Microsoft has outlined how IT professionals will be able to set up Windows 8 using a flash drive, and has also claimed that the installation process will be much quicker than that for earlier versions ...

Microsoft offers a choice of a straight ISO file or a setup assistant that can tell you if your current environment is compatible with the new OS. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and ...

Microsoft has outlined the streamlined, from-60-down-to-11-clicks upgrade process for Windows 8 -- as in, the installer that appears when mom or pop insert a Windows 8 disc into their Windows 7 or ...

With Windows 8 RTM, Microsoft has revealed how it will notify users of the “Do Not Track” privacy setting for Internet Explorer 10 (IE10). Last week, Microsoft’s chief privacy officer repeated the ...

The madness began as much insanity does, with a nominally simple idea: Upgrade a Windows XP system to Windows 8 and write about the experience. Then my mouth started moving, even before my imprudent ...

Windows 8 is here, but plenty of Windows users are still on the fence about whether to take it for a spin. In the wake of Windows Vista, you can’t blame Windows users for being cautious; upgrading ...

If you take good care of your PC, you might not need to do a clean install. Another approach? Easy Transfer! I used this when I did a clean install of 8 to migrate from Windows 7. I did opt to add in ...

Microsoft claimed yesterday that users will be able to complete a Windows 8 upgrade much faster, in some cases in one-tenth the time it took similar-configured PCs to upgrade to Windows 7. The time ...

After reading this and other Windows 8 articles, there is still one question I have: While I expect it to be a non-issue, how well does the Windows Home Network work after a machine is upgraded to ...