On Friday, October 26, Microsoft will unleash Windows 8 -- the result of more than three years of work by one of the world's largest cross-disciplinary software and hardware engineering teams, and ...

Forget all of Microsoft’s hoopla about Windows 8‘s new Metro interface. If you’re a power user who relies on lots of legacy software, you’ll still be spending most of your time with the classic ...

Why worry about it? Windows 7 works well. Anyone who is more interested in using their computer for some purpose other than showing how trendy they are has no reason to waste their time worrying about ...

Windows 8 has two environments: the full screen, touch-centric Windows Store App interface (also called Metro) and the Desktop interface, which looks and acts like Windows 7. If you install programs ...

Windows 8 has two environments: the full screen, touch-centric Windows Store App interface (also called Metro) and the Desktop interface, which looks and acts like Windows 7. If you install programs ...

Microsoft has released the latest version of its Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) suite of IT management tools, an upgrade that deepens its ability to manage Windows 8 PC deployments. [ALSO: Windows 8 ...

Though Windows 8 is winning rave reviews for its touch-friendly tablet experience, many feel that the operating system's "Modern-style" UI makes life more difficult for PC users. Count usability ...

Windows 8, the latest version in the long line of Windows products, is the most ambitious project that Microsoft has ever undertaken. The changes in Windows 8 — among them a completely new user ...

I have a Windows 8 desktop that has been updated to 8.1. The list of incompatible things has grown to a point that I want to get a copy of Windows 7 that I can boot into, as needed. I tried to create ...