First and foremost, I don't recommend doing this yourself. I created an isolated virtual machine and used a firewall to ...

From Windows Messenger and Outlook Express to MSN, Windows XP used to support a long list of interesting applications. While all these apps were great in their own way, I spent most of my time on my ...

If the imminent end-of-support deadline for Windows XP has finally spurred you to make the update to Windows 8, you might be concerned about whether you’ll still be able to run your old programs. And ...

People still haven't learnt their lesson when it comes to running Windows XP, it seems. Attackers took advantage of a known, major flaw in Windows XP to launch a cyberattack which is still causing ...

Windows Virtual PC is a downloadable add-on to Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate, or Enterprise that allows you to run a Windows XP environments from within Windows 7. Windows XP Mode, which requires ...

Today is the 20th anniversary of Windows XP, and although the operating system reached the end of support in 2014, way too many people continue to use the insecure version of Windows. Windows XP was ...

Microsoft Windows XP, the next version of the widely used Windows computer operating system, will go on sale Oct. 25, Microsoft Corp. officials announced Wednesday. Windows XP, hailed previously by ...

The hills are alive on this year’s ugly holiday sweater from Microsoft. Throwing things back to the early 2000s, the… Read More Twenty years after a rolling green hill and blue sky showed up as the ...

Everyone in the Windows world is sitting on a bit of a time bomb: On July 29, Windows 10 upgrades cease to be free. Let's be clear. While some of you die-hards might not want to move off of Windows XP ...

Beyond losing official support from Microsoft, the 13-year-old OS was developed in a simpler time when today's cyberthreats were far in the future. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and ...

Launched in 2001, Windows XP is still considered by many to be one of the best things Microsoft ever made, and it was a real loss when it was officially discontinued in 2014. Now, one project by ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 25, 2001 — Today Microsoft Corp. announced the worldwide availability of Windows® XP with a celebration in the business capital of the world: New York City. Customers are now able to ...