Windows 10 retail is almost upon us and today we wanted to take another look at Windows 8.1 - as it stands this year. Based ...

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 ...

That’s intolerable, so I’m jamming all my distaste for Windows 8/8.1 into a single entry. What we all hated about Windows 8/8.1 was the godawful “Modern” tablet interface that Microsoft ...

A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed to The Verge that old Windows 7 and 8/8.1 keys are now "fully blocked" from activating clean Windows 11 installs. That includes the current stable release ...

What it means is that you can no longer update from Windows 7/8/8.1 to Windows 10 or 11. Windows Ends Installation Path for Free Windows 7/8 Upgrade Microsoft's free upgrade offer for Windows 10 / ...

Following are the client versions of Windows 8 and 8.1. When upgrading to Windows 8 from an existing Windows operating system via download, Windows 8 retains the same word size. For example ...