Virtualization programs such as Microsoft Virtual PC can help your business computers run older programs that require Windows XP. You can use Virtual PC to create a virtual machine that contains a ...

Update: Before you try all of this, you may want to try using WinToFlash, a utility designed to create a bootable Windows flash drive for Windows XP/Vista/7/Server. If this works for you, you can skip ...

On Thursday, you'll be able to walk into most computer and electronics stores and buy an upgrade copy of Windows XP, Microsoft's latest operating system. Whether you'll want to is another matter.

First, we are going to change the boot order as without doing so, the computer will boot from an empty hard drive or another source. So this step ensures that the computer boots from the installation ...

As someone who has been running Windows XP as a primary operating system for the past eight years and has seen more netbooks with the dated OS in the last year or so, I was probably more excited about ...

W The main reason most users are still on Windows XP and Windows 7 is app compatibility. Many older apps, primarily those ...

The Windows Vista and Windows 7 DVDs come with System Recovery Options, a comprehensive set of recovery tools used to restore the operating system. While Windows XP SP3 CD doesn't offer the same ...

Use of Windows XP is still widespread across NHS hospital trusts, with the operating system in use in 90 percent of trusts questioned. Virtualisation software company Citrix made Freedom of ...

Microsoft stopped supporting Windows XP in April, but a simple registry hack lets users continue to get security updates. The hack, as reported by ZDNet, fools Microsoft into thinking the system is ...

REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 7, 2001 — As part of an ongoing commitment to make all its software products useable for everyone, Microsoft Corp. today announced that Microsoft® Windows® XP is the most ...

There was a time I was a staunch Windows user, particularly when Windows XP was still the ruling Microsoft operating system.

It sports the same four-pane logo, but that's where most of the similarities between Windows XP and its predecessors end. From its underlying code to its installation, the latest iteration of ...