Over the past couple years, I’ve been regularly checking in to measure whether Windows Vista is living up to its promise of being more secure than its predecessor, Windows XP. (To catch up with ...

There are two main types of Windows users in the world. Which kind are you: Windows XP or Windows Vista? The recent news that testers at Devil Mountain Software found Microsoft’s beta of Windows XP ...

Still holding onto a computer running Windows XP or Windows Vista? It may be time to upgrade to Windows 10. Dan Graziano is an associate editor for CNET. His work has appeared on BGR, Fox News, Fox ...

Vista received well-deserved criticism for bringing few noteworthy new features in its train when it arrived to take over from Windows XP. In contrast, Windows 7 offers plenty of new stuff to like.

New tests have revealed that Windows XP with the beta Service Pack 3 has twice the performance of Vista, even with its long-awaited Service Pack 1. Vista's first service pack, to be released early ...

Last week, Microsoft finally announced that there would be six editions of Windows 7, just like there were for Windows XP and Windows Vista. The company will release Windows 7 Starter (worldwide only ...

While Apple is busy trying to protect its current-generation operating system, Microsoft has been trying to kill off its elder one. Windows XP use has rumbled on far longer than Microsoft would’ve ...

Windows Vista's less than stellar reputation and poor uptake are due in part to the heavy demands it makes on system hardware. When Vista appeared in the autumn of 2006, PCs and laptops were less ...

Strike another program down for Windows XP (and Vista) fans. Google recently announced that the Google Drive desktop utility would cease support for Windows XP, Vista, and Server 2003 beginning ...

That recommendation did not go unheeded as reviewers in the CRN Test Center set out to find the most efficient and easiest way to get Windows 7 deployed on XP clients. But after a series of tests on ...

Windows only: If you're in no hurry to adopt Windows Vista but you've taken a shine to the Vista Sidebar, Joshoon over at Deviant Art has uploaded a port of the actual application to Windows XP. Using ...