Despite faster CPUs, RAM and storage, today’s Windows experience doesn’t feel noticeably different from back in the 2000s when XP and later Windows 7 ruled the roost. To quantify this feeling, ...

Windows XP's most beloved factors are also driving Windows 7 to long-lasting stardom, even for Windows 8 adopters We love Windows 7: That’s the message loud and clear from people this week at the ...

In this second part of my Windows 7 series I will address why XP users who fought so hard to protect Windows XP will finally let it go and move to Windows 7. As I had said yesterday, the resistance to ...

Microsoft yesterday added ammunition to its increasingly aggressive battle to get users off the nearly-11-year-old Windows XP by citing a company-sponsored report that claims annual support costs for ...

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 ...

Cautious business IT administrators are more willing to stay with the devil they know, Windows XP, than risk the devil they don’t, even if the latter is the highly-touted Windows 7, a research company ...

The announcement contradicts earlier speculation that Microsoft was planning to institute a de facto April 2010 deadline for customers that buy new Windows 7 PCs to roll them back to XP using ...

With the release candidate of Windows 7 now out the door, CNET News' Ina Fried goes through her in-box and answers reader questions about the new operating system. During her years at CNET News, Ina ...

The integration features can be added to any suitably patched XP SP3, Vista, or Windows 7 virtual machine. This also allows users for Windows 7 Home Premium to create their own Windows XP Mode VM.