I purchased a bunch of cheap Windows 8 licenses, so I had a few I could pull from. But this is important: Your XP or Vista license won't do it. You need an actual code from 7 or 8. If you have a ...

Microsoft support for Windows XP ends on April 8 That means Microsoft will no longer issue patches or system updates to protect XP machines A small number of XP owners may be able to upgrade ...

Microsoft is ending support for Windows XP on April 8. While you’re technically free to keep using the 12-year-old operating system, doing so may put you at greater security risk for attack as ...

Running two operating systems on one computer broadens your company's options when it comes to which software it can use. In Windows 7, Microsoft included a feature called Windows XP Mode that ...

Microsoft gave Windows 7 users a way to run older applications via Windows XP Mode. With Windows 8, however, that mode is no longer officially supported, and if you want to run Windows XP in a ...

Windows XP’s day of reckoning is finally here -- it ... Here are the requirements needed to run Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 Windows 7 is one of Microsoft’s most popular operating systems ...

What is considered the greatest operating system of all time? The debate continues, with many pointing to Windows XP, released in 2001, for its flexibility, versatility, and nostalgia. Others advocate ...

I have an old laptop running Windows XP, and I love it. I've upgraded my other machines to Windows 7 and 8, but this laptop is too old to do so. Now I'm hearing Microsoft will stop issuing any ...

Some twelve-and-a-half years after Windows XP first went on sale, Microsoft is turning off support for the operating system. From 8 April there'll be no further free updates or security patches.

and you’ll regret all the time you spent dragging windows here and there in XP. Windows 8 has another feature that can save you even more time. File History is similar to the Time Machine ...

Microsoft is finally pulling the plug on Windows XP (for real this time) on the same day that the company is delivering a major update to Windows 8 designed to make the company’s software ...

Windows XP’s run lasted a staggering 4,548 days. To add some perspective to that figure, a span of 2,096 days saw the release of Windows Vista, Windows 7, and finally, Windows 8. A total of 2,526 days ...