So the first thing I do when I get back from PDC? After taking my youngest trick-or-treating at the Redmond Town Center, and settling down into the weekend, I pull out the PDC hard drive and have a ...

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 ...

Suppose you feel that a consistent lag bogs down your Windows 7 PC’s performance. It might be time to reinstall the OS. From registry issues to malware to being overstuffed with large amounts of ...

We’ve got a step-by-step guide for you install Microsoft’s Windows 7 onto your computer. The guide should work for the various versions like Home Premium. To get the best results, we recommend that ...

Microsoft is, if anything, tenacious. After nearly three years trying to get people to buy Vista, the company has decided to put that operating system in its rear-view mirror. On Thursday Microsoft ...

VMware Fusion 3 was released last week into the anxiously trembling hands of desktop virtualization junkies, and we’ve run the release through a gamut of heavy tests to see if it’s able to meet the ...

So you're thinking about going to Windows 7, eh? Chances are your head is swimming in a sea of TLAs and confusing charts-- enough to have the most adamant Microsoft defender reaching for a something ...

Microsoft has licensed the software-download site Digital River to distribute Windows 7 ISO files for installing from a DVD or USB drive. The Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool enables you to create an ...

You want to install Windows 7? No problem. Does your computer meet minimum specs? Do you want to go 32-bit or 64-bit? And what about Boot Camp? If these are your ...

This may sound like it could be the shortest tutorial ever, but if you were planning on just sticking the Windows 7 DVD into your PC come 22 October and hoping for the best, it's a good job you're ...