If your budget doesn't stretch to a brand-new PC, why not give your old one a new lease of life by upgrading its OS to Windows XP? Here's how to go about it. Giving an old workhorse PC a new operating ...

Virtualization programs such as Microsoft Virtual PC can help your business computers run older programs that require Windows XP. You can use Virtual PC to create a virtual machine that contains a ...

IT guru Daniel Petri has posted a very thorough tutorial on customizing a new installation of Windows XP, including taking care of the most common annoyances of a fresh install. Some of these changes ...

InformationWeek's Fred Langa details how you can do a total rebuild of Windows XP without losing any data and without having to reinstall software - basically giving you a fresh, nondestructive ...

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 ...

for some reasons I have to install WinXP Pro on a Pentium 166 MMX laptop with 32M RAM. A new HDD would be used.<BR><BR>Please advise:<BR><BR>(a) What parameters after SETUP should be used so the ...

Dell will continue to install Windows XP on new PCs after Microsoft’s June 30 retirement date by taking advantage of a little-known clause in the downgrade rights that come with Vista Ultimate and ...