I tried using Microsoft's Virtual Desktop Manager, a PowerToy for Windows XP that lets you create as many as four separate desktops, but it's as buggy as an anthill, and offers no version for Vista.

Dear Lifehacker, I have two Dell computers here—one running Windows 2000 and one running Windows XP. The XP machine is old and broken down, so I' ...

When you look at Net Applications’ desktop operating system numbers for the last month, you can see that there are still more desktops running Windows XP, 27.69%, than there are desktops running ...

How to go multi-desktop. First, download Sysinternals Desktops v2.0 directly from Microsoft’s TechNet site. This will download a ZIP file to your PC. Open that ZIP folder, extract the EXE file ...

Copies of Windows 8.1 can easily be found at many retailers, including directly from Microsoft.. Users whose computers cannot upgrade to these newer versions of Windows, or those who simply don ...

A Windows XP machine means it’s probably at about 7 years old, since the next popular operating system (Windows 7) debuted in 2009. But there is hope for old computers.

Getting from Windows XP to Windows 7 isn't as easy as peasy because Microsoft only built a migration path from Vista to the new operating system. Redmond is pretty much expecting most users to ...

Windows XP also includes a built-in remote-control feature that allows you to take control of another computer remotely. And yes, there are security measures to ensure that the channel isn't abused.

My wife is using a long-in-the-tooth Windows XP machine. With the upcoming demise of XP, she needs a new PC. She does mostly genealogy, web browsing, email and general office-type tasks. I am ...

Larry Dignan: There are still many enterprises stuck on Windows XP that have delayed desktop refreshes for a long time, using large numbers of end-of-life systems. In these cases, I think that ...