Microsoft on Monday started distributing one of the final testing versions of its Windows XP operating system to about 100,000 testers. Release candidates are final testing versions before the ...

The vendor is developing the Windows XP-based thin clients, code-named Eiger and Monch, to make it easier for system builders and partners to deploy pre-packaged thin-client solutions instead of ...

Company says it 'never guessed' that users would be so confused and think the add-on was the only way to run XP apps in Windows 7 Microsoft Tuesday delivered the release candidate of Windows XP Mode, ...

Microsoft said Wednesday that although it will stop supporting Windows XP this April, it will continue providing anti-malware updates for the venerable OS through July of next year. "Microsoft has ...

The service pack incorporates Windows XP SP1, including the .Net Framework and changes to the user interface as required by the company's antitrust settlement with the government. The SP1, announced ...

Just days before Microsoft retired Windows XP from public support, the company drastically reduced the price of custom support agreements that give large companies and government agencies another year ...

In context: Piracy has been a part of Windows history from the very beginning. Microsoft began taking the issue seriously with Windows XP, and Dave Plummer has now revealed that the first unauthorized ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Barely a year after claiming that Bluetooth was not ready for use in its operating systems, Microsoft Corp. threw the technology a life preserver on Tuesday (Dec. 11), announcing plans ...