Microsoft may tout Windows 7’s growth curve, but the truth is that Windows XP rules the desktop, and will do so for many years. The most recent report shows that Windows XP has more than twice the ...

On the eve of Microsoft’s BUILD developer conference, Statcounter has published a snapshot of the challenge that Microsoft faces to get its users to adopt its current and future products over its ...

People have a tendency to resist change, that's just the way it is. Underscoring this point is the fact that Windows XP is still the most dominant operating system on the desktop despite being ...

Both Windows 8.1 and 7 are snagging more Web traffic, says Net Applications, while XP is grabbing less. Might this be related to the free upgrade to Windows 10? Lance Whitney is a freelance technology ...

Geek Life: Fun stories, memes, humor and other random items at the intersection of tech, science, business and culture. SEE MORE by Kurt Schlosser on Feb 26, 2021 at 10:39 am February 26, 2021 at ...

Windows XP has secured its spot in history as perhaps the most beloved version of Windows ever, and it's certainly a fan favorite to this day. That might be understating things. More than just a fan ...

If you've considered dual booting Windows 7 with XP or Vista but all you really want is some Windows 7 eye candy, reader Dato' Fazly's Windows 7-like XP desktop might be right up your alley. If you're ...

In any discussion of Windows 2002 we can’t ignore the client side. At some point, you’ll probably be in a position to influence your company’s decision about the upgrade of desktop systems. So let’s ...

First, let me say that I don't have the PC on which this is occurring yet. I will be working on it in the next couple of days, but I want to have some troubleshooting ideas when I go in. I won't be ...

In my last blog "Could Desktop Linux really be so slow?" I posted some interesting performance numbers of how a mainstream desktop Linux distribution like Linspire performed on a $100 PC. The ...