(IDG) -- After months of waiting, an endless cycle of beta versions and "release candidates," ongoing legal wrangling, and inescapable hype, it all boils down to a simple question: Does upgrading to ...

Do you have a favorite Windows? It’s not something most folks think about unless you’ve experienced the rollercoaster Microsoft has put many PC fans through over the years. There’s a lot of nostalgia ...

In the Talkback section to my post on Vista’s slow start, commenter Arm A. Geddon does something I’ve been meaning to do for a while, which is to rate the various versions of Windows through the years ...

Unless you got into Windows very recently, you are probably aware of the famous or rather infamous Y2K also referred to as the Millenium superbug. When the millennium (2000) approached, many thought ...

Windows went on sale 40 years ago. Here's the whole history of the operating system, from Windows 1 to 11 and everything in between.

In a nutshell: Retro computing enthusiasts recently launched a new site that restores update functionality to classic versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems, allowing users to update dated ...

Until Windows XP was released, I’d always thought that Windows 98 was one of the best versions of Windows ever created. Even so, Windows 98 did have its problems. Among the more difficult problems to ...

The end of support for Windows 98 sparked alarm among users of a UK online bank on Friday after it issued a notice saying that Microsoft was about to stop downloads of Internet Explorer 6 (IE 6) from ...

In brief: It's now possible to run a barebones version of Discord on legacy Microsoft operating systems including Windows 98 (and even Windows 95, if you're willing to jump through a few extra hoops).