Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

"We are still investigating this but I wanted to provide some additional clarity on what I mean when I said we stopped offering the update via Windows Update," said Jerry Bryant, senior security ...

When WannaCry hit the world in mid-May, much focus was put on how the widespread use of the out-of-date Windows XP operating system helped it spread so fast. The UK's National Health service was one ...

Contrary to original reports, the majority of computers WannaCry-infected PCs were not in fact running Microsoft's outdated Windows XP, but actually Windows 7, according to a recent Kaspersky Lab ...

i've sure i'm not the only one who is aware that it must be possible to change the resolution of the boot screen (the one with the loading bar that you see for about 5-10 seconds before XP boots). is ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Windows XP isn’t as vulnerable to the WannaCry ransomware as many assumed, according to a new report from Kryptos ...

The screen resolution defines the dimensions of objects on the monitor. If the width of the screen in Windows XP is too large, icons, text and images might be too hard to see, making it difficult to ...

Microsoft’s most recent release of security patches is causing some computers to … display a, er, black screen of death. … [The] latest patches [are] causing havoc for some Windows fans. … Redmond ...

I so didn’t need this. I’m a long way from my home office and I helped some family members to update their Windows XP PCs with February’s massive set of Windows patches. Since they fixed a lot of ...

Real estate on your computer desktop is about to become a lot more valuable. It is all due to Windows XP, the new version of Microsoft's ubiquitous computer operating system that hits stores this fall ...

My computer has often (but not always) completely shutoff during a cold boot process (towards the end of the Windows XP boot screen). When this happens I first need to boot in safe mode and then can ...