Windows XP Professional has an identity crisis. It is arguably the best desktop operating system Microsoft has produced in its 27-year history. It delivers demonstrably more reliability, scalability, ...

Microsoft Corp. has had to create a new build of Windows XP Professional for computer makers because the six-year-old operating system’s continued popularity has nearly exhausted the supply of product ...

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Microsoft Corp., tacitly acknowledging the continued popularity of Windows XP, said Tuesday it was updating the operating system’s anti-piracy technology to detect illegal copies installed with ...

Microsoft has decided to give businesses some more time to move off of Windows XP. Until now, those buying new PCs with Windows 7 Ultimate or Windows 7 Professional have had the option to downgrade ...

Earlier this month, Windows 11 saw an official release to consumers with a slow roll out. New features, redesign of the graphical user interface, and frustrations ...

With the release of Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate editions, Microsoft is including a little gift called XP Mode. XP Mode is a virtual machine running Windows XP. I call it a gift since to ...