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A lot has changed since Microsoft first announced that it would port Windows to the Arm processor architecture. I’ve referenced some of this history throughout my recent writing about Windows 11 on Arm, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X chips, and Copilot+ PCs a… Continue reading Then and Now, Part 1: RT (Premium)
Hardcore Software is an insider’s account of the events that drove Windows and the PC first to prominence and then to their inevitable downward slide.
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Steam has dropped support for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 yesterday, and macOS 10.13 and 10.14 are next in line.
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It finally happened, Microsoft is no longer allowing users to activate Windows 11 using a Windows 7 or Windows 8 key.
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Microsoft has been offering free upgrades to Windows 10 and Windows 11 with working product keys of Windows 7 and Windows 8 ever since Windows 10 was launched in 2015. You can even activate Windows 10/11 using the keys of its previous versions. Now, Mi… Continue reading Microsoft ends free Windows 10/11 upgrades
Microsoft quietly announced that it has stopped supporting free upgrades from Windows 7 and 8 to Windows 10 or 11.
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The Google Drive app for Windows will drop support for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 in August 2023. The 32-bit client will also be going away.
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Microsoft has recently started rolling out version 110 of its… Continue reading Microsoft Edge 110 Adds New IT Policies and Ends Support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1
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Windows 7 Extended Security Update and Windows 8.1 end of support is coming up soon on January 10, 2023. Not only that, both Google Chrome will no longer officially support these operating systems as well, leaving only Microsoft Edge version 109 and We… Continue reading Microsoft Edge and WebView2 Runtime will no longer support Windows 7/8.1