It’s been a long time coming, but Microsoft is officially retiring Internet Explorer 11 today.

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It’s been a long time coming, but Microsoft is officially retiring Internet Explorer 11 today.
BY Paul Thurrott with 58 Comments
A new survey of 10 million Windows devices shows that 1.44 percent of them are running Windows 11, fewer than the number running Windows XP, 7, or 8.
BY Paul Thurrott with 8 Comments
Windows 7 couldn’t have arrived at a better time for Microsoft: 2009 was a terrible year for the PC industry and a down year for Microsoft too.
BY Paul Thurrott with 3 Comments
In January 2010, I visited the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington and interviewed Mark Russinovich about Windows 7.
BY Paul Thurrott with 9 Comments
Microsoft revealed the Windows 7 desktop at PDC 2008, spent the next year delivering the product, and then celebrated the accomplishment at PDC 2009.
BY Paul Thurrott with 10 Comments
Of the few developer innovations delivered with Windows 7, the new Scenic Ribbon and Jump Lists are arguably the most interesting.
BY Paul Thurrott with 16 Comments
In December 2008, I wrote an editorial describing how Microsoft’s efforts to simplify Windows were making it harder to use. Sound familiar?
BY Paul Thurrott with 4 Comments
After the first public demonstration of Windows 7 at PDC 2008, Steven Sinofsky ceded the stage to Scott Guthrie for a tour of new developer features.
BY Paul Thurrott with 6 Comments
Most didn’t appreciate it at the time, but the 2008 Professional Developers Conference (PDC) was an inflection point for Microsoft.
BY Paul Thurrott with 7 Comments
In 2007 and 2008, Steven Sinofsky and this team prepared the follow-ups to Windows Vista: Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows 7.
BY Paul Thurrott with 41 Comments
Microsoft revealed this week that it will no longer support OneDrive on Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 starting on March 1, 2022.
BY Paul Thurrott with 13 Comments
Google announced last night that it will now support Chrome on Windows 7 through January 2022, an extension of 6 months.
BY Paul Thurrott with 7 Comments
Google announced today that its Flutter app development toolkit can now be used to create native Windows applications.
BY Paul Thurrott with 20 Comments
Windows 10 users aren’t the only ones getting Microsoft Edge from Windows Update: Now it’s heading out to Windows 7 and 8.1 as well.
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Microsoft revealed this week that it will stop supporting its new Edge browser in Windows 7 on July 15, 2021, in keeping with the Google Chrome support schedule.
BY Paul Thurrott with 10 Comments
Today, Microsoft announced the immediate availability of PowerShell 7, the latest version of its cross-platform automation tool.
BY Paul Thurrott with 50 Comments
The FSF is petitioning Microsoft to open-source Windows 7. Yeah, it sounds like a crazy idea. Until you really think about it.
BY Paul Thurrott with 15 Comments
With the end of Windows 7 support last week, I’ve returned somewhat begrudgingly to Windows 10. And you know what? It ain’t all bad.
BY Paul Thurrott with 14 Comments
Those who stick with Windows 7 may not face any immediate security issues. But you need to worry about the long-term.
BY Paul Thurrott with 27 Comments
Microsoft delivered the final set of updates to Windows 7 users today and will begin displaying a full-screen warning.
BY Paul Thurrott with 36 Comments
OK, it was modest, but PC sales still grew in 2019. Here’s a look at what happened and at how things will change in the future.
BY Paul Thurrott with 7 Comments
Microsoft confirmed today that it will support Edge on Windows 7 for the same 18 month+ timeframe as will Google with Chrome.
BY Paul Thurrott with 69 Comments
With Windows 7’s support end-of-life just days away, I find myself thinking about Windows 10, not Windows 7.
BY Paul Thurrott with 6 Comments
With Windows 7 still in use by 500 million people, Google has pledged to support Chrome on that platform past its support EOL.
BY Paul Thurrott with 19 Comments
This series isn’t about installing and configuring Windows 7 here in 2020. It’s about using it, as 500 million other people are doing.
BY Paul Thurrott with 12 Comments
I finally got Windows 7 successfully installed on my old NUC, so I’m able to move to this aging OS fulltime now. I think.
BY Paul Thurrott with 16 Comments
With several hundred Windows Updates finally complete, my nostalgic trip back in time with Windows 7 can continue. Up next: Applications.