I want to install WinXP on a hard drive in a computer, and then take the hard drive out and put it in another computer, with a different processor, chipset, etc., and have the WinXP installation work ...

hmm, i tried searching, i'm SURE this has been discussed before.. i've seen it myself, but i couldn't find anything.. <P>Anyways,<BR>when i try to connect to winxp from a win98 computer (on my home ...

After a version of Windows is released, over time bugs are found or new enhancements are added by Microsoft. In order to fix these bugs and add these new enhancements, Microsoft will occassionally ...

As of yesterday, April 8, Windows XP will no longer receive security updates -- which means users should upgrade their computers to a more recent operating system or purchase a new machine. Not all ...

I recently had a client who suffered a major security incident, where several confidential documents were taken from a WinXP computer. The culprit? The computer’s built-in Guest account. True, ...

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Just a day before Microsoft Corp. drops support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), the company announced on Monday that people running some versions of Windows 7 can “downgrade” to the aged ...

Getting from Windows XP to Windows 7 isn't as easy as peasy because Microsoft only built a migration path from Vista to the new operating system. Redmond is pretty much expecting most users to replace ...

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