Microsoft Corp. will phase out Windows XP as an installation option for brand-name computer makers faster than it has any other operating system, but an analyst today said it probably wasn’t a ...

When Windows 10 went out of support last month, roughly ten years after release, many were confused about whether to upgrade or keep running their existing iteration. Experts who recommended upgrading ...

Microsoft has given XP a reprieve, but few PCs come with anything but Vista; here's how to turn back the clock and downgrade to the earlier OS Microsoft’s decision last week to delay the end of ...

After a week-long delay to take care of a last-minute compatibility bug, Microsoft Tuesday gave the green light to Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3). The service pack, undoubtedly the last for the aged ...

May 2014 Patch Tuesday takes place in a few hours and Microsoft is set to roll out eight security patches for various products. Windows XP users will be out of luck this time around as there wont be ...

BACK IN SEPTEMBER, a misguided soul in the technology press wrote the following about the release of the Windows XP “gold code” to manufacturers: “I’ve never been less excited about a major software ...

GUI matters: Microsoft released the original edition of Windows XP in 2001 and kept the operating system alive for more than 17 years. The once massively popular platform remains fondly remembered, ...

It was Windows that dominated the headlines this week, and for two very different reasons. As Windows XP came to the end of its life, Windows 8.1 Update, which had been announced at Build, was ...