Microsoft has given small system builders the green light to start selling new Windows 7 PCs more than a week before the general launch date of Oct. 22, a Seattle-area computer maker said today.

So, question about KMS activation, as it relates to Windows 7. We already have a KMS server which activates Windows 2008R2 servers. Works great. So, I want to have a few Windows 7 machines I am ...

Once your computer has booted up to the Personalization Screen (Windows 8 and Windows 10) or “Set Up Windows” screen (Windows Vista), you can create a user account and login to the desktop. Windows ...

Windows computers suddenly seem a lot less utilitarian. Windows 7, which becomes available Thursday, is designed to streamline the ways people can get to work, with fewer clicks and fewer annoying ...

There's a lot to love about the Windows 7 operating system: it's fast, it looks great, and it has some cool features--like Jump Lists for quickly opening recently used files, Homegroup for sharing ...

With the impending rollout of Microsoft Windows 7, computer makers are starting to refresh product lines to take advantage of the new capabilities offering by the OS, and Fujitsu is no different, ...

Why it's a problem roughly 11% of the computers in the world are running this obsolete operating system. Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for ...

1. Energy Efficiency: According to Microsoft, PCs running Windows 7 can experience a 20 percent gain in power efficiency because of "timer coalescing." That works to keep the processor in a low-power ...

Microsoft’s AppLocker, the application control feature included in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, is an improvement on the Software Restriction Policies (SRP) introduced with Windows XP ...

Mozilla recently confirmed that Firefox support on Windows 7 will soon come to an end. The open-source browser was the last "mainstream" option compatible with the ...