As more details of Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system trickle out here at WinHEC 2001, Greg Sullivan, a lead product manager for Microsoft, said the new OS will eventually replace all of the ...

Microsoft's Windows XP remains the most-used operating system in the world, new figures suggest. Stats from NetApplications reveal that the decade-old software saw a small resurgence in January, ...

Microsoft Corp. yesterday met with consumer advocates in Washington, D.C., defending the privacy features of its Windows XP operating system. At the same time, it was outfitting helicopters for the ...

Microsoft plans to retool the operating system so that two people can run programs on the same machine, a key step in transforming the PC into a home entertainment center. Michael Kanellos is editor ...

No sooner had Rick Kelley made the painful decision to migrate his division's 4,500 desktops from Windows 95 and NT to Windows 2000 than he had to stop and consider Microsoft's latest, greatest ...

Although Microsoft Corp. will not officially release its Windows XP operating system until Oct. 25, it has allowed PC makers to begin shipping machines loaded with the new OS as of Monday, which ...

You really, really need to dump Windows XP. No, really. Windows XP was great, and many users still love the operating system, but…it’s more than a decade old. At the rate technology evolves, that ...

Do you have a favorite Windows? It’s not something most folks think about unless you’ve experienced the rollercoaster Microsoft has put many PC fans through over the years. There’s a lot of nostalgia ...

Software pirates have undermined the security features of Microsoft's latest brainchild and have peddled counterfeit versions of the Windows XP operating system even before its official launch.

Windows 7 has overtaken Windows XP as the world's most-used operating system. StatCounter's latest figures confirm that Microsoft's most recent OS is being used by 40.21% of global PC owners, while ...

For anyone who bought a Windows-based computer this summer - including the hundreds of freshmen who purchased new laptops for school - it probably came with Microsoft's new operating system, Windows ...