It was a massive generational leap, one Windows users haven't seen since.

For years, software makers invented operating systems and applications that required more computing power, leading to a demand for new chips and other hardware--a cycle that has been likened to the ...

Windows 3.1 liberated the mainstream from the DOS prompt, and Windows 95 felt like the future had arrived when I first tried it, but Windows XP is special for a different reason. Goofy aesthetic aside ...

For years, software makers invented operating systems and applications that required more computing power, leading to a demand for new chips and other hardware--a cycle that has been likened to the ...

A Chinese court has sentenced four people to jail for pirating Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system, China’s state-owned media reported today. The four people were convicted of copyright ...

Microsoft on Monday issued the first service pack for Windows XP, but the update may not appear on some new PCs until next year. Read more about Windows The release of a first service pack is ...

WASHINGTON — Concerned about a possible backlash, federal and state antitrust officials are not planning to ask a court to block the impending shipment of Microsoft Corp.’s controversial new operating ...

Today is the 20th anniversary of Windows XP, and although the operating system reached the end of support in 2014, way too many people continue to use the insecure version of Windows. Windows XP was ...

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 ...

When picking operating systems for a closer look here in the Daily Drivers series, the aim has not been to merely pick the next well-known Linux distro off the pile, but to try out the ...

Windows 95 games on Windows 10. It can be done. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Perhaps one of the biggest challenges facing ...

Thieves broke in through a second-floor window, but the museum has had other problems with unsecured Windows too, according to a decade-old cybersecurity audit report that has now come to light.