Windows 8 stunk. It might have helped cost chief executive Steve Ballmer his job. Windows 8.1 was a bit better — but if you love it, you have only a month or so left to enjoy it. Microsoft will kill ...

Samsung has unveiled its new Series 7 PC, an all-in-one machine running Windows 8 that comes with a pre-loaded app from Jamie Oliver. At the IFA 2012 trade show in Berlin, Samsung announced the "brand ...

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 ...

Right-click on the desktop and select "Display Settings" from the context menu. In the "Display Settings" window, you will ...

One of the lessons to be learned from the Lenovo Superfish fiasco is just how dangerous the pre-installed software on a Windows machine can be. In the old days, pre-installed software was a ...

Most modern Windows operating systems will defrag your computer automatically, but you can do it manually if you have Windows ...

You can check which version of Windows you have by using the Winver app, or by going into the Settings menu.

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