Q: I have an old Sony VAIO PCV-2220 desktop with Pentium 4 processor 2.60 GHZ and 1.49 GB RAM, and 111 GB hard drive with 56 GB free space. It has Windows XP Home Edition Pack 3. Is it possible to ...

NEW YORK - Microsoft retires its 12-year-old Windows XP operating system today. Even so, there are still millions of XP computers out there. Here's what to do if you own one of them: What happens ...

Your old Windows machine is ready for its second act.

I found Q4OS while trying to help my neighbor get off their Windows XP machine. But why Q4OS? Because it offered a similar interface (with the Q4XP theme pack), ran incredibly well on their old ...

Microsoft yesterday added ammunition to its increasingly aggressive battle to get users off the nearly-11-year-old Windows XP by citing a company-sponsored report that claims annual support costs for ...

When Windows XP launched on August 24, 2001, the official system requirements included a computer with a Pentium processor of at least 233MHz, 64MB of working memory, and 1.5 GB of storage space. Now, ...

If you're one of the few hundred million people that are still using Windows XP, I have a suggestion for you: It's time to switch to make the switch to Linux. With the official retirement of Windows ...

My Windows XP machine's motherboard is toast, won't make it past through POST. I think the Truecrypt encrypted boot drive is OK. I plugged the boot drive into the SATA to USB external hard drive dock ...

Ever wanted to continue using Windows XP but keep it compatible with modern apps, browsers, and games? Then this Windows Experience Freestyle Update is the closest thing to your dream. If you want ...

Is your older computer a ticking time bomb?more A new article in PC Pro warns that computers running Windows XP are about to become exactly that, with the operating system’s 2014 support deadline ...

People looking to off-load their old Microsoft software to make way for Windows XP have to be careful about selling it online. Greg Sandoval covers media and digital entertainment for CNET News. Based ...