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 ...

Microsoft Windows’ biggest strength is that it works with so much hardware and software, both old and new. Unfortunately, that’s also its biggest weakness. With each new version of Windows, Microsoft ...

Microsoft is planning to announce a new "XP Mode" feature for Windows 7 with the upcoming release candidate, due May 5. The new XP Mode will allow users to run Windows XP applications under Windows 7, ...

As PC gamers, we like to stay up on the latest tech, whether that be new GPUs, CPUs, or the games that hardware powers. That means we're usually forced into new OS updates whether we like them or not ...

I seem to remember a year ago, I said that if I were to design Windows 7 it would have built-in virtualization to provide perfect Windows XP compatibility. Guess what? It will. It's not often that my ...

Recently helping with Windows 7 migrations, I've taken a look at "XP Mode" in Windows 7. It was hyped up by everybody as offering backwards compatibility in Windows 7. Much to my surprise when I got ...

Windows XP users, your favorite operating system is a decade old, and if you’re still using it, you’re not cool anymore, at least according to Microsoft. That’s the software giant’s recent take on its ...

Can anyone solve this puzzle? <BR><BR>I've recently made a clean install (no upgrade) of Win XP on my machine... evrything looks great, everything works... well, not everything, any heavy or ...

I'm thinking of installing the Windows 7 public RC build 7100 on my old Mac Pro (using Boot Camp) once my new Mac Pro arrives, but have a few questions. I'm primarily going to be doing this to test my ...