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 ...

Windows XP is turning five years old, but will anybody want to celebrate the occasion? Microsoft's long-anticipated replacement for "Win 9x" -- the series of releases that began with Windows 95 and ...

Stop AI bloat, fix the operating system, implores veteran software developer Dave Plummer The Windows operating system is ...

Today marks the last day of official support for XP. So what does that mean for the aged operating system and its many steadfast users? Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a ...

I am not a product reviewer, nor do I play one on TV. But because I write about Microsoft technologies, I'm increasingly being called on the carpet by readers who see me as recommending or failing to ...

According to Statcounter, Windows 7 holds around 2.5% market share while Windows XP commands 0.22%. I agree that's minuscule ...

What year is it!? This Tuesday, Microsoft released a patch for Windows XP, five years after support for the venerable OS officially ended. Reminiscent of the last time Microsoft patched Windows XP, ...

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Q. I have an old Compaq Presario running Windows XP for a special piece of software I use that won’t run on Windows 10. The OS has gotten corrupted in some way and I cannot get it to connect to the ...

Well done to Oracle, which has successfully managed to confuse everyone about what the situation is regarding whether Java (a development platform with a long history of security holes) will continue ...