Recently helping with Windows 7 migrations, I've taken a look at "XP Mode" in Windows 7. It was hyped up by everybody as offering backwards compatibility in Windows 7. Much to my surprise when I got ...

A recent announcement from Microsoft should make it easier to convince Windows XP users to upgrade to the latest version of its operating system. For a while now, the company has been working on a ...

Microsoft released a minor update this week for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 that addresses compatibility issues for some applications. It's the first update for Windows 7 and Windows Server ...

Mitch Tulloch is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and lead author of the Windows 7 Resource Kit from Microsoft Press. You can follow him on Twitter at ...

Microsoft will include a feature that lets people run applications in a Windows XP mode on Windows 7 to ensure that applications not designed for the forthcoming OS can run on it, a company executive ...

Microsoft is planning to use virtualization to allow Windows 7 to easily run applications designed for Windows XP, according to CNET sources and an enthusiast site. During her years at CNET News, Ina ...

Back in December I told you about Windows 7’s little-known application-compatibility troubleshooter, which I’d used to try to resolve a problem with https://www ...