Say good-bye to Windows XP -- and hello to the 'cloud-first' Microsoft, which shows new signs of responsiveness to users and developers After tomorrow, April 8, Microsoft will no longer provide ...

Windows 95 launched exactly 20 years ago today, and though the operating system is long dead many of its ideas still live on. In celebration of 95's 20th birthday, we're revisiting our piece on the ...

On March 8, Microsoft will begin notifying Windows XP users via a pop-up notification that April 8 will mark the end of Microsoft support for Windows XP. Windows XP users still running the Home or ...

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The reception of Windows XP was phenomenal thanks to its sleek, modern interface and robust features. The famous “Bliss” desktop wallpaper featuring a serene, rolling green hill and blue sky, became ...

Windows XP's Start menu contains a listing of operating system-specific programs as well as business and third-party programs you have installed on your office computer. When you install a new program ...

Microsoft’s next-generation Windows 8 desktop and tablet platform has been something of a mess thus far. Traction is finally picking up now that Windows XP is no longer supported and Windows 8.1 has ...

John David Galt wants to “get rid of all those tiles, and go back to the cascading Start menus Windows XP had.” I’ll cover going back to the Windows 7 Start menu, as well. No one would be happy if ...