NEW YORK--Microsoft on Thursday officially launched Windows XP, the newest version of its operating system and what could be the company's most important product in more than six years. The ...

Change: It’s inevitable in and of itself, and it’s inevitable that some people don’t like it. Ars Technica cites a report from Net Market Share contending that Microsoft’s almost-13-year-old operating ...

Microsoft made it official on April 3: There will be no new reprieves for Windows XP (other than on Ultra Low-Cost PCs). Some customers and partners had been hoping the company might extend again the ...

It takes a fair bit of nerve to charge anything to fix up a botched product, but Microsoft's $14.95 price to get a physical copy of Windows XP Service Pack 3 really takes some beating for sheer gall.

Microsoft really, really wants people to stop using Windows XP, the 13-year-old operating system for which all security patches and support will be cut off on April 8. But as the deadline approaches, ...

Why it matters: It's been over 17 years since Windows XP launched, yet some people still use various versions of the beloved OS. Sadly, Microsoft has killed off the ancient operating system for good, ...

First and foremost, I don't recommend doing this yourself. I created an isolated virtual machine and used a firewall to prevent it from access the rest of my home network. Then I downloaded malware ...

More than 100,000 Department of Defence users have migrated from Windows XP to Windows 10 as part of the End User Computing project, the government has announced. The government said that Leidos had ...

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Give your system more oomph by disabling the services that Windows activates automatically, whether or not you actually need them. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor ...