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

Everyone in the Windows world is sitting on a bit of a time bomb: On July 29, Windows 10 upgrades cease to be free. Let's be clear. While some of you die-hards might not want to move off of Windows XP ...

For a long time, Microsoft didn’t sell Windows install media in the form of bootable USB flash drives. Instead, it prefered to stick to old-school DVD media, despite the fact that many notebooks today ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23, 2003 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the beta availability of a native 64-bit version of its Windows® XP operating system designed to support 64-Bit Extended Systems, ...

Enthusiast Look: Windows XP 32-Bit versus 64-Bit by Rob Williams on June 8, 2005 in Software Since Windows XP Pro 64-Bit was released, there has been a lot of speculation of whether it would help ...

When the system requirements for Microsoft Office 2010 were first posted, we noticed that Windows XP 64-bit was mysteriously absent. We contacted Microsoft, and the ...

On Tuesday night, the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister, David Cameron, will go to sleep secure in the knowledge that his government’s Windows XP PCs won’t be hacked the next day. That doesn’t mean you ...

Welcome to Ars!<BR><BR><BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">I know Microsoft has ...

Microsoft finally launched their 64-bit operating system today with the release of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. Microsoft highlights their top five reasons to upgrade, such as faster ...

Capable of running everything from Linux to OS X, Oracle's VirtualBox makes it possible to work on multiple operating systems at the same time. For instance, if you'd like to run Windows XP on your ...

Microsoft’s Jared Spataro has been joking about the company’s terrible history of marketing names for products at Ignite today. “Simplicity and naming, well, they haven’t always been our strong suit,” ...