Tag Archives: XP
Microsoft looks happy that Windows XP is reaching End of Support in 2014. To highlight this fact, it has released a Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget.
Windows XP has been one of the best selling Operating Systems after Windows 7 from Microsoft. It had a successful run for many a years. Even after the launch of its successor Windows Vista, there was still a great demand …more >>>
104 months! Windows XP, launched in August 2001, would complete over 9 years on sale on October 22, 2010 – the official end-of-sale for Windows XP Home for netbooks. What this means is that October 22 is the last day …more >>>
Acer has unveiled a new dual boot netbook having two operating systems installed; Google’s Android mobile software and Microsoft’s Windows XP OS in the same netbook. The Acer Aspire One AOD255 netbook uses Android as a quick-booting operating system and …more >>>
Thanks to sales of the new Windows 7 operating system, revenue in Microsoft’s Windows division jumped 44% to $4.55 billion from $3.17 billion a year earlier as the recent fiscal fourth quarter ending report indicated. While there is a healthy …more >>>
Microsoft was made aware Monday of a security flaw in older versions of Windows that could, if exploited, allow hackers to run malicious code on unsuspecting computers. The vulnerability is caused ‘due to a boundary error in the “UpdateFrameTitleForDocument()” function …more >>>
A group of security researchers, pissed off with the way Microsoft supposedly ‘treated‘ Tavis Ormandy, a Google engineer, for publicly disclosing a zero-day Windows XP Help Center vulnerability, currently being exploited in the wild, has come together to form the …more >>>
On June 10th, Microsoft warned of a vulnerability in the Help and Support function of Windows XP SP2 or SP3. The vulnerability was first discovered by Google’s senior security researcher, Tavis Ormandy, who after notifying Microsoft of the vulnerability, released …more >>>
A Google security researcher Tavis Ormandy has discovered a vulnerability in the Windows Help Centre, which is the default application provided to access online documentation for Microsoft Windows.
On April 13th, 2010, Windows Vista RTM will reach the end of support. And on July 13th, 2010, all versions of Windows 2000 and Windows XP SP2 will also reach the end of support.
Microsoft has launched a new help site focusing solely on how to install, reinstall, upgrade or uninstall Windows 7, Windows Vista & Windows XP. If you are now planning to upgrade Windows Vista to Windows 7, this is a great …more >>>
In response to a query from my MVP collegue Vijay : “What exactly is the incentive for users to upgrade XP to 7? Is it purely gfx? I would honestly like to know what feature 7 offers that can’t be …more >>>
If you have skipped Vista and are now planning to upgrade from XP to Windows 7, then this read may help you. The upgrade option of upgrading from XP to Windows 7, is not available in Windows 7 Setup when …more >>>
