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 ...

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 ...

The IE security flaw that was uncovered this past weekend may only the beginning of post-retirement woes for the family of Windows XP operating systems. The tech community has had to accept that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: ...

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 ...

Recently my "old" xp pro main box needed a new motherboard.. and now Office XP Pro 2002 won't "activate." I have the original disks... and even when I put in the main disk.. and I have the Product Key ...

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 ...