The percentage of PC users running Windows 8.1 doubled in a month’s time, according to the latest October data compiled by metrics firm Net Applications. Of course, that’s still just a tiny fraction ...

You want to give a company the benefit of the doubt, but after several months, a pattern starts to emerge. A negative one that you can’t deny. And in this case, a year’s worth of stats don’t lie: ...

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 ...

Windows 8.1 is finally here and with it Microsoft’s hopes of a second act for its flagship operating system. Windows 8, launched just under a year ago, was a bold attempt to propel the OS into the ...

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.

Microsoft will soon start warning Windows 8.1 users that support is ending The warnings will consist of popups that the user can dismiss. Windows 8.1 support ends in January 2023. Windows 8.1's life ...

Upgrading from Windows 8.1 to Windows 11 is more challenging than upgrading to Windows 10. This is because Windows 11 imposes much stricter hardware requirements, including a Trusted Platform Module ...

Windows 8: worse than Vista. Most people I talk to say so, the numbers back them up, and now it could be that even Microsoft sees the truth. So why did Windows 8 and the Interface Formerly Known As ...

Your PC will die, someday. Or it will slow down, generate error messages, or — worse still — get hacked. While you could always call a professional, why not solve ...