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Windows 11’s track record hasn’t been great. Every update seems to cause all kinds of problems, which is why many users would ...

My system specs can be found at the end of this post. I'm trying to upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7. So while I'm in Vista I run the Windows 7 Setup but at the moment I'm asked to select to ...

Microsoft issued a friendly reminder in a blog post earlier this week that if you installed Windows 7 on a blank hard drive using an upgrade disc, your Windows installation is illegal. Well, maybe… ...

Microsoft today confirmed that users can apply a workaround trick to do a clean install of Windows 7 on a blank hard drive as long as they toe the licensing line. In a blog post earlier this week, ...

If you jumped the gun and installed some or all of the Win7/Server 2008 R2 patches when they became available, a minefield of patching problems awaits. Good things come to those who wait. If you ...