Windows 7 last month powered nearly two-thirds of all personal computers running a version of Microsoft’s OS, according to an analytics company.

Net Applications’ monthly user share tracking — an estimate of the percentage of all systems that rely on a specific operating system — pegged Windows 7 at 63.7% of all Windows PCs in March.

That was a 2.6 percentage point jump from February.

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Data: Net Applications

Windows 7’s  continued user share growth is contrary to the norm, but its successor — Windows 8/8.1 — has stalled for the past four months.

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