An October surprise — that’s how many are interpreting Microsoft’s 11th-hour revelation that it will be providing a virtualized copy of Windows XP as a free compatibility add-on to Windows 7 ...

The $100 Linux Laptop is now a $200 Windows XP box. The XO (or OLPC) will eventually come as a dual boot machine, loaded with both XP and the weird icon-only XO flavor of Linux, called Sugar. First ...

I've got a PC that will hang on the Windows XP splash screen when it's "restarted". But if Shutdown cold and then powered on it boots up ok. Is there a way to troubleshoot this? PC is a new Intel H55 ...

I know it is possible, but what software would I need to utilize in order to control a Windows XP box over a LAN (via my laptop). I want to be able to compile, work on, save on, and use the XP box ...

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

Capable of running everything from Linux to OS X, Oracle's VirtualBox makes it possible to work on multiple operating systems at the same time. For instance, if you'd like to run Windows XP on your ...

Update 5/1/14: Well, glory be! Microsoft issued the IE patch for XP users. Perhaps the company saw that not including them put the Windows base at too great a risk. This development only delays the ...

XP has been a dead OS stumbling for a few years now, with mainstream support already killed dead in 2009. It lacks GPT support, meaning it can't use drives larger than 2TB. The widespread use of the ...

After a version of Windows is released, over time bugs are found or new enhancements are added by Microsoft. In order to fix these bugs and add these new enhancements, Microsoft will occassionally ...

Amazon.com customers looking to place advance orders for Microsoft's Windows XP operating system were out of luck Tuesday as the product listing disappeared from the online store. Amazon had started ...

First, Intel-built processors wind up in the Mac. What’s next—Windows XP running on an Apple-built machine? Exactly, thanks to the Windows XP on Intel Mac challenge. That contest, to get the Microsoft ...

While Microsoft has removed Windows XP from the Hardware Compatibility List, there are still several ways you can find out if your printer is compatible with any XP computers in your office, starting ...