If your customers are like most companies, they're either running Windows 7 already or figuring out ways to migrate from Windows XP to Windows 7. Unfortunately, Microsoft offers no direct path for ...

That recommendation did not go unheeded as reviewers in the CRN Test Center set out to find the most efficient and easiest way to get Windows 7 deployed on XP clients. But after a series of tests on ...

There’s been enough written about upgrading to Windows 7 to fill a library, so you’d think PC users would understand the pros, cons and pitfalls by now. Well, not quite. Most people get the gist of ...

With Windows 7's launch just a day away, it's time to start thinking about how to prepare your aging-but-still useful PC running Windows XP for that move you're dying to make. Problem is, Microsoft 's ...

The virtualization leader says its free software can ease the migration from Windows XP to 7. But, like a product from rival Parallels, the approach raises licensing issues. During her years at CNET ...

Two months from now, Windows users will have a chance to fix what's broken or break what's working. But they may not know which path they chose until after they've ...

Microsoft may find it tough to convince netbook users running the low-end Windows 7 Starter to later upgrade to a more expensive edition, a retail market analyst said Saturday. Previously, analaysts ...

Last week, Microsoft said it would offer a $50 discount for users upgrading from Windows XP. Now, it has upped the ante. On Friday, a representative from Microsoft said that the company will now offer ...

You really, really need to dump Windows XP. No, really. Windows XP was great, and many users still love the operating system, but…it’s more than a decade old. At the rate technology evolves, that ...

Q: I need to install Windows 10 on my computer and I have the free upgrade to get from Windows 7 to Windows 10. One of my friends said installing the upgrade erased everything and two said it did not.