Windows 10 can run on both 32-bit and 64-bit processor architectures. If you have a computer with a 32-bit setup, you can upgrade to the 64-bit version without acquiring a new license. The only caveat ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microsoft is now testing a new tool called "Refresh Windows" which makes clean installing Windows ...

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This article, updated to reflect Windows 10 version 2004 (aka May 2020 Update), covers the most common scenarios you're likely to encounter when installing, reinstalling, and activating Windows 10. Is ...

Windows 10 is an unusual release for Microsoft: if you have a licensed version of Windows 7 or 8/8.1, it will very easily upgrade to Windows 10—you don’t even need to enter a licence key. Clean ...

Operating Systems Turns out, Microsoft will offer Windows 10 security updates for free until 2026—but unfortunately not in the US or the UK Gaming Industry A guy in California is suing Microsoft for ...

Having trouble installing and setting up Win10? You aren’t alone. Here are a dozen-plus of the most common problems, along with a few solutions. Windows 10 has been ...

Since you're doing a clean install anyway, why not just install your copy of Windows 7 to the new SSD, and in-place upgrade that to 10? If you really want it to be a fresh install, then ...