In a series of poll questions, IT professionals made it quite clear that they were not interested in migrating away from Windows XP. What do the results mean for your organization?
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A couple of weeks ago, Tech Republic asked a series of poll questions about Microsoft Windows XP. That single blog post lead to close to [...]
Microsoft today warned that hackers are using rigged QuickTime media files to exploit an unpatched vulnerability in DirectShow, the APIs used by Windows programs for multimedia support.
The company has activated its security response process to deal with the zero-day attacks has issued a pre-patch advisory with workarounds and a one-click “fix it” feature to enable [...]
If you are not able to remove or uninstall an application in Windows XP using the Add/Remove Programs Wizard or Uninstall option you could try the Windows Installer Clean Up Utility. As long as you installed the application using the Windows Installer, this utility will remove all the folders, files, registry keys, and entries from [...]
Author: Greg Shultz
Someday, someway, your organization is going to have to make a decision regarding the next operating system deployment. Do you know the facts of the current debate? Don’t you think you should?
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It seems like everywhere you turn on the Web these days, there’s another article bad-mouthing Microsoft Windows Vista and telling you to [...]
For all the money Microsoft has spent pimping out Windows Vista, they certainly can’t seem to let XP go.
The Register reports that Microsoft has yet again extended the deadline for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to produce machines equipped with Windows XP to July 31, 2009. This claim has not been substantiated by Microsoft, but given [...]
Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system is still playing second fiddle to XP among business users, with more enterprises investigating the unreleased Windows 7 than its predecessor.
More than half (58 percent) of businesses using Microsoft technology are “exploiting” Windows XP, compared to just four percent for Vista, according to research by the Corporate IT Forum (Tif).
Tif [...]
The pinned items list found in the Start Menu of Microsoft Windows XP can be customized to save you time by keeping your most-used applications in an easy accessible list.
The left panel of the Start menu consists entirely of a divided list of programs that Microsoft Windows XP thinks will come in handy for you: [...]
The folks over at Neowin.net have got their hands on the internal schedule for the release of SP3 for the venerable Windows XP operating system. If you have been looking forward to it, do take a minute to check out the milestones.
The Windows XP SP3 release schedule as follows:
* April 14, 2008: Support is available [...]
The researchers damn Windows in current form, urge radical changes.
Calling the situation “untenable” and describing Windows as “collapsing,” a pair of Gartner analysts this week said Microsoft must make radical changes to the operating system or risk becoming a has-been.
In a presentation at a Gartner-sponsored conference in Las Vegas, analysts Michael Silver and Neil MacDonald [...]
If you ever leave your computer on waiting for someone to log on, you know that Windows XP will display the “Press Ctrl+Alt+Del” Logon box or the Welcome screen for 10 minutes before showing the default logon screensaver. The default logon screensaver being the Windows XP logo floating on a black background.
You can change this [...]
