Microsoft is requiring consumers who want to use the latest version of Windows Media Player to upgrade to the new Windows XP operating system--a move that is ...

REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 6, 2004 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the release to manufacturing of Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies. This free service pack delivers the latest ...

COMMENTARY-- Dear Jim and Bill and Steve: I am writing in the hope I can convince you to make a significant change in the activation and licensing scheme for Windows XP, particularly the Home Edition.

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7, 2002 — Today at the 2002 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates announced that just over two months after ...

A friend uses AutoCAD for his business. He has a machine running Windows 7 Ultimate, which runs AutoCAD 2011 fine. He has another guy working on a machine running Windows XP Media Center Edition. He ...

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Just a day before Microsoft Corp. drops support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), the company announced on Monday that people running some versions of Windows 7 can “downgrade” to the aged ...

Microsoft’s plan to convert those enterprise XP holdouts into new licenses for Windows 7 is to woo the consumer, using its typical tactic of offering free upgrades to Windows 7 to folks who buy Vista ...

Despite faster CPUs, RAM and storage, today’s Windows experience doesn’t feel noticeably different from back in the 2000s when XP and later Windows 7 ruled the roost. To quantify this feeling, ...

What was Microsoft’s best Windows operating system of all time? If you’re like us, you have…opinions. Even if you’re not the type to parse through all of the little details that separated Windows 98 ...