Très magnifique. I’m not kidding – Windows XP looked fantastic at its launch, and little did I (and others) realize at the time, third-party customizations could make it look even better. In 2004, I ...

O'Reilly has written about everything from web search to PC security to Microsoft Excel customizations ... Windows will start and open that account automatically. TweakNow PowerPack 2009 works ...

Microsoft's own command line slipstreaming tools were pretty straightforward to use with Windows XP, but the process ... If there are any other customizations you'd like to make, go ahead and ...

Let's be clear. While some of you die-hards might not want to move off of Windows XP, that OS is no longer safe to run on the internet. So, unless you intend to keep your machine offline ...

When Microsoft ends support for Windows XP on Tuesday, a security sinkhole will likely open and gradually widen, threatening hundreds of millions of PCs worldwide in homes, companies, government ...

This time around, Microsoft isn’t going for Windows 8.1’s funky yellow shapes or the iconic ‘Bliss’ wallpaper of Windows XP that inspired ... to do is sync your customizations in the ...

In Windows 7, Microsoft included a feature called Windows XP Mode that enabled you to run Windows XP programs. Because Microsoft is discontinuing support for the Windows XP operating system ...

It has never been too hard for someone with the right amount of time, desperation, or flexible scruples to get around Windows XP's activation scheme. And yet XP activation, the actual encrypted ...