Running two operating systems on one computer broadens your company's options when it comes to which software it can use. In Windows 7, Microsoft included a feature called Windows XP Mode that enabled ...

Another solid reason to go with Q4OS is that it's more than a hobby project. Q4OS has a decent-sized user base and active development. The Trinity Desktop Environment may be considered outdated ...

Windows XP saves items from the Internet to folders such as My Pictures and My Music by default, but your downloaded items might appear somewhere else instead. Browsers control their own download ...

To get XP to work on that hardware, you can download and use Windows 2000 drivers for the chipset or contact HighPoint Technologies' help desk and ask for XP-specific drivers, which you must load ...

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, ...

Microsoft Corp. continued to face problems today with its Windows XP preview program, as some users were able to download a beta version of the new operating system for free, instead of having to pay ...

With the release of Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate editions, Microsoft is including a little gift called XP Mode. XP Mode is a virtual machine running Windows XP. I call it a gift since to ...

SAN MATEO, Calif. — Microsoft released Monday (March 31) for download a free patch that adds Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) to both consumer and business versions of its Windows XP operating system. WPA ...

Microsoft on Tuesday finally stopped providing antimalware signatures for Windows XP. I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer electronics, overseeing an experienced team of analysts covering smart ...

Everyone in the Windows world is sitting on a bit of a time bomb: On July 29, Windows 10 upgrades cease to be free. Let's be clear. While some of you die-hards might not want to move off of Windows XP ...

Many of you did not upgrade from Windows XP to Windows Vista, but are planning to upgrade to Windows 7. How dare you leave the Microsoft upgrade path? As a punishment, you can't upgrade directly from ...

As if Microsoft didn't have enough trouble this week with a prolonged outage of its MSN Messenger service, the company has also stumbled in its delivery of a preview version of its Windows XP ...