Microsoft ended support for Windows XP a year ago, but that hasn't stopped nearly two out of every 10 Windows users from clinging to the legacy operating system, according to data collected by Net ...

Running two operating systems on one computer broadens your company's options when it comes to which software it can use. In Windows 7, Microsoft included a feature called Windows XP Mode that enabled ...

Despite support for Windows XP finally ending three months ago, the ancient OS has only now fallen below the 25 percent market share mark. To add to the bad news for Microsoft, after only nine full ...

Microsoft Corp. today took the unusual step of issuing security updates to address flaws in older, unsupported versions of Windows — including Windows XP and Windows 8. The move is a bid to slow the ...

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that there are still many people using Windows XP. Though, it may be surprising to learn that the desktop market share of the 14 year old OS has more ...

For the month of May, Windows 8.1 finally caught up with Windows 8 in terms of usage. However, a quarter of users still use Windows XP, which reached its end-of-support mark in April. Windows 7 ...

Out of nowhere, it seems Windows 8 has finally come of age, with a huge bump of 4.5% in the global desktop operating system market share. This gain seems to have come at the expense of Windows XP, ...

Microsoft’s end of support for Windows XP is having its desired effect, with Windows 8.1 pulling ahead in usage share. Of course, Windows 7 still reigns supreme over all other Windows versions. While ...

With Microsoft on the cusp of its next OS leap forward, the 13-year-old XP still is more popular than Windows 8 and 8.1 combined. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. On the verge of Windows 10's release, its predecessor has quietly moved into the #2 spot for market ...

Microsoft Corp. today took the unusual step of issuing security updates to address flaws in older, unsupported versions of Windows — including Windows XP and Windows 8. The move is a bid to slow the ...