Ever since Microsoft launched Windows 10, it's made the OS officially or unofficially available. Officially, you stopped being able to download or upgrade your system to Windows 10 on July 29, 2016.

Managing Editor Alison DeNisco Rayome joined CNET in 2019, and is a member of the Home team. She is a co-lead of the CNET Tips and We Do the Math series, and manages the Home Tips series, testing out ...

Although Microsoft's July 29 deadline has expired, there's an easy way to get Windows 10 gratis -- provided you don't mind a little white internet lie. Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and ...

While rumors about Windows 12 are circulating the internet, as of October 2025, Windows 10 still accounts for 64% of the market share, making it the most popular and still widely used operating system ...

Q. I converted my Windows 7 PC to Windows 10 in 2016, when Microsoft was offering the upgrade for free. But I didn’t like Windows 10, so I chose to undo the upgrade. Now that Windows 7 no longer gets ...

We have covered 3 freeware to help you download a particular version of Windows 11/10. For example, you will be able to download the ISO file for Windows 10 Anniversary Update version 1607, version ...

Customers – particularly corporate customers – face a jumble of option-rich upgrade methods to get the latest version of Microsoft's OS. Here's how to decide which is best. Microsoft began rolling out ...

Windows 10 is now running on an astounding 75 million PCs. Microsoft made the new version of Windows available as a free download for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 customers just one month ago. That’s ...