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• Microsoft Update Fixes IE, Windows, Office Bugs Today's patch addresses seven critical flaws, including three in Internet Explorer 8, plus vulnerabilities in Windows, Office.
• Troubleshooting Help: Solve PC Problems Without Losing It Is your technology refusing to cooperate? Don't get mad, get methodical; these tips will show you how.
• Microsoft Downplays Windows BitLocker Attack Threat Microsoft dismissed recently-disclosed threats to its BitLocker disk-encryption technology as "relatively low risk."
• Windows 7: No Application Compatibility Woes ... Yet Microsoft's attempts to ensure better application compatibility for Windows 7 at launch appear to have worked.
• Microsoft Yanks $150 Windows 7 Family Pack Deal Microsoft has ended its special offer, which let buyers upgrade as many as three PCs from Windows XP or Vista to Windows 7 Home Premium.
• The Computer Maintenance Flash Drive Andy Ludlum asked me to recommend portable diagnostic programs to keep on a flash drive
• Windows 7 for Netbooks Hides Wireless Sharing Function The ad hoc wireless networking function is buried but not disabled, a system sleuth reports.
• Microsoft Readies Browser Patch Next Tuesday's security updates apparently won't clean up the black screen of death, though.
• Where Sticky Notes are Stored Isabel Berney needs to know where Windows stores the Sticky Notes she creates
• Windows 7: Seven Points of Imperfection Microsoft's latest OS has been earning raves, but it's far from perfect. Here are seven key flaws.
• Lower PC Prices Pit Microsoft Against PC Makers Last week, research firm Gartner released a PC sales forecast that initially sounded like good news for Microsoft and its hardware partners, but likely indicates trouble ahead.
• Windows 'Black Screen of Death': Not So Widespread? Analysis: The Windows "Black Screen of Death" is striking terror across the Web, but whether it's actually striking any PCs is debatable.
• Windows 8: Microsoft Shifting Focus To Next OS In July 2010 Recent job listings have hinted that Microsoft is planning to shift focus to Windows 8 as early as next summer.
• Security Firm Retracts 'Black Screen' Claims, Apologizes to Microsoft Prevx, the U.K. security company that started a firestorm after claiming recent Windows security updates caused a widespread "black screen" lock-out of users'...
• Remove a Windows 7 Dual Boot, Part II Don and Gladys set up Windows 7 to dual boot with an older version. Now they just want Windows 7.
• The State of Windows 7 Satisfaction Early adopters report they're mostly happy -- and that goes for Vista users even more than XP users.
• Microsoft: Don't Believe the Black Screen of Death Hype The dramatic-sounding reports over a Windows 7 "black screen of death" are inaccurate, Microsoft says -- and blown way out of proportion.
• Overcome Windows 7 Software-Compatibility Issues A little-known Windows 7 feature can help you run pesky programs that require Vista or XP.
• Windows 7 Satisfaction Survey Early adopters report they're mostly happy -- and that goes for Vista users even more than XP users.
• Windows Black Screen of Death: What You Need to Know Microsoft's latest security updates appear to have crippled some Windows users. Here are five things you should know.
• Microsoft is Investigating Claims Patches Cause Windows 'Black Screen of Death' Microsoft confirms that November's security updates triggered a black screen on some Windows users' PCs.
• PC World's Top 10 How-To Videos How to wipe a hard drive clean, coax a wet gadget back to life, install Windows 7, and calibrate your HDTV are some of our most popular videos.
• Remove a Windows 7 Dual Boot, Part I Don and Gladys set up Windows 7 to dual boot with an older version. Now they just want Windows 7.
• Microsoft Readies Windows 7 in 10 African Languages By 2001, Windows 7 will be available in a variety of new editions, in an effort to fight piracy and boost interest.
• Windows 7 Sales Beat Mac OS X Market Share Microsoft's newest OS entry jumps ahead of the Mac's market numbers, one tracking firm reports.