Microsoft claims that XP can run more Windows or DOS applications, including games, than any prior version of Windows. This assertion actually holds true for most programs, which you can run in one of ...

The Microsoft Update team plans to work through this holiday period on a Windows XP resource-hog problem that has burdened some users for months, and even years. Doug Neal of the Microsoft Update team ...

Hardware changes: Updated motherboard, ASRock 960GC-GS FX, updated CPU AMD FX-4300, 4GB DDR3. Had to do repairs of both XP's, Windows 10 OK. Symptoms: I tested the XP systems after the repair, they ...

Late last week, Microsoft published an unexpected security update for a flaw in its Internet Explorer browser. Even more unexpected, the patch also covered Windows XP, which Microsoft officially ...

Though it’s now over a decade old, Windows XP remains installed on over a quarter of the world’s PCs, which makes it the second most popular operating system (Windows 7 takes the top slot). Despite ...

The IE security flaw that was uncovered this past weekend may only the beginning of post-retirement woes for the family of Windows XP operating systems. The tech community has had to accept that ...

The Chinese are going to have a very, very hard time kicking the Windows XP habit. The deadline for the retirement of Microsoft’s most successful operating system ever is eight months from tomorrow: ...

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter just announced plans for the Defense Department to collaborate with NATO allies to better protect critical infrastructure in cyberspace. You'd be forgiven if you missed ...

It’s been quiet on the client operating system front. IT managers haven’t had to face a major migration in quite some time. By my calendar, it’s been nearly four years since I installed the first beta ...

After downloading the Windows 7 beta last week and tossing it on a VM, I finally made the move and made it my default Windows installation. Normally, my Windows desktops are VMs that I RDP into from ...

Picked up by Windows Latest, Microsoft has confirmed that its (ever more troubled) Windows 10 May 2020 update can cut off users from the Internet, even when their Internet connections are working.