Windows 7 Surpasses 50 Percent Mark In The OS Market

Microsoft, after the release of Windows 8, expected a big boost in terms of revenue from the operating system. However, due to various drawbacks of the operating system and the negative reviews, it could not do well in the market. Microsoft had to release an update or a new operating system for making changes to Windows 8. The software giant decided to release a new operating system with the name Windows 8.1, hoping to make things better. However, a recent study shows that Windows 8.1 too has not helped Microsoft generate a huge revenue. According to the study, Windows 8.1 runs only n 6.35 percent of PCs in the world.

When you take the case of Windows 8.1, the operating system had a market share of 5.88 percent the previous month. It is clear that this share has gone up. However, there have not been a big number of upgrades as expected by Microsoft. Another important figure to take a note of is with Windows XP. The support for this operating system ceased on April 8, 2014. However, there has not been a big drop in the number of Windows XP users as expected by all. The study shows that the number of Windows XP, which had a market share of 26.29 percent last month showed only a slight decrease and stood at 25.27 percent. This means that still a large number of people are working with this outdated operating system. When it comes to Mac OS X 10.9, it runs on 4.15 percent PCs while the free operating system Linux runs on 2.90 percent PCs.

So, which operating system is the winner? The answer is clear, Windows 7. According to Windows 7 help center, the operating system has even crossed the 50 percent mark this month and continues to stay on top of the charts. The market share for this operating system was 49.27 percent last month and the new increase shows that the operating system is still the favorite of a majority of users.

The mainstream support for Windows 7 operating system ends next year. According to Windows 7 help center, Microsoft is also stopping the sales of Windows 7 preinstalled PCs by October this year. All these measures point that Microsoft is getting ready to push Windows 8.1 further. Currently Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 make up 12.64 percent of operating systems in the world. Microsoft is hoping to bring up this figure gradually.

Windows Update Cleanup Utility Add-On Released For Windows 7 SP1

Microsoft has released several operating systems for computer users and the most popular operating system that it ever released is Windows 7. The main reason for its popularity is because of the user-friendly features and functions offered by the Window 7 to the users. Even today, majority of the computer market share is dominated by Windows 7.

However, with years of using the Windows 7 operating system, you may experience some problems where you will find that the hard disk space of your Windows 7 system will slowly disappear and you will be in a position where you will not have any idea about the reasons for it. Microsoft is releasing various updates for all its software and applications. Moreover, while you update, the replaced files will be backed up in a separate back up directory. This will help you to move back to the old setting when needed.

Installing the needed updates released by Microsoft for the Microsoft applications will help to run your machine with full efficiency and there will be no problems associated with low disk space. Previously, computer users used to delete old update directories to free up the disk space. However, this is not the best way to do it since the deletion of some important files and folders will result in rollback issues or update uninstallation.

Recently, a new add-on for Windows 7 computers running SP1 has been released by Microsoft and installing this add-on will help you to install the standard Windows 7 Disk Cleanup wizard maintenance utility. This utility when installed in your Windows 7 computer will help to use another option called Windows Update Clean Up.

However, there are a couple of things that you should take care of,

• It is not possible to roll back to a superseded update, once you do the clean up.
• To use the option called Windows Update Cleanup, Administrator permission is necessary.

From the initial Disk Cleanup Screen, you have to select the option called Clean Up System Files to make the new choice that is shown in the delete file list.

Is it effective?

Many users who have installed this add-on are satisfied and are able to save much free space. Working of large applications requires enough free disk space and the use of this add-on will help you save considerable amount of disk space in your Windows 7 computer. Both x86 and x64 OS versions can download this utility. To know more about it, contact the Windows 7 help center. Windows 7 help team will be available 24*7 to clear all your doubts.