Modder brings Windows 7 and Vista back to life with up-to-date updates

Windows 7 and Vista are staging an unexpected comeback as users push back against Windows 11.

Windows 7 and Vista return! Thank this modder’s ready-to-install ISOs

Windows 11’s track record hasn’t been great. Every update seems to cause all kinds of problems, which is why many users would ...
ExtremeTech

Enthusiast Releases Up‑to‑Date ISOs for Windows 7 and Vista

Windows 7 and Vista have unofficially come back to life 9 years after Microsoft ended support for the latter OS. Tech ...
Opinion

Hasta la vista! Microsoft finally ends extended updates for ancient Windows version

Support expires for Windows Server 2008, and the codebase released to manufacturing in 2006 Microsoft has quietly maintained support for an OS that's nearly 18 years old, but its time has finally ...

Windows Server 2008 is finally gone

Most will have already migrated ...
ExtremeTech

Windows Vista Sound Returns to Windows 11, Supposedly By Mistake

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider Preview build has unexpectedly brought back the Windows Vista startup sound, replacing the usual Windows 11 chime. The best part of this release is that it ...
Computer Weekly

Network navigation -- Chapter 6 of 'Microsoft Windows Vista Administration'

Microsoft introduced a new way to view and navigate a network with Windows Vista. This chapter, excerpted from Microsoft Windows Vista Administration, examines such new tools as Network Map and ...
ABC News

Microsoft says Vista buyers to get free Windows 7

SEATTLE -- Microsoft said Thursday that prices for the Windows 7 computer operating system are largely in line with those for Vista, and that people who buy PCs before the new system goes on sale in ...