Windows 8 replaces Windows XP's files during its installation process. Getty Running two operating systems on one computer broadens your company's options when it comes to which software it can use.

With Windows 8, however, that mode is no longer officially supported, and if you want to run Windows XP in a virtual machine, you need the license for it. Lifehacker reader Miloš, however, has ...

Microsoft's more recent operating systems, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, come in with modest 6.63% and 3.95% market shares, respectively, suggesting an area of concern for new CEO Satya Nadella.

The default Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 (pictured) Start screen looks nothing at all like Windows XP and hides important commands behind invisible controls tucks into corners.

Tick tock. Every second gets us closer to July 29. And every second gets us closer to the point when Windows 10 won't be a free upgrade. If you're still running XP, here's how to migrate quickly ...

The requirements for upgrading to Windows 8.1 are the same as those for Windows 7 except one. Computers’ processors must have support for PAE, NX and SSE2 technologies . Advertisement ...

Dear Lifehacker, 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.

Windows 7 is a worthy successor to the Windows XP legacy, though, and Windows 8.1 is a tremendous operating system as well. Also, by clinging to Windows XP, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 easier ...

by Rob Williams on April 8, 2014 in Software. The end-of-support date for Windows XP has been no secret, and the build-up to it has been long. But with the date now upon us, we’re being hit with a big ...