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Microsoft Windows’ biggest strength is that it works with so much hardware and software, both old and new. Unfortunately, that’s also its biggest weakness. With each new version of Windows, Microsoft ...

It's been a little more than four months since Microsoft's Windows XP shipped. That should be more than enough time for hardware manufacturers to support an updated operating system with updated ...

Can anyone solve this puzzle? <BR><BR>I've recently made a clean install (no upgrade) of Win XP on my machine... evrything looks great, everything works... well, not everything, any heavy or ...

Recently helping with Windows 7 migrations, I've taken a look at "XP Mode" in Windows 7. It was hyped up by everybody as offering backwards compatibility in Windows 7. Much to my surprise when I got ...

I'm thinking of installing the Windows 7 public RC build 7100 on my old Mac Pro (using Boot Camp) once my new Mac Pro arrives, but have a few questions. I'm primarily going to be doing this to test my ...

Windows XP users, your favorite operating system is a decade old, and if you’re still using it, you’re not cool anymore, at least according to Microsoft. That’s the software giant’s recent take on its ...

The backwards compatibility of new operating systems has been a constant thorn in Microsoft's side. With Vista, the compatibility problems at launch were so great it never really stood a chance of ...