Ars Technica

Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 reach the end of the line, and it’s time to upgrade

It’s the end of the line for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. These older versions of Windows (plus Windows RT) stop receiving all security updates today, over a decade after their original releases.
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft Edge 109 is the last version to support Windows 7/8.1

Microsoft Edge will drop support for Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 after the release of version 109 on January 12th, 2023. The decision to no longer provide Windows 7 / 8.1 support for Edge users almost ...
PC World

Windows 8.1 Update tip: Clean up that disk space now

On April 8, Microsoft blessed us with an update to Windows 8.1 that made the touchy-feely OS more palatable to PC users. Now that you’ve had about a week to play around with the update—which brings ...
Ars Technica

Windows 8.1 includes seamless, automatic disk encryption—if your PC supports it

Since Windows Vista, the upper-tier editions of Windows have supported local disk encryption via a feature called BitLocker Drive Encryption. Like the FileVault feature in newer versions of OS X or ...