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

For years, software makers invented operating systems and applications that required more computing power, leading to a demand for new chips and other hardware--a cycle that has been likened to the ...

What an upgrade! Even the latest hardware may not work right under Windows XP, and programs may have problems, too. Microsoft's new Windows XP operating system comes with David Byrne's song "Like ...

I know Windows XP is about to expire and that I have to upgrade my business computers, but I hate Windows 8. I also have an older custom program and the company that wrote it is out of business. What ...

(MoneyWatch) Microsoft has made no secret that support for Windows XP ends in less than a year -- April 8, 2014, to be precise. But a new initiative surfaced on the Microsoft Security blog last week ...

The enterprise benefited greatly from Windows XP. The operating system provided the right balance of features and usability to maximize user productivity, and thanks to its longevity, companies were ...

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 ...

The test sent many security software offerings through a gauntlet to measure protection, useability and performance. Three received a perfect score of 30. For those that are still operating the ...

With the Windows end-of-service deadline finally upon us, a lot of holdouts are hurriedly making the upgrade to Windows 7 or 8. Moving all your important files from Windows XP to your new computer may ...

Some Windows XP users might be considering Linux MInt as a replacement operating system. But just replacing the operating system isn’t enough, you’ll also need Linux applications that will replace the ...

I was thinking it'd be nice to mirror one of my (non-system) drives (of which I have an identical, empty one). I was thinking I'd just use the software RAID facilities in Windows with Dynamic ...