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- The previous client version of Windows. XP was a major upgrade to the client version of Windows 2000 with numerous changes to the user interface. XP improved support...
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- Daily Debrief 2nd Edition: Say goodbye to Windows XP
- As of July 1, Microsoft will stop broad distribution of Windows XP. On the second edition of the Daily Debrief, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Ina Fried break down the rationale behind the decision and suggest tips for consumers who are reluctant to switch over to Vista.
- Videos 2008-07-01
- Debrief: Windows XP era draws to a close
- CNET News.com's Charles Cooper and Ina Fried discuss the impending departure of Bill Gates, and the company's announcement that it will cease selling Windows XP mostly.
- Videos 2008-06-17
- IT Dojo: Mapping drive letters in Windows XP
- Mapping drive letters in Windows XP is a common task. It's not a complicated process, but you can save time with a few easy shortcuts. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler demonstrates three old DOS commands that making mapping folders and network shares a snap - the SUBST, POPD,...
- Videos 2008-04-29
- IT Dojo: Quickly map drive letters in Windows XP with SUBST, PUSHD, and POPD
- In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler demonstrates three old DOS commands that making mapping folders and network shares a snap. First, Bill looks at the SUBST command. SUBST lets you quickly and easily map a local, nested folder to a drive letter. Second, he examines the POPD and...
- Videos 2008-04-29
- IT Dojo: Five services you can turn off in Windows XP
- Running unnecessary Windows XP services can increase your vulnerability to exploits that might use those services as attack vectors. Disabling unnecessary services can be an important step in securing Windows XP, but knowing which ones you can safely turn off can be tricky. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler,...
- Videos 2008-04-29
- IT Dojo: Five services you can turn off in Windows XP
- In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler, Head Technology Editor, shows you how to disable Windows XP services and discusses the following five services that you may want to disable, Simple File Sharing, SSDP Discovery Service, Universal Plug and Play Device Host, and Windows Messenger Service.
- Videos 2008-04-29
- IT Dojo: Change the Windows XP product key
- Even in the best-run IT shops, unauthorized software can find its way onto the desktop. An end-user may have installed a pirated copy of XP but now wants to go legal. An organization may have installed 100 pirated copies of XP but now has a legitimate volume-licensing key. When...
- Videos 2008-04-28
- Image Gallery: Wibrain B1 Ultra Portable PC
- The Wibrain B1 is a full function Windows XP computer weighing in at just over 1 pound in a PSP-like widescreen form factor. A split QWERTY keyboard, high resolution display, fast processor, and excellent touch panel make this a compelling choice in mobility. by Matthew Miller
- Image galleries 2008-02-06
- Drawing more Microsoft roadmaps
- Now that Microsoft has provided an official ship target for Windows 7, the next major version of Windows client, it's time for some educated guess work.Windows 7 is the only piece of the Windows client roadmap for which Microsoft is willing to provide a date right now. Here's what I'd...
- Blog posts 2007-07-23
- Can Microsoft create a reality-distortion field?
- The past couple of weeks of twists and turns along the road to obtaining info about Vista Service Pack 1 has gotten me thinking about RDFs -- reality distortion fields.Given that RDF may be less familiar to Windows users than Apple ones, here's a quick recap: "Reality distortion field RDF...
- Blog posts 2007-07-20
- Wanted: New information on XP SP3
- If Microsoft officials don't want you to know about Vista Service Pack SP 1, you can be darn well sure they really don't want to talk about Windows XP Service Pack SP 3. But customers definitely want to discuss it.XP users who still aren't crazy about the idea of moving...
- Blog posts 2007-07-19
- Microsoft's Iain McDonald: It's the end of a (Longhorn) era
- Iain McDonald, a guy with the humble title of Director of Project Management for Windows Server, has had a long and deep impact on Microsoft's Windows organization.The 15-year Microsoft veteran has served on a variety of teams, from Product Support Services, to Exchange Server, to Windows Server. He was a...
- Blog posts 2007-07-03
- Warning for 64-bit Windows users: No iPhone support for you
- As Engadget reported over the weekend, the iPhone is incompatible with the 64-bit flavors of Windows XP and Windows Vista.Apple's iPhone specs page doesn't mention the incompatibility; it says that the iPhone will work with Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate Edition; or Windows XP Home or Professional...
- Blog posts 2007-07-02
- Microsoft to simplify downgrades from Vista to XP
- Microsoft is simplifying the processes via which its PC-maker partners will be able to provide "downgrade" rights from Windows Vista to Windows XP for their customers.Microsoft will implement the first of the policy changes for its Gold Certified (top-tier) OEM partners within the next couple of weeks. The company will...
- Blog posts 2007-06-28
- Even Softies get the Vista installation blues
- This is one for all of you readers who've had trouble installing Windows Vista. Don't feel bad. Even some Microsoft developers -- who have the Vista team on premise -- can't manage to upgrade to Vista.Microsoft developer Andy Pennell wanted to install Vista at home. (Pennell is a developer on...
- Blog posts 2007-06-22
- Windows Longhorn won't be reloaded, after all
- One month after a team of Windows enthusiasts hit Milestone 1 of "Longhorn Reloaded," Microsoft has put the kibosh on the project.Longhorn Reloaded -- an initiative of a handful of members of the Joejoe.org site to take up where Microsoft left off with its Longhorn client development in 2004 --...
- Blog posts 2007-06-21
- From the 'I'm glad I'm not a Vista salesperson' files
- All the recent career advice I've received from Mac zealots has really got me thinking about my future. (The "go back to baking muffins and taking care of the kids" e-mail from one reader definitely gave me food for thought.)If I ever decide to hang up my blogging hat, there's...
- Blog posts 2007-06-21
- July 1: No more Office 2003 for OEMs
- It's only been six months since Microsoft launched Office 2007 at retail. But as of July 1, 2007, Microsoft won't be making the OEM version of Office 2003 to its PC partners, a k a "OEMs."Eric Ligman, Senior Manager of Small Business Community Engagement with Microsoft, reminded OEMs and customers...
- Blog posts 2007-06-18
- Safari for Windows: Mozilla was right
- Back in January, the Mozilla folks hinted that they expected Apple to deliver a version of its Safari Web browser for Windows.They were dead-on.At the opening keynote at Apple's WorldWide Developers Conference in San Francisco on June 10, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that Apple is porting Safari to Windows...
- Blog posts 2007-06-11
- Microsoft's licensing mess
- If you've been selling a product for more than 10 years and you've shipped hundreds of millions of units, you'd think your customers would know what they're buying. For Microsoft, that's not the case.The culprit is the hopelessly confusing, practically Byzantine Windows licensing structure, which consists of a maze of...
- Blog posts 2007-06-07
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