Like many avid Windows OS users, I was also a big fan of Windows XP. There's no exaggeration in saying that it's one of the major reasons Microsoft is a household name among PC users. Feeling ...

We have good news and bad news. First, the bad: the ribbon UI is coming to Windows 8 Explorer. Read on for the good news! Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) ...

When I first start up XP, eplorer.exe takes up about 12MB or RAM. Every time I open and close an explorer window, the memory use of the program grows, then shrinks by not as much as it grew. I just ...

Windows XP users are getting their first taste of life without security updates after the discovery of a major flaw within the Internet Explorer Web browser. Microsoft Corp. issued a warning regarding ...

GUI matters: Microsoft released the original edition of Windows XP in 2001 and kept the operating system alive for more than 17 years. The once massively popular platform remains fondly remembered, ...

One of my biggest gripes with Windows XP vs. Windows 2000 is the much slower performance that I observe while using Windows Explorer. I'm looking for ways to make explorer.exe in Windows XP behave ...

May 2014 Patch Tuesday takes place in a few hours and Microsoft is set to roll out eight security patches for various products. Windows XP users will be out of luck this time around as there wont be ...

A couple of weeks ago, I did a piece on why people are still using Windows XP. It turned out the primary reason was support for certain legacy programs that don't work on modern versions of the OS, ...