Windows 7 entered its final year of support on Jan. 14, as did Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1. The two products are due to fall out of "extended support" on Jan. 14, 2020.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 15, 2019
A gallery of the most interesting Windows 10 offerings from this year's event.
- By Gladys Rama
- January 14, 2019
Microsoft this week described a new "Reserved Storage" feature coming to Windows 10 that will allocate about 7GB of a PC's storage space for OS updates.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 11, 2019
Windows 10's convoluted update practices drew a lot of attention this year, but so did many other key Microsoft developments. Below are the most popular news articles of the past year.
- By RCP Staff
- December 20, 2018
Microsoft this week released a new resource to help businesses find and troubleshoot problems on their Microsoft Surface devices.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 13, 2018
As part of an ongoing effort to be more transparent about its monthly Windows update process, Microsoft this week shared its rationale for sometimes releasing Windows updates that don't follow the standard schedule.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 11, 2018
Organizations can now sign up to test drive the Microsoft 365 suite via a new "Insider" program.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 10, 2018
It's now possible to use devices based on the Fast IDentity Online 2.0 (FIDO2) protocol with a Microsoft account and Windows 10 version 1809 to verify user access, Microsoft announced on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 27, 2018
Microsoft this week gave some background on its current Windows 10 servicing approach, defending its process while addressing recent quality concerns.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 15, 2018
Microsoft marked this month's "update Tuesday," Nov. 13, by rereleasing version 1809 of both Windows 10 and Windows Server, as well as Windows Server 2019.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 14, 2018
An activation problem that affected some Windows 10 Pro edition users this week will get automatically fixed in one day, Microsoft suggested on Friday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 09, 2018
Microsoft is adding more perks to its beleaguered Windows 10 October 2018 Update (also known as version 1809), which is still suspended after a botched Oct. 2 release.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 06, 2018
The MSIX Packaging Tool for Windows 10 is now Available via the Microsoft Store.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 19, 2018
Microsoft on Thursday alluded to a coming Unified Update Platform preview for Windows 10 that could simplify servicing for IT pros.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 19, 2018
Users of Hewlett-Packard PCs that were updated to the newly released Windows 10 version 1809, as well as version 1803, have been reporting "blue screen of death" (BSOD) issues.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 12, 2018