New Windows 7 users who have held on to XP are particularly vulnerable to compatibility issues. XP Mode virtualization can ease the pain of transition.

It's official: Windows 7 is a lot quicker and more reliable than both XP and Vista, as validated by numerous independent benchmarks. It can also take full advantage of the 64-bit, multicore and ...

Microsoft has released Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor, a tool that allows you to check whether your PC has what it takes to run Windows 7.

Until the release of Windows 11, the upgrade proposition for Windows operating systems was rather straightforward: you considered whether the current version of Windows on your system still fulfill… ...

The Windows 8 launch today put to rest rumors that Microsoft is running away from the PC. Instead the company made the case that Windows 8 is the foundation for the "best PCs ever made"--ones ...

Oxford University Press uses Avecto’s Privilege Guard to control Windows 7 user privileges. Migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7 brings improved security controls, but it can also cause ...

Do you miss Windows 7? This new project can bring back Aero glass on Windows 1, but you have to be ready for some issues ...

Blogger multimolti has even put together a tutorial explaining how to install Windows 7 on an Eee PC 900 using a USB flash drive (in case you don’t have a USB DVD drive).

Is clinging to Windows 7 going to be a security problem going forward, though? Lifehacker reader Suzann asks: I have an old computer running windows 7 and can’t be upgraded.

Microsoft might be releasing Windows 7 this year and that means talk about upgrades is back. Don Reisinger thinks $50 is a fair price for an upgrade to Windows 7.

Don't trade in that old Windows 10 computer just yet. Try these 7 clever upgrades and give your PC a brand-new purpose.

With Windows 7 right around the corner, the time is right to start putting together a system that will make Microsoft's new OS shine -- without breaking the bank.