"We are still investigating this but I wanted to provide some additional clarity on what I mean when I said we stopped offering the update via Windows Update," said Jerry Bryant, senior security ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Windows XP isn’t as vulnerable to the WannaCry ransomware as many assumed, according to a new report from Kryptos ...

i've sure i'm not the only one who is aware that it must be possible to change the resolution of the boot screen (the one with the loading bar that you see for about 5-10 seconds before XP boots). is ...

When WannaCry hit the world in mid-May, much focus was put on how the widespread use of the out-of-date Windows XP operating system helped it spread so fast. The UK's National Health service was one ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

The screen resolution defines the dimensions of objects on the monitor. If the width of the screen in Windows XP is too large, icons, text and images might be too hard to see, making it difficult to ...

Contrary to original reports, the majority of computers WannaCry-infected PCs were not in fact running Microsoft's outdated Windows XP, but actually Windows 7, according to a recent Kaspersky Lab ...

Microsoft’s most recent release of security patches is causing some computers to … display a, er, black screen of death. … [The] latest patches [are] causing havoc for some Windows fans. … Redmond ...

I think this might be in Group Policy somewhere but I can't find it. The screen saver tab is NOT removed from the display properties but users are NOT allowed to change the screen saver settings. Does ...

That's the question that has been raised by the chief security officer for Q1 Labs, a security information event management (SIEM) software maker. Chris Poulin, the chief security officer for Q1 Labs, ...

Real estate on your computer desktop is about to become a lot more valuable. It is all due to Windows XP, the new version of Microsoft's ubiquitous computer operating system that hits stores this fall ...

I so didn’t need this. I’m a long way from my home office and I helped some family members to update their Windows XP PCs with February’s massive set of Windows patches. Since they fixed a lot of ...