Microsoft spreads FUD about Windows 7
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Monday, 04 January 2016 10:30

Microsoft spreads FUD about Windows 7


Upgrade or Yog-Sothoth will eat your soul

Software giant Microsoft is getting so desperate to have its users upgrade to Windows 10 it has started spreading FUD about its own Windows 7 operating system.

Microsoft raises the upgrade pressure
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Wednesday, 16 December 2015 13:39

Microsoft raises the upgrade pressure


But not on me

I am getting slightly annoyed. Why am I the only person in the world who is not being nagged my Microsoft to upgrade to Windows 10.

Windows 10 will be the biggest OS ever
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Tuesday, 24 November 2015 11:24

Windows 10 will be the biggest OS ever

Maybe Apple will support it

Beancounters at analyst outfit Gartner have decided that Windows 10 will eventually be the most successful of Redmond's creations.

Windows 7 PRO reprieved until October
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Wednesday, 04 November 2015 08:41

Windows 7 PRO reprieved until October


Windows 8.1 too

Windows 10 now has 120 million activations thanks mostly to the fact that Microsoft is offering for free to Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 users. Now Redmond has told its OEM chums they need to prepare to stop selling Windows 7 Professional from October 31 2016.

Don't upgrade to Windows 10 warns Sony
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Wednesday, 12 August 2015 11:50

Don't upgrade to Windows 10 warns Sony


Still half baked. 

Sony has warned owners of its Vaio systems not to upgrade to Windows 10 yet.

Our Windows 10 upgrade worked after third attempt
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Need to do the indexing again

Our windows 10 upgrade story has a happy end but but businesses be warned. 

World's leading operating system is Windows 7
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Looks like that tablet idea was really daft

The world's most popular operating system is still Windows 7, as Microsoft really regrets wasting its time with a tablet interface in Windows 8.

Microsoft brings key feature back for Windows 10
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The most important one

Microsoft has done a significant u-turn and bought back one of the most popular Windows features for Windows 10.

Apple expels Windows 7 from garden of earthy delights
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Lost the business case 

Fruity cargo cult Apple has decided that Microsoft's venerable Windows 7 needs to be expelled from its walled garden of earthly delights.

Windows XP will not die
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Tuesday, 03 March 2015 11:35

Windows XP will not die


People are installing it

After a slump in the use of Windows XP, it appears that some daft people are re-installing it, even as they walk away from Windows 7.