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Windows 8 Finally Overtakes Vista, No Longer a Microsoft “Disaster”

Windows 8 has often been described as a new disaster for Redmond-based software giant Microsoft, especially because it reportedly recorded sales that were similar to the ones posted by Vista after launch. And still, things are getting significantly better for Microsoft and Windows 8. According to figures provided by...

10 June 2013
04:00 GMT

Windows 8 Still Behind Vista as 8.1 Is Almost Here

Microsoft is getting ready to roll out the first update for Windows 8, but the operating system has actually gained only a few users in the last month.According to data provided by market researcher Net Applications for the month of May 2013, Windows 8 currently has a share of 4.27 percent, still behind Vista and its...

1 June 2013
01:41 GMT

Windows 8 Causes the Biggest Drop in Customer Satisfaction After the Vista Disaster

Windows 8 has reportedly failed to boost the collapsing PC market, but the new operating system has also led to a dramatic decline in customer satisfaction for the Redmond-based tech giant. According a report by Examiner, Microsoft’s American customer satisfaction index (ACSI) declined to 74 after the launch o...

22 May 2013
09:32 GMT

Windows 8 to Overtake Vista As It Gains New Users Every Day

If you really want to find out whether Windows 8 is successful or not, the answer pretty much depends on whom you ask. While Microsoft claims that Windows 8’s sales performance is in line with the one of Windows 7 after launch, analysts and experts around the world think otherwise. But statistics provided by ...

16 May 2013
07:49 GMT

Windows 8 Beats Windows Vista in Terms of Google Searches

Windows 8 has often been called the new Vista, especially because it fails to stir up interest in the Windows platform, but it might seem like Microsoft’s new operating system is a bit more popular than the company’s biggest flop in history. At least when it comes to the number of Google Searches, that is...

15 April 2013
07:37 GMT

There’s No Difference Between Windows Vista and Windows 8 – Samsung

After Samsung revealed earlier this week that it plans to stop selling Windows RT tablets in some European countries, a company executive now comes in front of the media to blast the full version of Windows 8. Jun Dong-soo, president of Samsung’s memory chip division, said during a meeting with reporters in Se...

9 March 2013
02:31 GMT

Windows Vista Is Six Years Old, Still a Disaster

Windows Vista, the product that’s considered to be the biggest flop in Microsoft’s history, has recently turned six, as the operating system was officially launched on January 30, 2007.With Windows 8 now alive and kicking, Windows Vista is losing ground even quicker, as figures provided by Net Application...

9 February 2013
00:10 GMT

Windows 8 Quarterly Impact Falls Behind Windows Vista’s

Now that Microsoft has officially released sales statistics for the fourth quarter of calendar year 2012, it’s pretty clear that Windows 8 had a lower impact on the overall Windows sales than any of its predecessors. According to CNN Money, Windows sales rose 76 percent after Windows 7 was officially introduce...

25 January 2013
07:43 GMT

Windows 7 Keeps Top Spot as Windows XP Loses Ground Quickly

Windows 7 remained the number one choice during the week of January 13, according to data provided by Net Applications, but the real surprise is that it even managed to improve its market share. Windows 7 currently has 45.35 points, up from 45.15 one week before, but it’s more important to note that users are ...

21 January 2013
04:58 GMT

Microsoft Has 91.74% of the Market, but This Isn’t Good News at All

We’ve already told you that Windows 7 remained the world’s top operating system in December, so Microsoft currently has an overall market share of no more, no less than 91.74 percent. While that’s impressive, it’s not all just milk and honey for the Redmond-based tech titan. Windows 8, the co...

3 January 2013
13:31 GMT

Windows 8 Still Trails Behind Windows 7, XP and Vista

Windows 8, Microsoft’s latest OS that was released last October, is still striving to boost its market share, as Windows 7, XP and Vista remain the three most popular operating systems in the world. According to the latest statistics provided by Net Applications, Windows 8 has registered only a slight market s...

3 January 2013
00:52 GMT

Windows 8 Is the New Vista, Early Adoption Rates Show

Microsoft previously said that it managed to sell a total of 40 million copies of the new Windows 8, hinting that it could enjoy a terrific success on the market. But leaving Microsoft’s figures aside, Windows 8 is close to becoming the new Vista, the operating system that has been deemed a total disaster for ...

29 December 2012
09:41 GMT

Former Hacker Joins Apple After “Fixing” Windows Vista

Kristin Paget, formerly known as Chris Paget, is now an official Apple employee, as she decided to join the fruit-named company’s security team. Although she wasn’t allowed to talk about her work at Microsoft, Paget is known as the security engineer who managed to lock down the Windows operating system, ...

6 December 2012
11:06 GMT

Windows 7 Remains the World’s Top OS as Linux Overtakes Windows 8

New data revealed by Net Applications for the week of November 11 reveals that Windows 7 remains the world’s top operating system with a market share of 45.59 percent. Unsurprisingly, Windows XP retains its second position with 39.46 percent, while Vista completes the podium with 5.50 percent. The interesting...

21 November 2012
10:36 GMT

Windows XP Is the Second Most Popular OS, Microsoft Can’t Kill It

Windows 8 is now on the market and Microsoft urges everybody to dump Windows XP in order to make the move to the new OS. This is pretty much mission impossible, as Windows XP remains one of the most popular choices for all those looking for a Windows operating system. Worldwide, Windows 7 is the number one OS with ...

26 October 2012
09:44 GMT

Fake Windows Defender Is Trying to Steal Your Money

Security companies warn that a new fake antivirus is aimed at Windows users looking for a security tool, attempting to convince them to pay to get rid of inexistent malware. The fake tools mimic the GUI of Windows Defender depending on the Windows version you’re running, be it Windows 7, Windows Vista or XP. ...

12 October 2012
05:11 GMT

Windows 8 Installs Faster, Takes Less Space

We're weeks away from the official debut of the brand new Windows 8 and, beside the obvious visual changes, the new operating system will also bring several speed improvements. Windows 8 installs faster than the current Windows 7 and, what's more, it takes less space on your hard disk. Microsoft Windows ...

14 September 2012
03:28 GMT

Windows 8 Pro Downgrades to Windows 7 and Vista Possible

Software giant Microsoft is gearing up for the release of its latest operating system, Windows 8, promising a brand new experience to all users interested in adopting it. There will be two flavors of the OS pushed to shelves, one designed for x86 processors and another for ARM chipsets, and the first of them will a...

3 September 2012
09:30 GMT

Microsoft to Remove Desktop Gadgets from Windows 8

Windows 8, the next-generation operating system from Microsoft, should arrive on shelves without a feature that some users have been accustomed to ever since Windows Vista, namely desktop gadgets. Apparently, the company decided to remove them from the final flavor of the platform, as it pushes it steps further fro...

5 July 2012
15:41 GMT

Internet Explorer 9 with Bing & MSN Brings a Better Experience to Windows Vista

Internet Explorer 9 already is one of the most popular browsers on Microsoft’s Windows 7 platform, but it seems that the company is trying to push further to the front. Thus, it announced an enhanced flavor of the browser for those who still own computers running under Windows Vista, promising a great experie...

5 July 2012
07:45 GMT

Windows 8 Pro Upgrades only $39.99 for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7

Windows 8 is nearing its official availability, and Microsoft is ensuring that users will be able to upgrade to the new OS without having to pay the full price tag for it. Thus, the company made it official that users of Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 will be able to purchase and upgrade to Windows 8 Pro st...

3 July 2012
05:41 GMT

Mainstream Support for Windows Vista Ends Today

Starting today, Microsoft’s Windows Vista platform enters the extended support period, after benefiting from mainstream support for the past five years. In addition to Vista, Microsoft has ended mainstream support for Office 2007 as well, urging users to upgrade to newer flavors of its products. Moving fort...

10 April 2012
11:02 GMT

Microsoft Sues Comet for Selling Counterfeit Windows XP and Vista CDs

Today, Microsoft announced that it has filed a suit against Comet Group PLC for allegedly creating and selling counterfeit Windows Vista and Windows XP CDs. The Redmond-based software giant claims that the UK high street tech retailer has created a number of over 94,000 sets of counterfeit Windows Vista and Windows ...

4 January 2012
05:52 GMT

Windows XP Loses More Market Share to Windows 7

During the past 12 months, Windows 7 has gained significant share on the PC market, mostly at the expense of Windows XP. However, the older operating system remained the leading platform in 2011 too. In December 2011, Windows XP accounted for 46.52 percent of the market, while Windows 7 was present on 36.99 percent...

3 January 2012
10:57 GMT

Just Ahead of First Windows 8 Event, Windows 7 Breaks the 30% Worldwide Usage Share Mark

Windows 7 is right on track to becoming the no. 1 operating system worldwide by the end of 2011, and the platform just reached a new milestone on its way there. At the end of August 2011, Windows 7’s usage share exploded to 30.60%, up from 29.66% the previous month, according to statistics shared by Net Ap...

1 September 2011
06:37 GMT

Fix Windows 7, Vista SP2 and XP Application Incompatibility Problems via Update

Customers can turn to a resource provided by Microsoft if they need help to deal with application incompatibility problems irrespective of the version of Windows they’re running. KB 2388210 has been around for a while now, but it’s still an excellent source of links for a variety of application compatibi...

23 August 2011
09:33 GMT

Windows 7 Is King, Dethrones XP in Europe

Windows 7 has dethroned Windows XP as the top operating system used in Europe, and is extremely close to grabbing the no.1 spot worldwide as well, according to StatCounter. No less than 38.67% of the European users coming to the websites tracked by the Internet metrics company were running Windows 7, as of August 20...

9 August 2011
05:57 GMT

Onward to Windows 8, Windows 7 Eating Away at XP, Pushes It Below 50% Usage Share

Windows 7 continues to eat away at Windows XP, and it might still prove the right platform to take down the current king of the operating system market ahead of Windows 8’s launch. The development process of Windows 8 is approaching the Beta phase, although Microsoft has yet to offer any details related to the...

1 August 2011
10:21 GMT

Vista SP1 and Office XP End of Support as of July 12, 2011

Microsoft is retiring support for the first upgrade to Windows Vista as well as for Office XP as of today, July 12, 2011. Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) customers need to make the jump to Vista SP2 if they plan to continue running the operating system. Vista SP1 will also keep functioning, but customers are not advised...

12 July 2011
09:38 GMT

Vista SP1 End of Life Next Week

Microsoft will pull the plug on the first upgrade to Windows Vista in approximately a week, per the company’s official Support Lifecycle for the release. The Redmond giant traditionally ends support for a service pack no more than two years after a superseding upgrade has been released. It is the case of Wind...

4 July 2011
02:43 GMT

Boost Windows 7 Performance with Automated Solution

An automated solution offered free of charge by Microsoft is designed to fix Windows system performance problems on slow Windows computers. Windows performance can be affected both positively and negatively not only by the hardware of the computer but also by the software installed, and even by the usage behavior of...

27 June 2011
15:00 GMT

Autorun-related XP and Vista Infection Rates Drop Dramatically

It’s simply amazing how much impact an apparently minor security mitigation managed to deliver in the case Autorun-abusing malware. Autorun-related Windows XP and Windows Vista infection rates have dropped dramatically in the first half of 2011 compared to the previous year, all thanks to an update to the feat...

15 June 2011
10:05 GMT

Vista SP1 Dies in One Month

It won’t be long now until Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) will become completely obsolete. In less than one month, Vista SP1 will reach the end of support mark, and although the operating system will continue to run, it’s an extremely bad idea for customers to keep using this particular version of th...

13 June 2011
07:55 GMT

Download Angry Birds for Windows 7, Vista, XP

The hugely popular avian “warfare” game that shoot to fame on Apple’s iPhone for which it was launched in December 2009, has now landed on Windows. Angry Birds is now available for download on Windows 7 (both RTM and Service Pack 1), Windows Vista and Windows XP (SP2 or SP3). There are no less tha...

6 June 2011
11:30 GMT

Free Windows 7, Vista and XP IE App Compatibility Images – Provide Feedback

Microsoft recently updated and made available for download new Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VHD VPC Images, a great chance for web developers, and not only, to grab a range of free Windows copies from Microsoft. Packaged as virtual machine images, the free downloads offer Windows 7, Windows Vista and ...

20 May 2011
12:21 GMT

Download Free Windows 7, Vista and XP via new IE Application Compatibility VPC Images

Microsoft is offering a collection of free Windows copies for download, comprising the past three releases of the operating system. A set comprising Windows7, Windows Vista and Windows XP can be grabbed free of charge via the Microsoft Download Center. The software giant has introduced a major overhaul to the Inter...

16 May 2011
08:46 GMT

Vista SP1 Dies in 2 Months

Time is running out for customers still leveraging Windows Vista plus the first Service Pack released by Microsoft. Windows Vista SP1 has less than a couple of months of life left in it, support-wise. This because, Vista SP1 will reach end of support on July 12, 2011. The best course of action for users is to make ...

16 May 2011
06:44 GMT

Windows 7 Converts Users Away from XP and Vista

With end of life deadline looming on the horizon, and Windows 7 available to deliver an immensely superior experience, Windows XP’s market share has been diminishing rapidly. Windows XP continues to be the dominant operating system worldwide, but its dominance is dwindling. And if the current trends continue,...

2 May 2011
09:58 GMT

Windows 7 SP1 Update Introduces the New Indian Rupee Currency Symbol

 Microsoft has released an update to all supported versions of Windows designed to introduce support for the new currency symbol that will be used from now on for the Indian Rupee. Customers can download variants of KB 2496898 and install the refresh in accordance with the operating system they’re running....

23 March 2011
11:36 GMT

From Windows 1.0 to Windows 7 – Upgrade Evolution

There was a lot of criticism pointed at Microsoft for its decision not to support Windows XP to Windows 7 upgrades, but only allow Windows Vista users to seamlessly make the jump to the latest iteration of the Windows client. However, the Redmond company did note at the time that customers could opt to upgrade from ...

3 March 2011
03:03 GMT

Windows XP vs. Windows 7 – User Ratio 2 to 1

There is now one user of Windows 7 for every two users of Windows XP worldwide. Similarly, there are two customers running Windows 7 for each one still on Windows Vista. According to statistics released by Internet metrics company Net Applications, Windows 7 continues to gain traction worldwide, having reached a usa...

1 March 2011
13:21 GMT

Windows 7’s AutoRun Evolution Backported to XP and Vista Through Windows Update

It’s now easier than ever for customers running older Windows releases to increase the security of their platforms by accessing an element of Windows 7’s evolution related to the AutoPlay. Back in April 2009, long before Windows 7 was released to manufacturing, Microsoft kicked up a notch AutoRun for the...

10 February 2011
04:11 GMT

Download Free Windows XP and Vista Releases to Test Websites Against Multiple IE Versions

Microsoft recently updated its free Windows XP and Windows Vista downloads making fresh releases available as a part of a continued effort (more than a couple of years now) to make it easier for website developers to test drive their projects against multiple versions of Internet Explorer. Devs that create websites ...

5 February 2011
07:02 GMT

Windows 7 Is No. 1 on Top of XP and Vista in Germany

While globally Windows 7 is still runner up to Windows XP, the latest iteration of the Windows client has already managed to surpass its predecessor in one market in Europe. According to statistics shared by Internet metrics company StatCounter, Windows 7 has become the most used operating system in Germany as of Ja...

5 February 2011
05:06 GMT

Windows 7 Cannibalizing XP and Vista

Windows 7 is feeding its hunger for growth with Windows XP and Windows Vista. January 2011 brought with it another strong increase in market share for Windows 7 in the detriment of its predecessors. Windows 7’s usage share jumped from 20.87% at the end of 2010 to as much as 22.31% in January 2011 according to ...

1 February 2011
12:31 GMT

Automatically Restore Personal Files after a Windows 7 Custom Installation

Microsoft is making it extremely easy for customers that performed a custom installation of Windows 7 to restore their personal files from the previous Windows client. The Redmond company has been offering a Knowledge Base article describing the process for quite some time now, but the resource was also updated with...

31 January 2011
06:25 GMT

Download Free Windows 7 Alongside XP and Vista

There are plenty of free Windows downloads to go around from Microsoft, with the company offering copies of Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP to users without requiring a single cent in return. The past weekend I told you that the software giant has posted refreshed versions of its new XP and Vista free down...

31 January 2011
02:50 GMT

New Free XP and Vista Releases Available for Download– Virtual Images

A collection of Windows XP and Windows Vista releases offered by Microsoft was refreshed earlier this week, allowing customers to download and run the two operating systems free of charge. The Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image downloads were updated, with the previous version closing in on the ex...

29 January 2011
06:58 GMT

Battlefield 3 Won't Run on Windows XP, Just Vista or 7

EA's big upcoming first-person shooter, Battlefield 3, won't be able to run on the old Windows XP operating system, at least according to the rendering architect of Battlefield development studio DICE, Johan Andersson. The DICE representative stated that the Frostbite 2 engine, on which Battlefield 3 wou...

4 January 2011
04:00 GMT

Windows 7 Jumps Over 20% in Global Usage Share Ahead of 2011

Windows 7’s strong uptake rate continues to hold steady even as the operating system has entered into its second year on the market. Released commercially on October 22nd, 2009, Windows 7 now accounts for 20.87% in global usage share according to statistics made available at the start of this year by Internet ...

3 January 2011
07:49 GMT


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