Say good-bye to Windows XP -- and hello to the 'cloud-first' Microsoft, which shows new signs of responsiveness to users and developers After tomorrow, April 8, Microsoft will no longer provide ...

Windows 95 launched exactly 20 years ago today, and though the operating system is long dead many of its ideas still live on. In celebration of 95's 20th birthday, we're revisiting our piece on the ...

The reception of Windows XP was phenomenal thanks to its sleek, modern interface and robust features. The famous “Bliss” desktop wallpaper featuring a serene, rolling green hill and blue sky, became ...

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Windows XP's Start menu contains a listing of operating system-specific programs as well as business and third-party programs you have installed on your office computer. When you install a new program ...

Every other day, it seems like we hear someone complain about how Windows keeps getting worse, whether it's by adding features we deem unnecessary or shoving ads down users' throats. And all of that ...

Unless you built your PC yourself, there are probably a bunch of programs installed on your system that start with Windows, though what they do--and whether they really need to start with Windows--is ...

John David Galt wants to “get rid of all those tiles, and go back to the cascading Start menus Windows XP had.” I’ll cover going back to the Windows 7 Start menu, as well. No one would be happy if ...