Learn how to boot into Safe Mode on Windows 8 with our easy-to-follow guide. Safe Mode is a diagnostic startup mode that ...

If, however, you upgraded from Windows 7 or an older version to Windows 8 and then added 8.1 using Microsoft's free Windows Store download, the above process is out of the question.

For example, a 32-bit Windows 7 machine will be upgraded to a 32-bit Windows 8 operating system. See Windows 8. Windows 8 The standard Windows 8 version, which runs all previous versions of Windows.

So you want to try out Windows 8. Excellent! But you’re not foolhardy enough to try using a developer preview build as your main work/play operating system–you just want to dabble. We’ll ...

Windows 8.1 fixes many of Windows 8’s most glaring flaws, but not everyone is able to bask in the bountiful new features.

I've heard of people using Windows 8 systems with less, but if you are going to bite the bullet on the upgrade -- which is a whole $40 regardless of whether you own a license of XP, any variant of ...

The first Windows 8.1 update brought back a Start button, but no menu. The Start screen in Windows 10 is completely gone and is replaced by a new Start menu, which can be toggled full-screen and back.

In December 2022, we published a short PSA, reminding users they could still activate Windows 11 and 10 with valid Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 keys. This practice dates back to 2015 when Microsoft ...

Microsoft released Windows 10 ten years ago today. To celebrate, I'm giving away the Windows 10 Field Guide for free.

With the Start button disappeared, shutting down Windows 8 can be a challenge. Here's how to coax the OS into turning itself off. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a ...

As Windows 8 is designed to be used on mobile devices as well as desktop computers, it includes a feature called metered connections. A metered connection is a network connection where you have a ...

Windows 8 is the worst offender yet, positively spitting in the face of keyboard users -- but fortunately, it's quite easy to disable the new Windows 8 lock screen.