Windows 3.1 liberated the mainstream from the DOS prompt, and Windows 95 felt like the future had arrived when I first tried ...

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 ...

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.

A developer has gone above and beyond to bring Windows XP (and Windows 95, 98, and ME) to your Android phone with a free ...

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 ...

The venerable Intel 486 was released in 1989 as the successor to the extremely popular Intel 386. It was the minimum recommended processor for Windows 98. (Surprisingly, the Windows 95 minimum was a ...

Launched in 2001, Windows XP is still considered by many to be one of the best things Microsoft ever made, and it was a real loss when it was officially discontinued in 2014. Now, one project by ...

Service Pack 2, or SP2, expected to be delivered in finished form during the first half of 2004, is considered a significant Windows update because it offers enhanced security features and rolls up ...

But many question how this will play out in the Windows XP code, and what it means for ISV partners like Symantec and Network Associates' McAfee. Some partners that have the PC Satisfaction trial ...