Microsoft is unleashing Windows 7 to the masses on Thursday, and momentum for the new operating system has even put it ahead of Harry Potter on Amazon this week, set to break retail records. But ...

Windows 7 is the latest in a growing number of elite products put out by Microsoft in recent years, and every user of a previous version of Windows should make the upgrade. Oddly, most of the ...

Few periods in Microsoft’s existence have been as bruising as the past two-and-a-half years. Ever since the company shipped Windows Vista, it’s been one public relations catastrophe after another.

With a heartfelt nod to Monty Python, Windows 7 would like you all to know that it's not dead yet. How do you configure Windows 10 PCs to avoid common security problems? There's no software magic ...

In Windows 7, UAC has been tamed and is actually now a useful security tool. For a start, there are fewer prompts by default. Want to do something really crazy like change the date or time of your PC?

Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 (RC1), prematurely available on BitTorrent file-sharing sites and due to be more widely available on May 5, is a polished piece of work, ready for prime time. This hotly ...

Microsoft is unleashing Windows 7 to the masses on Thursday, and momentum for the new operating system has even put it ahead of Harry Potter on Amazon this week, set to break retail records. But ...