Microsoft has decided to make its final update to Windows 2000 largely a collection of previously released fixes rather than an all-new service pack. The company said that by going with a collection ...

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 ...

Now that Windows 2000 appears to be gaining momentum among the Windows NT faithful, Microsoft Corp.’s nascent operating system is getting a hard look from another constituency: NetWare users. Whether ...

As Windows 2000 was being developed in the second half of the 1990s, Microsoft was firmly focused on building in as much functionality as possible, in a play to push Novell Netware aside and establish ...

Microsoft said Monday that it discovered a critical security vulnerability in a component of its Windows 2000 operating system that could enable a remote attacker to gain total control of a machine ...

Twenty-five years ago, on Nov. 20, 1985, Microsoft introduced its first version of Windows to the world. Not many people outside the technical press or the tech industry took notice. Product launch ...

Editor’s note: This story was reprinted from Computerworld. For more of Computerworld’s coverage of the Mac, visit its Mac Knowledge Center. Longtime Windows development chief James Allchin wrote in a ...

Decides to make final update to Windows 2000 a collection of previously released fixes rather than an all-new service pack. During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, ...