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It's probably important to note that IIS 6.0 comes with Microsoft Windows Server 2003, a version that was released together with Windows XP. Both of these operating systems have no longer been supported by Microsoft with updates for the last 3 years. The company made an exception to this and released ...

The Classmate PC would be small and rugged like OLPC's design, but run the more familiar Windows XP operating system and sell for somewhere between $200 and $400. As OLPC's full-scale launch slipped to 2007, and its $100 price tag faded away, Intel shipped the first Classmate PCs to Brazil and ...

We've written at length about how Windows 10 is a vast improvement over Windows 8 and how anyone still using Windows XP should seriously consider coughing up for the new operating system. But what if you're still happily using Windows 7? Windows 7 is widely regarded as a more modern version of ...

ReactOS is a free and open-source, Windows-compatible OS that looks similar to Windows XP. Designed to be a Windows replacement that behaves just like Windows, the operating system has just been updated to lay the groundwork for running Windows Vista/8/10 software. Read more about what ...

bliss-windows-xp-original. Nvidia has announced that it will end support for 32-bit operating systems this month, including Windows 10. The company states: Game Ready Driver upgrades, including performance enhancements, new features, and bug fixes, will be available only on 64-bit operating systems.

It has been four years since Windows XP reached its 'end of life' back in April 2014. The end of life (EOL) of an operating system marks the point after which security updates and patches will no longer be provided; although the systems still run seemingly as they did before, they will thereafter lack the level ...

What makes Windows XP an iconic desktop operating system? Well, apart from the blue-green taskbar, the desktop wallpaper, named as the 'Bliss', makes it constantly recognisable a Windows XP PC. The photo of a grassy hill with a rich-coloured sky and a perfect amount of sunshine dominated the ...

It's probably surprising to see a blog post discussing Windows XP's security in 2018, except perhaps when mentioning the operating system in a historical context. Yet today, ESET is announcing the publication of a white paper on how to maintain this well past its end-of-life operating system. You can ...

And for at least four years during the Windows XP era in the early 2000's, Lopez worked as an instructor with TSTC's Corporate College, which is now Workforce Training and Continuing Education. He helped train industry leaders and their employees, ranging from assembly line workers to supervisors.

That and some later malware successes forced Microsoft to spend two years rewriting Windows XP, and Windows XP Service Pack 2 was finally completed in 2004. After that, Bill Gates shut down the whole Windows division to train around 8,500 programmers in what he called, in a once-famous memo, ...

Probably – at least eventually. Microsoft is using these updates to push not only new features, but important security and stability changes. Windows 10 has become more of an ever-updating service, rather than the buy once and never change product that many will be familiar with from the Windows XP or ...

Driver Pro is a potentially unwanted program that scans your computer for drivers and then offers updated drivers for detected components. The biggest problem is that when it detects an outdated driver, it indicates in red colors the word "Attention" as if this outdated driver could cause a problem.

As WannaCry hit, Microsoft even took the "highly unusual step" of issuing patches for the still popular, but long-unsupported Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 operating systems. In the aftermath of WannaCry, Microsoft and others criticized the NSA for keeping the EternalBlue vulnerability a secret for ...

Snyder was the former security lead on Windows XP Service Pack 2 in addition to Windows Server 2003, and she's credited as the creator of the Microsoft BlueHat Security Conference. These days, Snyder spends her time fleshing out the security of Fastly, a cloud-based content delivery network (CDN) that ...

Windows 8.x grows slightly, to 6.92 (0.49) which is a slight rise, though we'd expect it to be a blip that will even out, and Windows XP grows slightly at 4.7 (0.65). MacOS moves in exactly the way you'd expect. The latest macOS 10.13 hits 4.96 (+0.5) while 10.12 drops to 2.18 (-0.47), 10.11 drops to 1.39 ...

However, the same report also suggests that Windows 7 is also losing market share going from 42.39 percent to 41.61 percent, losing 0.78 percent. Adding to these bizarre numbers, the report says that Windows 8.1 grew by 0.1 percentage points, while Windows XP grew by 0.65 percentage points.

MWC18 As Mobile World Congress draws to a close in relatively warm Barcelona (13°C - balmy), it's time to tally up on whether it delivered on the hype. The buzz ahead of MWC was that Samsung would launch the Galaxy S9 smartphone, that 5G connectivity would come closer to commercial reality, and ...

Apple's digital music and video manager, iTunes, will no longer be accessible on the first-ever Apple TV box as well as on computers still running on Windows XP and Vista starting May. Recently, the Cupertino, California, technology giant announced that it was dropping iTunes support for the mentioned ...

Apple says you can keep using older versions of iTunes to listen to music, but you won't be able to make new purchases or redownload previous purchases on Windows XP or Vista. Instead, you'll have to upgrade to Windows 7 or later to pick up the latest version of iTunes. It's impossible to be sure without ...

Apple has published a new support document explaining that starting on May 25th, it will drop support for the iTunes Store on Windows machines running XP and Vista, as well as the first-generation Apple TV. The company says the change is due to security updates…

The latest Steam client beta update includes a note that the developers have “fixed a crash-on-startup compatibility issue with Windows XP SP3.” Yes, Windows XP Service Pack 3, the last major update for the OS released way back in 2008 (though there have been some fixes for significant security flaws ...

You've got to give to the Blizz - when they smell hype in the water, they ain't letting go. Blizzard has now patched Warcraft 3 and judging by the patch notes, the likelihood of seeing a remaster is up somewhat serious. Hot on the heels of the 'secret event' Blizzard invited Warcraft 3 veterans to, the company's ...

True to its heritage, VLC 3.0 supports a massive range of platforms including Windows XP and up, macOS 10.7 and up, Android 2.3 and up, Chromebooks with the Play Store, Apple TV, and Linux. All good things must come to an end, however, and this will be the last version of VLC for some platforms.

... ongoing list of acknowledged bugs in Office updates offers some worthwhile caveats. (Will Windows ever get anything comparable?) The January Outlook buglist includes misbehaving searches and a warning about not being able to use Outlook 2010 on Windows XP after installing the January patches.

When Blizzard launched a public test realm for Warcraft III last year, it became pretty clear that the developer still has plans for the 16-year-old game. Now, Blizzard has rolled out what could be the biggest Warcraft III update in years -- and it's also the last version to support Windows XP. The update finally ...

Once upon a time, the fourth Tuesday of the month was reserved by Microsoft for non-security patches. How times have changed. Yesterday, we saw a bunch of new bug warnings — including an admonition to uninstall a previous buggy .Net Preview patch — and an unexpected fourth update this month for ...

APPLE HAS PUBLISHED a new support document confirming that the iTunes Store will no longer run on Windows XP, Windows Vista or first-gen Apple TVs from May. The company said it introducing new security changes which will prevent those devices from using the latest version of iTunes. Those still ...