Microsoft last week acknowledged that Windows revenue took a beating in the first quarter, with sales of licenses to computer and device makers falling $698 million, or 22%, compared to the same stretch in 2014.

The quarter’s downturn was the second straight double-digit decline, following a 13% drop in revenue during the last three months of 2014 that represented a $455 million weakening.

So far this fiscal year — which ends June 30 — Microsoft has booked $1.2 billion less in Windows OEM (original equipment manufacturers) revenue than during the first three quarters of the year before.

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