Linux Mint beats Windows 11 in more ways than I expected, but switching still comes with real trade-offs.

In context: Despite being released many moons ago, Windows 7 continues to be remembered fondly by millions of users. In fact, some people are still using the old operating system for gaming tasks. Now ...

Wiping your hard drive in Windows 7 helps protect your personal data before selling or repurposing your PC. This guide explains the safest methods to erase all data permanently. Before erasing the ...

Tiny Windows: Although Windows 7 has been "obsolete" for years, it remains a viable platform for extreme tech experiments. A long-time Windows tester recently reduced the OS to an astonishingly small ...

Dozens of sites reported this week that Windows 7 usage is "skyrocketing." The reports are based on charts from a notoriously unreliable source. More likely explanation: Changes in iOS 26 are ...

Every month, Statcounter publishes market share figures for the various Windows versions, but this month’s figures are something special. In September 2025, an ancient Windows version that hasn’t been ...

If anyone needs me I'll be installing XP. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. We are t-minus 15 days until Microsoft finally kills ...

Microsoft has found no link between the August 2025 KB5063878 security update and customer reports of failure and data corruption issues affecting solid-state drives (SSDs) and hard disk drives (HDDs) ...

While Backup and Restore (Windows 7) creates viable and fantastically compatible hard drive images, various flaws and limitations with the Windows Rescue/Recovery disks render it basically unusable ...

If your computer is experiencing sluggish performance, frequent viruses, or persistent software glitches, formatting your hard drive can be an effective remedy. Properly formatting resets your system ...