A couple of weeks ago, I did a piece on why people are still using Windows XP. It turned out the primary reason was support for certain legacy programs that don't work on modern versions of the OS, ...

We have an interesting situation. A department has x PowerEdge servers with applications installed running Windows XP. These applications run perfectly fine under XP, none of the servers require ...

If you are someone like me who grew up with early Windows versions, the visual aesthetic of Windows 95, XP, and even 7 holds a powerful appeal. Their classic desktop experience isn't just nostalgic ...

You really, really need to dump Windows XP. No, really. Windows XP was great, and many users still love the operating system, but…it’s more than a decade old. At the rate technology evolves, that ...

Even though Microsoft retired Windows XP two years ago, an estimated 181 million PCs around the world ran the crippled operating system last month, according to data from a web metrics vendor. Windows ...

Microsoft Corp. has had to create a new build of Windows XP Professional for computer makers because the six-year-old operating system’s continued popularity has nearly exhausted the supply of product ...

Windows 7 has overtaken Windows XP as the world's most-used operating system. StatCounter's latest figures confirm that Microsoft's most recent OS is being used by 40.21% of global PC owners, while ...

Microsoft is requiring consumers who want to use the latest version of Windows Media Player to upgrade to the new Windows XP operating system--a move that is ...

If your customers are like most companies, they're either running Windows 7 already or figuring out ways to migrate from Windows XP to Windows 7. Unfortunately, Microsoft offers no direct path for ...

The backwards compatibility of new operating systems has been a constant thorn in Microsoft's side. With Vista, the compatibility problems at launch were so great it never really stood a chance of ...