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DOZENS OF US! Valve officially ended Steam support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 this week. Steam clients on those operating systems will no longer receive updates, including security updates.

New keys Older Windows 7 and Windows 8 keys will no longer activate Windows 10 or Windows 11, Microsoft has announced.

Mozilla Firefox will not be supported on Windows 7 and 8 going forward, as the browser receives its final update for those operating systems.

Old school You can now access ChatGPT on older versions of Windows, thanks to a client called JavaGPT.

Moving up Windows 10 saw a dramatic spike in usage last month, due in part to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 reaching end of support.

RIP Microsoft has ended support for updates to Windows 7, including the Extended Security Upgrade (ESU) program. Time to upgrade your outdated operating system.

Windows Microsoft will end support for Edge on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 in January 2023. The move follows Google taking similar steps with Chrome.

Apps Google Chrome now shows a prompt to upgrade to Windows 11 or Windows 10 if you're on an older version of Windows.

Windows 7 was the most innovative version of Windows, according to our readers. The OS just beat out Windows 95 for the top spot.

Windows 3.1 turned 30 this week. To celebrate the occasion, we have a poll covering all of the historic versions of the OS. We want to know which version of Windows you think was most innovative.