It’s the end of the line for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. These older versions of Windows (plus Windows RT) stop receiving all security updates today, over a decade after their original releases.

If you are still using Google Chrome to access the internet on a PC running Windows 7 or 8.1, get ready to receive notifications prompting you to update to a newer Windows version, such as 10 or 11.

Windows 8 stunk. It might have helped cost chief executive Steve Ballmer his job. Windows 8.1 was a bit better — but if you love it, you have only a month or so left to enjoy it. Microsoft will kill ...