The backwards compatibility of new operating systems has been a constant thorn in Microsoft's side. With Vista, the compatibility problems at launch were so great it never really stood a chance of ...

COMMENTARY--Is Windows XP ready to go? Or are there problems lurking that Microsoft needs to know about? That's the question I was asked late last week, and by none other than Microsoft's Jim Allchin, ...

Today marks the last day of official support for XP. So what does that mean for the aged operating system and its many steadfast users? Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a ...

Windows XP is turning five years old, but will anybody want to celebrate the occasion? Microsoft's long-anticipated replacement for "Win 9x" -- the series of releases that began with Windows 95 and ...

I am not a product reviewer, nor do I play one on TV. But because I write about Microsoft technologies, I'm increasingly being called on the carpet by readers who see me as recommending or failing to ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Colleague Larry Seltzer raises some interesting questions ...

Microsoft’s announcement that it will no longer provide technical support for its 12-year-old Windows XP operating system as of April 8 has caused quite a lot of consternation amongst its user base.

Q. I have an old Compaq Presario running Windows XP for a special piece of software I use that won’t run on Windows 10. The OS has gotten corrupted in some way and I cannot get it to connect to the ...

First, let me say that I don't have the PC on which this is occurring yet. I will be working on it in the next couple of days, but I want to have some troubleshooting ideas when I go in. I won't be ...