Say you want a laptop with display smaller than 12 inches: At HP, the screens of Windows 7 computers don't go smaller than 14 inches, and at Dell the minimum is 13.3 inches. Your selection may ...

Windows 7 is up and running in a sprightly 43 seconds on the same PC. Hey, Microsoft, you owe me 70-odd seconds of my life, multiplied by five days per week, carry the one–oh, heck, a check for ...

Suppose you feel that a consistent lag bogs down your Windows 7 PC’s performance. It might be time to reinstall the OS. From registry issues to malware to being overstuffed with large amounts of ...

In fact, it’s easy to find PCs running Windows 7. All you have to do is shop in the right channels. This morning I conducted a thorough check of business-focused PC channels. As expected ...

For the most part Windows 7 is quite good about setting up drivers for networking, video, input devices, and other elements–good, that is, but not great. To maximize your PC’s performance ...

This article was excerpted from Microsoft Windows 7 In Depth with permission of Que Publishing, copyright 2010, all rights reserved. It covers a new installation of ...

I never thought I’d hear the phrase “Windows 7" ever again, but a Lifehacker reader recently reminded me that, yes, some people are still using Microsoft’s end-of-life operating system.

Windows 7 is coming. Will your PC be ready? InfoWorld’s Windows 7 compatibility calculator, a feature in the free Windows Sentinel PC monitoring tool, will tell you. Note that we’ve based our ...

If your PC comes with Windows 8 Pro, you can downgrade to Windows 7 Pro just by installing it on top of your existing OS. You'll need a legitimate disc and product key, but you can just use an old ...

Move All Your Crap from Your Old Machine: Windows 7 actually has pretty decent built-in powers for moving all your crap from your old and busted PC to your new pride and joy, though you need to ...

Download and install Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode for Windows 7 Now that Virtualization is enabled on your computer, we need to download Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode. To do this, visit ...