Everyone in the Windows world is sitting on a bit of a time bomb: On July 29, Windows 10 upgrades cease to be free. Let's be clear. While some of you die-hards might not want to move off of Windows XP ...

When you upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8 or Windows 10, Windows XP Mode is installed on your machine, however, Windows Virtual PC is not present anymore. This issue occurs because Windows Virtual ...

Windows 11 might be the latest version of Windows, but if you still use Windows 10 and need to "clean install" the operating system, or install or upgrade to it for the first time on an older PC, ...

All you need is a genuine copy of Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, Microsoft’s Windows 10 Media Creation Tool, and an Internet connection. Fair warning, though: This process will take a bit longer than going ...

Microsoft allows you to download the latest Windows 10 ISOs from their site, but only if you are using a non-Windows browser user agent. This article will explain how to change your user agent in ...

Managing Editor Alison DeNisco Rayome joined CNET in 2019, and is a member of the Home team. She is a co-lead of the CNET Tips and We Do the Math series, and manages the Home Tips series, testing out ...

Windows 10 arrived in 2015 to a world that was skeptical of Microsoft’s claims of a free update. It’s now 2017. That skepticism hasn’t gone away. The Free Windows 10 Upgrade Offer will go down as one ...