The same day that Microsoft Corp. is releasing the final version of its Windows XP operating system software, the company’s antitrust case was returned to a lower court, where a new judge will ...

Microsoft’s new Windows XP operating system will be ready for production as early as Friday, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said, sounding optimistic about an on-schedule launch despite the company’s ...

When it comes to Microsoft Windows, there are many versions that are iconic for different reasons. Windows 3.1 liberated the mainstream from the DOS prompt, and Windows 95 felt like the future had ...

It has never been too hard for someone with the right amount of time, desperation, or flexible scruples to get around Windows XP’s activation scheme. And yet XP activation, the actual encrypted ...

This story actually goes back to 2004, when it was reported by German publication PC Welt. If you happen to have an old XP ...

Six years ago, Microsoft unveiled a new operating system that it promised would work faster, more reliably and more simply than anything it had ever made before. Now it's about to make the same offer.

Microsoft has been working on the successor to Windows XP, code-named Longhorn since XP was first released. But work on Longhorn was slowed about a year ago in response to a flurry of damaging viruses ...

Microsoft‘s slow march to service pack 3 for Windows XP continued Tuesday as the company released a refresh of its latest beta code. The new software follows February’s release of Windows XP SP3 RC2.

The update will be the first for Windows XP since the operating system was launched last October. The Windows XP Service Pack 1 includes traditional bug fixes plus important security patches and code ...

Several independent coding groups have posted code on the Internet that can allow hackers to exploit a previously disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.’s Windows operating system. The Windows ...

Hi,<BR><BR> My father recently purchased a Toshiba Sattelite laptop running Windows XP MCE at a flea market. The previous owners apparently set up a login account with a password, and he has been ...