Windows 8.1 is now displaying full-screen alerts when logging into the operating system, warning that the OS is reaching the end of support in January 2023 and will no longer receive security updates.

Windows 8.1 reaches end of support on January 10, 2023. Following a recent update, PCs running Windows 8.1 will show a full-screen warning about Windows 8.1's impending support cutoff date. Microsoft ...

After serving users for almost ten years, support for Windows 8.1, Microsoft’s serially overlooked operating system, has officially come to an end. This means that while computers running 8.1 will ...

It’s been three years since Microsoft ended mainstream support for Windows 7, but Microsoft allowed enterprise and education customers who wanted to continue using the operating system to pay for up ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is preparing to send reminders to Windows 8.1 users that support will ...

Support by Microsoft for Windows 8 ended in 2016. Support for its younger brother, Windows 8.1, ends in January, 2023. Long-time computer users will remember when Microsoft did the same thing to other ...

According to StatCounter, Windows 8 and 8.1 still account for about 4.3 percent of the Windows install base worldwide, far less than Windows 11, Windows 10, or even Windows 7. But for the people still ...

Following weeks of speculation and rumors, a purported early build of Update 1 for Windows 8.1 has leaked online and is available on a number of file sharing sites. The download reveals a lot of the ...

After 10 years, the controversial operating system is riding off into the sunset. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Windows 8.1 ...