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What’s New in Windows 7 Update KB5003667 Jun 9, 2021 19:09 GMT      New Windows 7 update is live The June 2021 Patch Tuesday rollout obviously brought a new update for Windows 7 as well, though worth keeping in mind is that only computers enrolled in the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program are getting it. Windows 7 no longer receives updates since January 2020, so if you’re still running the 2009 operating system, you won’t be getting any new security patches unless your company...

Microsoft Possibly Planning to Launch Windows Widgets May 29, 2021 19:01 GMT      Windows Widgets could come to the desktop Back in 2009 when Windows 7 was the coolest operating system in Microsoft’s ecosystem, one of the features that people loved the most was the support for gadgets, something that the company eventually dropped for security reasons. But as it turns out, the Redmond-based software giant has never abandoned the idea of bringing widgets to the Windows desktop, and now t...

Dublin, May 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Smartwatch Market As Per Products, Application, Operating System, and Geography - Global Forecast up to...

11 Tips to Customize the Look and Feel of Windows For most of us, occasionally switching up the desktop wallpaper is about as adventurous as we get when it comes to customizing the appearance of Windows. But there are in fact a multitude of ways to transform the operating system to perfectly customize its look—either through Windows’ own settings or with the help of a third-party utility. These are some of our favorite changes and tweaks for Windows customization. Advertisement 1. Set a dyn...

Over a fifth of PC users continue to operate Windows 7 Over a fifth of PC users continue to operate Windows 7 Turns out not everyone heeded the call to upgrade. Credit: IDG / Microsoft Globally, 22 per cent of PC users continue to run the outdated Windows 7 operating system, according to cyber security firm Kaspersky.  Microsoft ended Windows 7 support on 14 January 2020 as the 10-year period for which it promised to provide support for the operating system, which was r...

Singapore moves on from Windows 7, mostly Singapore moves on from Windows 7, mostly At least, compared to the rest of the world. Globally, 22 per cent of PC users continue to run the outdated Windows 7 operating system, but not in Singapore, where just 16 per cent of consumers and only 9.6 per cent of small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) use the OS, according to cyber security firm Kaspersky.  Microsoft ended Windows 7 support on 14 January 2020 as the 10-year period for which it...

Windows Aero Shake Now Turned Off by Default in Windows 10 Apr 23, 2021 12:42 GMT      New Aero Shake toggle in Settings Aero Shake is a feature that landed in Windows 7 as part of the Aero tweaks that everybody loved and is one of the few remnants still available in Windows 10. In other words, Aero Shake is still there in Windows 10 even if Windows 7 has already been removed, and without a doubt, users making the switch from the old to the new OS love this. But as it turns out, Aero Shak...

Accidental borkage ... or a not-so-subtle hint that it really is time to move on? Richard Speed Thu 15 Apr 2021 // 12:47 UTC Share Multiple customers have told The Register that OneDrive for Business on Windows 7 is falling over for them, with one reporting that Microsoft has quietly pulled the plug on support. Free support for Windows 7 itself ended more than a year ago, but the company is still looking after deep-pocketed enterprises unwilling or unable to make the mo...

Mar 14, 2021 11:40 EDT with 0 comments A bit of a printer mishap with Patch Tuesday, the ZeniMax acquisition now being official, and a farewell to Legacy Edge were all things that happened this week. You can find info about that, as well as much more below, in your Microsoft digest for the week of March 7 – 13. Patch Tuesday woes To the surprise of perhaps very few, Microsoft pushed out the main set of security updates to its supported variants of Windows right on cue, on the se...