I was running Windows XP Pro x64 with SP2. Made a new partition, installed Windows 7 on new partition. On boot, I could pick Windows 7, or older Windows OS (XP Pro x64 SP2, basically Server 2003 SP2).

If you use Windows XP and haven’t yet updated your system with the applicable security updates that Microsoft issued Tuesday, you might want to hold off for a bit. Turns out, a non-trivial number of ...

[UPDATE: Microsoft has withdrawn the update KB977165 from the Windows Update for this week. I've updated my patch removal instructions below to remove this update first.] Reports are coming in that an ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about hardware and software YOU need to know about. The update was sent out to users of Symantec's security products over ...

Has anyone else had xp bsod when trying to run AvP2 multiplayer demo? I installed the demo from the latest PCGamer mag. It worked fine the first few times I played it, then it gave me the blue screen.

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, ...

An update released by Microsoft this month (MS10-015) broke XP machines that were infected with the TDL3 rootkit (also known as TDSS and Tidserv and many other names - more info here). Well, a rootkit ...

screen of death (BSoD) that many Microsoft Windows users reported suffering after installing this week’s batch of security updates may be caused at least in part by malware infestations on the ...

Contrary to original reports, the majority of computers WannaCry-infected PCs were not in fact running Microsoft's outdated Windows XP, but actually Windows 7, according to a recent Kaspersky Lab ...

Former CGer and current PopMecher took this photo of a huge public display sporting a big fat XP login. It’s escpecially grand that this is in the United Red Carpet lounge. Nothing’s too good for ...

A defective Symantec update caused some unfortunate Windows XP machines to receive the dreaded blue screen. A defective Symantec update caused some unfortunate Windows XP machines to receive the ...

If you use Windows XP and haven’t yet updated your system with the applicable security updates that Microsoft issued Tuesday, you might want to hold off for a bit. Turns out, a non-trivial number of ...