About this tag
Discussions tagged with promotion on WindowsForum.com cover a range of promotional activities, including Microsoft's in-OS upgrade prompts and Copilot recommendations within Windows 11, as well as third-party giveaways and limited-time offers for games like Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 cosmetics, Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, and Painkiller Hell & Damnation. Users also discuss managing promotional email categories in Gmail to free up storage. The tag reflects both official Microsoft promotions and external marketing campaigns, with threads addressing user reactions, technical details, and strategies for engaging with or avoiding promotional content.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    OLED iPad mini Could Launch in October 2026, Bloomberg Reports

    Apple is reportedly targeting an October 2026 release for a redesigned iPad mini with an OLED display, beginning a staggered refresh of the company’s tablet range that would continue into spring 2027. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, as reported by 9to5Mac, says the OLED iPad mini carries the internal...
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    • Forum: Windows News
  2. WindowsForum AI

    Microsoft Pauses Aggressive Upgrade Prompts as Windows Promotions Persist

    Microsoft quietly signaled a course correction: after months of user outcry over promotional content across Windows, the company has begun rolling back some of the most intrusive upgrade prompts while simultaneously continuing to experiment with in-OS promotions like Start menu...
  3. WindowsForum AI

    Monster Energy x Call of Duty Black Ops 7: Unlock Themed Cosmetics and 2XP

    Monster Energy is back with another Call of Duty collaboration — this time tied to Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 — and the promotion delivers five tiers of themed cosmetics plus a steady drip of 2XP tokens for anyone willing to collect the ring‑pull codes from participating cans. The rewards are...
  4. WindowsForum AI

    Windows 11 Preview: Taskbar auto-hide fix, Start Copilot prompts in Recommended

    Windows 11’s next wave of preview builds quietly delivers two of the most requested quality-of-life fixes for everyday users — smoother, more reliable taskbar auto-hide behavior and a pair of bug fixes that restore clickable space above the taskbar — while also ramping up Copilot’s visibility by...
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    • Forum: Windows News
  5. WindowsForum AI

    Copilot Recommendations in Windows 11 Start Menu: AI at the Point of Decision

    Microsoft is quietly testing Copilot recommendations inside the Windows 11 Start menu — a small interface change that marks a strategic shift: Microsoft is no longer content to confine Copilot to a sidebar or system tray; it wants the AI assistant surfaced where users begin tasks, and it’s...
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    • Forum: Windows News
  6. sportman13

    Windows 10 Gmail Storage ?

    I want to free up storage space if I delete Updates, where LinkedIn emails come, and Promotions where you get emails from your banks. Most of the time these are useless emails. where you store your in All Mail [archived mail] will it be deleted ?
  7. kemical

    Windows 10 World in Conflict and Assassins Creed (Black Flag) to be free for limited period

    Just in time for Chrimble: ref: Ubisoft giving away Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag and RTS World in Conflict
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    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
  8. brkkab

    ***Free Game Alert***

    Game Sessions www.gamesessions.com just made Painkiller Hell and Damnation free at the following link. Play the hit PC game Painkiller Hell & Damnation for free Just create a Game Sessions account, play the game for 5 minutes and it's yours forever.
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    • action game download free game freebies game access game sessions gaming gaming community gaming news giveaway hell and damnation multiplayer online gaming painkiller pc games promotion steam video games
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Games
  9. pnamajck

    Windows 10 "steamworld dig" game … free?

    s'been a while … haven't seen any more free games sponsored/hosted by ars. this evening, did come across a free game entitled "steamworld dig" … so, have at it. note … the website states "available for a limited time". Link Removed now on to the juicy stuff …...
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    • ars technica free game game find game sharing gaming gaming community limited time promotion reddit steamworld dig
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
  10. pnamajck

    Windows 10 "the witcher" game … free?

    just wanted to share this with all you gamers here on windowsforum … seems arstechnica s'got a hat full of licenses … check it out … 48 hours and the clock is ticking (from this morning). Ars is teaming up with GOG and we’re giving away The Witcher to everyone
  11. kemical

    Mass Effect 2 free!

    Mass Effect 2 is now free on Origin: Mass Effect 2 is now free on Origin | PC Gamer
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    • availability free game game download gaming mass effect news origin pc gamer promotion video games
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Games
  12. William B

    Windows 10 Origin PC Game (on the house)

    Link Removed has a great free game right now that is on the house. No need to break out your credit card just sign up for Origin, download the software and then download the game. The "free" On the House game would be Medal of Honor Pacific Assult. Here is the link to the free deal Link Removed
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    • download free game gaming gaming deals medal of honor origin pacific assault promotion software
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
  13. Starfox27

    Windows 7 W7 update hanging

    Hey I'm trying to update to W10 through the free promotion but my w10 installer is hanging on "Please wait..." so I thought I would update my windows as it's been awhile since my last update (KB3068708) but it was also hanging. I've tried system update readiness tool and manually dling the...
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    • acronis true image cbs log corrupted files error free upgrade hanging installer kb3068708 migration promotion readiness tool registry resource protection system scan system update troubleshooting update windows 10 windows 7 wusa.exe
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  14. M

    Windows 8 Skype Offering 1-year Premium Service for Free

    Skype currently has a fairly sweet promotion going on. They are offering 1-year of premium service for free to anyone who submits their email on their promo site. Skype premium extends the free experience by offering group video calls, group screen sharing, dropping advertisements and throwing...
    • Mitchell_A
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    • ad-free customer service family group chats premium service productivity promotion screen sharing skype video calls
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Tutorials
  15. L

    NEWS Win 1000 USD or Lifetime License of Advanced SystemCare PRO for Free

    Like the lovely blue smile from Advanced SystemCare 6? A smile can infect people, let's spread smile! Upload your smile photos here and post them to Twitter or Pinterest with hashtag #IObitSmile. If your entry gets the most votes, you can win US$1000 cash. $500 for the second and $200 for the...
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    • Forum: The Water Cooler
  16. Thank you to our Windows 7 Forums members!

    Thank you to our Windows 7 Forums members!

    THANK YOU TO ALL OUR WINDOWS 7 FORUMS MEMBERS! In finalizing the Windows 7 Forums Millennium Celebration, we would like to thank the award winners: sabrehagen, ironken22, and stueycaster. Their contributions are among a droplet of many great threads and messages that have made Windows 7 Forums...
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  17. CCleaner Professional: A Beginner's Guide

    CCleaner Professional: A Beginner's Guide

    Download: https://secure.piriform.com/502/?affiliate=3402&scope=cart&cart=70988 Exclusive discount code from W7F and Piriform: DXY-SK1-TLC IT Professionals Mitchell Anthony (Public Relations Manager) and Mike Fara (Administrator) from Windows 7 Forums take a look at CCleaner and offer up a...
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  18. Paragon Hard Disk Manager Suite 12 Review

    Paragon Hard Disk Manager Suite 12 Review

    Buy: https://www.cleverbridge.com/80/?affiliate=3402&scope=cart&cart=73607 Paragon Software Group's marketing manager, Ekaterina Uchaeva, and the Paragon Technology Advisor Council's Ksenia Schevjeva agreed to send Windows 7 Forums a license for technical evaluation, review, and demonstration...
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  19. Auslogics BoostSpeed 5 Review

    Auslogics BoostSpeed 5 Review

    Download: https://store.auslogics.com/order/cart.php?PRODS=3916377&QTY=1&AFFILIATE=29345 Full review: http://windows7forums.com/windows-7-support/73013-repair-optimize-windows-why-we-love-auslogics-boostspeed-5-a.html Auslogics BoostSpeed 5 is quite possibly the best overall system maintenance...
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  20. How to Uninstall Any Software Application With Revo Uninstaller

    How to Uninstall Any Software Application With Revo Uninstaller

    Download Revo Uninstaller Pro: http://bit.ly/H2JWXD In this video, I am going to demonstrate and review Revo Uninstaller. Revo Uninstaller is a freeware application that helps you to uninstall applications on your computer that would otherwise leave registry keys, system files, dynamic link...
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