This may sound like it could be the shortest tutorial ever, but if you were planning on just sticking the Windows 7 DVD into your PC come 22 October and hoping for the best, it's a good job you're ...

Microsoft issued a friendly reminder in a blog post earlier this week that if you installed Windows 7 on a blank hard drive using an upgrade disc, your Windows installation is illegal. Well, maybe… ...

My system specs can be found at the end of this post. I'm trying to upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7. So while I'm in Vista I run the Windows 7 Setup but at the moment I'm asked to select to ...

Microsoft today confirmed that users can apply a workaround trick to do a clean install of Windows 7 on a blank hard drive as long as they toe the licensing line. In a blog post earlier this week, ...

I am building a fresh system, and trying to install Windows 7 on a 3tb SATA drive. The board is an Asus P8Z77-V. The problem is that whenever I install windows, it converts the drive back to MBR and I ...

In less than a month, you'll be able to buy and install Windows 7, the next version of Microsoft's flagship operating system for your PC. And if you're planning to do that right away, there are things ...

Now that you’ve got Windows 7 up and running on your partitioned, dual-boot PC, it’s time for the next big step in any OS migration: reinstalling your software. I’ve always hated this part, as it ...

Users can do a "clean" installation of Windows 7 using an upgrade license to save $80-$100 over the price of a "full" edition, a popular blog reported today. According to Paul Thurrott, who writes the ...

If your customers are like most companies, they're either running Windows 7 already or figuring out ways to migrate from Windows XP to Windows 7. Unfortunately, Microsoft offers no direct path for ...

Given Microsoft’s rocky past with installs, I expected a lot of negative responses to yesterday’s question about your Windows 7 experience. However, over 80% of ...

Microsoft has licensed the software-download site Digital River to distribute Windows 7 ISO files for installing from a DVD or USB drive. The Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool enables you to create an ...