A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed to The Verge that old Windows 7 and 8/8.1 keys are now "fully blocked" from activating clean Windows 11 installs. That includes the current stable release ...

Following are the client versions of Windows 8 and 8.1. When upgrading to Windows 8 from an existing Windows operating system via download, Windows 8 retains the same word size. For example ...

Following are the client versions of Windows 10. When upgrading from Windows 7 or 8.1, Microsoft delivers Windows 10 with the same CPU word size (32 or 64 bit). For example, a 32-bit Windows 8.1 ...

It was later added to consumer versions of the operating system with the arrival of Windows 8.1 in October 2013, albeit mainly through storage spaces (virtual drives) and not usable as a bootable ...