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Attention Windows power users and IT pros! If you're working with Windows 11 version 24H2 or Windows Server 2025, you might want to tune in for this one. Microsoft recently unveiled a Safe OS Dynamic Update under the identifier KB5050119, rolled out on January 14, 2025. Don't be fooled by the...

Windows 10, that valiant old OS workhorse, may be charging headlong toward its twilight—but even in its final trot, Microsoft seems determined to tinker under the hood. In a plot twist worthy of a soap opera more than an enterprise-grade operating system, the latest April update to Windows 10...

Microsoft is sharpening the guillotine for Windows 10, and the execution date is set: October 14, 2025. If you’re harboring a loyal but aging Windows 10 workhorse that glares at you with incompatible eyes every time you mention Windows 11, you might already be mulling over escape strategies...

As we hurtle towards the future, it seems almost surreal that Windows 10 has been with us for nearly a decade. However, on October 14, 2025, the curtain will fall on the support for this operating system, marking a significant turning point for millions of users worldwide. This article breaks...

For years, PCs in American homes and offices thrummed away on Windows 10, an operating system Microsoft promised would be the “last Windows ever”—a phrase now as outdated as floppy disks. But now comes a seismic shift: more Americans are using Windows 11 than Windows 10, as the latter faces what...

October 14, 2025 might seem like a date plucked randomly from a future calendar, but for millions of businesses worldwide, it has the ominous ring of a doomsday clock. That’s the day Microsoft officially pulls the plug on Windows 10 support, ending what has—from 2015 to the upcoming cutoff—been...

Revitalizing Aging Windows 10 Systems with ChromeOS Flex With Windows 10 rapidly approaching its end-of-life in mid-October, many users find themselves at a crossroads. The decision is no small matter—will you switch to a new Windows 11 system, migrate to a Linux desktop, or breathe new life...

As we inch closer to the inevitable fade-out of Windows 10, the clock is ticking for an astonishing 900 million users. Microsoft finds itself engaged in a race against time, with the end-of-life date for Windows 10 set for October 2025. This impending deadline raises pressing questions for the...

So, just 4 days ago I upgraded my PC’s OS to Windows 7 Home Premium from Windows Vista Home Premium. The Windows 7 isn’t yet activated (as my final destination isn’t it) and is operating within its 30 days grace period. So, I tried to upgrade to Windows 8.1 with a product key but it wouldn’t...

I had a SSD installed in my computer with the OS on it. This SSD became to small so I bought a 500Gb SSD. I made a backup of the SSD with the OS en put that at the new SSD. But now there are two partitions at this SSD, one with same capicity as the old one and an empty one with a different...

I just bought myself a new Dell Inspiron 15 7559. I added a 250 GB SSD then migrated the OS to the SSD and set up the original mechanical drive as storage. This is a great setup. It's fast like crazy. But then a few days later I noticed a short crackling sound that happens about every 5...

I upgraded to Windows 10 and everything was fine until I started getting blue screens like mad after months of it being perfect. It turned out a stick of RAM went bad but I didn't figure that out until after I formatted and tried to install Windows 10 fresh. Anyway, during installation it...

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Hi, I have a genuine product key of Windows 7 but don't have its copy (DVD/ISO image). In this case, is it possible and lawful to install Windows 8 from a genuine copy of "Windows 8 Upgrade"? I don't want to buy the full version since it's a bit more expensive. Thanks, Culip P.S. So here's...

Hi my laptop got stolen so I bought a new one here in Argentina. The problem is that the system is in Spanish and I haven't been able to change it to English Im also totally new with Windows 8. I have tried my best to read all kinds of guides and stuff but it seems to be so many problems that I...

good morning...I am new to this forum, and i appreciate being able to reach out for some assitance..I currently have a friend who is in need of a new computer, which I can provide for him, however it has Linux on it, which he will not be able to use..while I interned at a computer repair shop a...

I have exported the emails and now I want to import them in the new OS. I have all necessarily accounts and folders but emails are imported in a new folder named "Storage folders". How to do: emails would import into accounts folders?

FYI: This is due to folks asking about changing things in a duel-boot scenario. An OS was installed then, another, hence the dual-boot... we'll call them 1 & 2. NOW, they want OS2 to exist and boot w/out OS1 The following is a way to do it: I had a dual-boot, Windows 7 x86 & x64. x86 was the...

Firstly, hello to all here.. very useful forum with plenty of extremely useful information.. I recently rescued a SSD that had seemingly failed, unfortunately i lost all data & my OS (which had to be re-installed) on my one remaining HDD until i did some research & repaired the problem. Would...

I have had a Toshiba laptop with 32bit windows 7 basic and have got a wndows 732bit Professionai which I bought fo my desktop but never used, can I install it over the existing 32bit windows 7 ar would I have to do a format of the hard disk. Or is it possible to intall with the supplied disk...