One of the big barriers to upgrading to Windows 8 is that Windows 7 is so good. For keyboard-and-mouse users, Windows 8 isn't a hugely compelling upgrade -- and without judicious use of third-party ...

I have a Windows 8 desktop that has been updated to 8.1. The list of incompatible things has grown to a point that I want to get a copy of Windows 7 that I can boot into, as needed. I tried to create ...

New features in Windows 8 include a new interface design incorporating a new design language used by other Microsoft products, a new Start screen to replace the Start menu used by previous versions of ...

I recently set up one of my test PCs to dual boot Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008. Since I installed Windows Server 2008 last, that's now the default OS. So the PC automatically boots into Server ...

I got stuck maintaining a machine that I didn't set up, and my workplace needs me to make it dual-boot Windows 7 alongside an existing Fedora 12 partition. The Fedora 12 installation must not be ...

This post will show you how to change Boot defaults when dual-booting using Advanced Startup Options in Windows 11/10. When you dual-boot Windows 11/10 with an earlier version of Windows like Windows ...

Although you may not be jumping for joy at this fact, I’ll wager you’re at least a little curious. Could the new OS make your computing life any better? Is the new interface a boon, or more of a ...