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 ...

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 ...

XP users have complained for months about a bug that slammed Windows update to 100% utilization. January's Black Tuesday patch might solve the problem We won’t know for sure until many more people ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft indicated this week that it has fixed a Windows XP resource-hog problem associated with the system's SVCHOST.EXE processes. Windows XP users affected by this problem typically found that the ...

Microsoft recently stated that it will no longer do updates for Windows XP. But it reversed that decision to address the Internet Explorer browser flaw that was announced last week. Someone discovered ...

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 ...

In less than a week, Microsoft Corp. will end support and updates for the 12-year-old Windows XP. If a recent survey by the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction is any indication, ...

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 ...

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: ...

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 ...