Steam Support For Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 Evaporates
As of yesterday, Steam support for Microsoft OSes predating Windows 10 ended. While you should still be able to launch the Steam client and the games on it there are...
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Tag: Windows 7
So Much For Activating Windows 11 With Windows 7 Or Windows 8 Keys?
Microsoft have announced that you will no longer be able to activate Windows 10 or Windows 11 with old Windows 7 and Windows 8 product keys. Unfortunately they weren't very...
Read MorePC Perspective Podcast #574 – Threadripper 3990X, The Dell Dude
This week we take a look at the new Threadripper 3990X, the incredible value of the Ryzen 5 1600 AF, review a sub-$200 X570 motherboard from ASUS, discuss Windows 7 bugs, and…
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Special bug for those who really want to keep using Windows 7
A bunch of sites are reporting that a bug is preventing some Windows 7 users from shutting down. As far as I can tell, while the bug first arose about a...
Read MorePC Perspective Podcast #571 – Ryzen 9 3950X Review, ThinkPad T490s
Join us this week for our new look at the Ryzen 9 3950X, a review of a port-packed thin and light ThinkPad, a unique mini-ITX case from SilverStone, some amazing but pricey…
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Microsoft Windows 7 Is On The Edge Of Death This Week; While Edge Is About To Be Reborn
This is a big week for Microsoft as Windows 7 hits EoL tomorrow, January 14th, and the very next day sees the beginning of the roll out of the new...
Read MorePC Perspective Podcast #569 – Catching Up With David Hewlett
Actor, writer, and geek David Hewlett joins us this week to talk about the latest trends in technology, Windows 10 news, and the return of the classic 1997 Blade Runner game. 00:00:06 -…
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Windows 7 Complains “I’m Not Dead Yet!”
Just a friendly reminder that there is exactly one month to go before Win7 goes belly up and you will no longer receive updates unless you are running Windows 7 Pro or…
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How Can It Be Telemetry If Microsoft Says It Isn’t?
It seems Microsoft just can't help themselves, as they have pushed out a new update to Windows 7 and 8.1 which claims to be a security only patch, of the type of…
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Feeling Edge-y Today?
How's that for an incentive to try Microsoft's new beta version of Edge meets Chromium? Not only can you scream and yell about the interface and compatibility, but you have a chance…
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Windows 7 and 8 Get Some Fancy Chromium Edge Highlights
You don't have to switch to Windows 10 to experience Chromium flavoured Edge, as Microsoft have just granted you the ability to preview it on Windows 7 and 8. You...
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BIOSTAR Announces Windows 7 Support for AMD and Intel Motherboards
There are still those of us who prefer to avoid Microsoft's latest OS, and for them today's annoucement from BIOSTAR may be of interest. The motherboard maker has announced Windows 7 support…
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Nice OS you have there; shame if something happened to it
It does have to be said that running a 10 year old Microsoft OS might not be the wisest decision; though it is better than running one 18 years old. However,…
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AMD Releases Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.3.2 with Windows 7 DX12 Support
AMD has released Radeon 19.3.2 drivers, adding support for Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 and offering a performance boost with Civilization VI: Gathering Storm. This update also adds a number of new…
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Microsoft Tetchy Net, no more Win7 support for you
Today Microsoft announced the end of forum support for a wide variety of products, from Zune to Windows 7, as well as IE10 and a variety of office products. The official end…
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The cure worse than the disease; get your new patches or enjoy a total meltdown
Wasn't it hilarious when Microsoft released a patch for the Meltdown flaw that made things even worse by allowing write access to kernel memory as well as read access? Well, if you…
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Microsoft is making friends again, no new Win 7/8 updates for new chips
KB4012982 describes the error you will see if you attempt to update Windows 7 or 8.x on 7th generation Intel processors, AMD Bristol Ridge and newer or Qualcomm "8996" and...
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AMD Ryzen Community Update Addresses Windows 10 Thread Scheduling, SMT Performance, and More
AMD's Robert Hallock (previously the Head of Global Technical Marketing for AMD and now working full time on the CPU side of things) has posted a comprehensive Ryzen update, covering AMD's official stance…
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