If your Windows 7 PC's performance has degraded over time, reinstalling the OS can help. However, other Windows options offer official support from Microsoft.

Under the hood, Windows 7 is a lot like Vista. Indeed, most of what gets us hot and not-so-bothered about is what’s on top: When it comes to look and feel, the new UI is the biggest step forward ...

Windows Virtual PC is a downloadable add-on to Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate, or Enterprise that allows you to run a Windows XP environments from within Windows 7. Windows XP Mode, which ...

Windows System Restore can revert your computer to a time when it was running smoother. Check out our quick breakdown and guide for how to use it.

As Windows 7 reaches its End of Life stage, Microsoft will stop supporting it. Here’s how to prepare if you still use the old operating system.

If Windows 7 takes more than a minute to start, it may have too many programs that open automatically with the operating system. Longer delays are an indication of a more serious conflict with a ...

Voice commands aren't just for smartphone users; they're for PC users, too. We'll show you how to use speech recognition so you can launch programs, dictate text, scroll Web pages, and more, all ...

Use Windows 7's built-in tools to manage multiple users on your PC and your network.

The Snipping Tool is automatically installed in Windows 7 and Windows 8. Before we go into more detail on how to use the tool and it's options, I want to explain how the tool works.

Windows XP Mode, a feature in Windows 7 (available to use with Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate versions) is a virtual Windows XP environment that is ready to use with Windows Virtual PC.