From Windows Messenger and Outlook Express to MSN, Windows XP used to support a long list of interesting applications. While all these apps were great in their own way, I spent most of my time on my ...

I know Windows XP is about to expire and that I have to upgrade my business computers, but I hate Windows 8. I also have an older custom program and the company that wrote it is out of business. What ...

Today, we look back on Windows XP with rose-tinted glasses and a half-wish that Windows 11 could be that great. But we've forgotten that Windows XP didn't launch in its final state. Far from ...

If you've been fretting about the Heartbleed bug, your time would be better spent protecting yourself against a bigger hacker threat that doesn't have a creepy name: Wiindows XP. As we reported ...

Return with me to the Glory Days of Windows XP, which apparently some people, somehow, are still using even though support for it ended in...2014. I don’t know whether to be amazed or horrified at how ...

Ten years ago today, Windows XP hit the retail market. After a rocky start, it became the dominant force in PC operating systems: at its peak, more than 80 percent of computer users were using Windows ...

Microsoft officially ended support for Windows XP last April after months of warnings and upgrade offers. The dated OS is now vulnerable to security exploits and doesn’t receive any official updates ...

Except for whatever copies of Windows are still on store shelves or installed on computers sitting on store shelves, you can no longer buy Windows XP after today. But you can still get XP for new ...

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After a week-long delay to take care of a last-minute compatibility bug, Microsoft Tuesday gave the green light to Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3). The service pack, undoubtedly the last for the aged ...