloud. It brings improved support for multi-monitor support, [...]
Forget every tool you tried in the past, Ex7ForW8 really gets the job done when it comes to bypass the Start screen at sign-in and go straight to the Windows 8 Desktop and bringing back the original Windows 7 Start menu. Windows 8 brings a radical change to the way we use computers and as much [...]
Microsoft has just made available for download Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview for Windows 7. This latest preview can be downloaded from the Microsoft website. But here is the thing, IE10 for Windows 7 is in its pre-release stages, which means that anyone should not be using this code in a production Windows PC, for [...]
If you are already a proud owner of a Microsoft Surface with Windows RT, you may be asking yourself: Which keyboard & mouse, printer and many other peripherals are compatible with your new device? And you aren’t wrong asking this question, as you know Windows RT is a stripped-down version of Windows 8 which runs [...]