From Tuesday, Microsoft will no longer issue security updates or provide support for Windows 98 and Windows ME, which are still being used by more than 50 million people. Eight years after launching ...

Days before it was to end support for Windows 98 and Windows 98 Second Edition, Microsoft Corp. has decided to extend the life of the products until June 30, 2006. The software vendor also said in a ...

Today, Microsoft is laying one of its most successful products ever down to die — the Windows 9x series of operating systems. Support for Windows 98 and Windows ME officially is history. Rest in peace ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. A new research paper to be released on Thursday is warning ...

July 11, 2006— -- Up in the attic we have a sad, old computer that runs on Microsoft Windows 98. The processor runs about as quickly as an abacus, and the hard drive probably holds less than a ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Microsoft Corp. is pulling the plug on many of its legacy ...

This Windows 98 simulator could take you down memory lane as it relives the classic Microsoft OS in Android devices. FILE PHOTO: Copies of Microsoft's Windows 98 roll down the packaging line at a ...

Tuesday is D-Day for Windows 98, 98 SE and ME users. After some extensions, Microsoft is finally ending its association with the eight-year-old Windows 98 operating system by dropping all support and ...

It's only a matter of time before we all upgrade to Windows 11 to go hands-on with the latest features and to ensure our gaming PC is safe from security vulnerabilities. While official support for an ...

Dubbed the "Unofficial Windows 98 SE Service Pack 2.0," the update is a collection of fixes posted by Microsoft, as well as other enhancements added by Alper Coskun, a Turkish computer engineering ...

Windows went on sale 40 years ago. Here's the whole history of the operating system, from Windows 1 to 11 and everything in between.

Generative AI has undoubtedly taken center stage in modern computing, and Microsoft hasn't pulled punches while deeply integrating its Copilot AI across its tech stack, especially in Windows 11. In a ...