This Windows XP right-click feature still works in Windows 11—and it’s great.

At the Redmond, Wash., software giant's system builder summit last week in Phoenix, several channel executives criticized Microsoft's activation requirements, which force partners and customers to ...

The ReactOS project, which is developing a Windows XP-compatible operating system, is celebrating its 30th birthday.

During the last 12 months, agencies posted nearly 200 solicitations for products compliant with the operating system, which will lose Microsoft's security support on April 8. During the past year, ...

GUI matters: Microsoft released the original edition of Windows XP in 2001 and kept the operating system alive for more than 17 years. The once massively popular platform remains fondly remembered, ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

What was Microsoft’s best Windows operating system of all time? If you’re like us, you have…opinions. Even if you’re not the type to parse through all of the little details that separated Windows 98 ...

Much as everyone loves Microsoft’s Windows 7, not everyone has made the move yet. Plenty of folks are clinging to Windows XP for dear life, while others just didn’t see enough reason to upgrade from ...

Microsoft is warning against a simple hack that enables those still using Windows XP to receive security updates through 2019. The trick involves modifying the system registry, a process that is ...

Give your system more oomph by disabling the services that Windows activates automatically, whether or not you actually need them. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor ...

I have done a search and found no specific information.<BR><BR>I am trying to access a file share on a Windows XP system from a windows NT 4.0 system. <BR><BR>The user name and password are the same.