Microsoft gave Windows 7 users a way to run older applications via Windows XP Mode. With Windows 8, however, that mode is no longer officially supported, and if you want to run Windows XP in a virtual ...

The Windows Vista and Windows 7 DVDs come with System Recovery Options, a comprehensive set of recovery tools used to restore the operating system. While Windows XP SP3 CD doesn't offer the same ...

If taskbar, Start menu, or File Explorer stop responding, then try restarting the Windows Explorer process before rebooting Windows 10 — Here's how. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 Users The following solution uses a file association fix for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 users. Download and run RstAssociations (.scr version). Note that ...

If you too are noticing this on your laptop, here are a few things you may want to know. VirusTotal & Jotti scans find this file C:\Windows\System32\usoclient.exe to be completely clean. If you find a ...

SIUC asked the Windows forum about running software intended for Windows XP in Windows 7. For the most part, it should just work. I’ve rarely run into programs that run fine in XP but have trouble in ...

Operating systems should be invisible according to some, yet Windows XP is anything but. Visually, it's Microsoft's most innovative OS since Windows 95, making more use of graphics than ever. The ...

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 ...

Those rolling green hills of the old Windows XP desktop background could be available once again for those with the hardware and know-how. Image: Gizmodo Imagine it ...

What is the TrustedInstaller.exe process in Windows 11/10? Why does TrustedInstaller.exe sometimes utilize a high percentage of processor power and make my system slow? Can I disable ...

As reported by Wayne Williams at Betanews and confirmed by us, a simple registry hack to a Windows XP system tricks Windows Update into providing updates for it. UPDATE: Six months later, find out how ...

When WerFault.exe is launched, it will use a known DLL sideloading flaw to load the malicious 'faultrep.dll' DLL contained in the ISO. Normally, the 'faultrep.dll' file is a legitimate DLL by ...