An interesting week, with me trying to figure out when and how we can legally back up our Windows XP systems. Even after I spent an hour on the phone with Microsoft, I’m still confused. I had asked to ...

Just three days after a Microsoft vice president -- who is in charge of Microsoft.com and Windows Update -- told thousands of delegates at a conference in Florida that Service Pack 2 for Windows XP ...

Windows XP shops don't need to upgrade tomorrow, but they need to have a game plan. In an interview, Microsoft Windows senior director Gavriella Schuster discusses ways to navigate the XP, Vista and ...

The widespread Windows 7 RC release has meant many users attention turned to the OS' recently-announced Windows XP Mode, only to discover what Microsoft had warned from the start: many processors ...

For an operating system that took five years to create, Windows Vista's reputation went down in flames amazingly quickly. Not since Microsoft Bob has anything from the software giant drawn so much ...

Ever since we heard the first rumors about Microsoft dropping the “Metro” moniker for its new touch interface and its app, there has been a lot of confusion about what the new interface should be ...

The single most confusing part of the Windows 7 intro last week at the Professional Developers Conference was the part about Windows Live. It doesn’t help that Microsoft also launched its ambitious ...

Microsoft yesterday blamed user confusion for the problems many have encountered trying to move from Vista to Windows 7 after buying a discounted upgrade offered to college students. “Digital River ...

Turns out I’ve been telling you – nagging you, even – to break the law. By law I mean the software licensing contract you agreed to by “buying” Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system. I apologize.

IT managers are facing a perfect storm of Windows upgrade options. While the Windows 7 beta has garnered some of the operating system’s best reviews, many IT managers happy with Windows XP are not ...

The widespread Windows 7 RC release has meant many users attention turned to the OS' recently-announced Windows XP Mode, only to discover what Microsoft had warned from the start: many processors ...