InfoWorld

Windows XP SP2 could break existing applications

When Microsoft releases Service Pack 2 for Windows XP later this year, some software developers may find their applications no longer work on updated Windows machines. Microsoft has made something of ...
CRN

Windows XP Piracy Badgering Set To Begin

After the update, WGA notifications for XP will be the same as they are for Windows Vista service pack 1, said Alex Kochis, senior product manager in the Windows Genuine Advantage group, in a Tuesday ...
How-To Geek on MSN

This legendary app still puts out updates for 26-year-old versions of Windows

Its an older program, but it checks out.
PC World

Windows 7 to Feature XP Mode for Older Applications

Microsoft will include a feature that lets people run applications in a Windows XP mode on Windows 7 to ensure that applications not designed for the forthcoming OS can run on it, a company executive ...
Hosted on MSN

Are people still using Windows XP and Windows 7? Yes, and here's why

When Windows 10 went out of support last month, roughly ten years after release, many were confused about whether to upgrade or keep running their existing iteration. Experts who recommended upgrading ...
InfoWorld

Windows XP Mode: The new DOS box

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 ...
Network World

Hands on: Windows XP Mode works — but is it worth the trouble?

Windows 7’s XP Mode will let businesses run legacy apps as through they were on an XP machine — if you have the right hardware. Preston Gralla installed XP Mode and reports on how it went. Windows XP ...
PC World

Windows XP gained market share in January (or did it?)

Microsoft is almost ready to put Windows XP out to pasture, but the popular operating system refuses to die. The latest worldwide numbers from Net Applications show Windows XP market share actually ...
eWeek

Microsoft Windows XP Mode Released to Manufacturing

eSpeaks host Corey Noles sits down with Qualcomm's Craig Tellalian to explore a workplace computing transformation: the rise of AI-ready PCs. Matt Hillary, VP of Security and CISO at Drata, details ...
ZDNet

Windows 7's XP Virtualization: I TOLD YOU SO!

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 ...
ZDNet

Windows XP Mode for dummies

Windows XP Mode is very much like an East London hooker: sure, they work really hard but they aren't very good to look at. Windows XP Mode does indeed work extremely well, but doesn't always look very ...