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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.

Windows 10 years after it first launched, Windows 8.1 has reached the end of extended support. After today, the operating system will not receive security updates or technical support.

News This week we saw the RTX 4090 get mocked for its size, Overwatch 2 launch, and a video showing off an early concept of Windows 8.

Windows Steven Sinofsky recently shared a presentation that showed off the initial concept of Windows 8. The video was initially shared with Microsoft employees back in 2010.

Here, yes, right here, you can catch up on all the biggest Microsoft news stories from the last week. From She-Hulk using the Microsoft Store to a major WhatsApp update, it's all here.

Here’s the history of the original Windows 8 and Surface startup sounds that were never turned on.

Windows 8.1 reaches its end of support in January 2023. PCs will now show a warning about the upcoming cutoff.

Users who are still running machines with Windows 8.1 installed will soon begin to see warnings from Microsoft alerting the user that the OS they're using is running out of support.