Slow performance - Windows washer: Meet Microsoft’s antidote to Vista - The State

REDMOND, Wash. — Julie Larson-Green hopes you’ll like Windows 7. If not, well, now you and a billion other people know whom to blame. Microsoft Corp. is counting on Larson-Green, its head of “Windows Experience,” to deliver an operating system that

Microsoft Windows XP officially withdraws from market - People’s Daily Online
A report released by the Beijing Times reveals that Microsoft officially ended its mainstream support services for Windows XP and Office 2003 on April 14. Its support for the two products is now in the extended support stage. That is to say

Last Day for Windows XP ‘Mainstream’ Support - Datamation
After that date, the company will provide “extended” support for another five years until April 8, 2014. However, extended support only includes free security fixes along with paid per-incident support as well as support contracts. “During the

Rant: Microsoft Windows Out of Box Experience Sucks - Jkontherun.com
OK, rant mode on. This morning I spent over three hours running Windows Update on the cool Viliv S5 UMPC I am evaluating. Yes I realize it runs the older Windows XP operating system but even so Microsoft must make the out of box experience (OOBE

Tech Pros Plan to Leapfrog Vista for Windows 7 - PC World
Cautious business IT administrators are more willing to stay with the devil they know, Windows XP, than risk the devil they don’t, even if the latter is the highly-touted Windows 7, a research company said Monday. According to Dimensional Research

Mainstream support for Windows XP ended Tuesday - Beta News
Without a reprieve from the governor this time, Microsoft’s free product support for paid users of all versions of Windows XP officially ended as of April 14. What this means is that the company will no longer give complementary product support to XP

Microsoft Allowing Windows 7 to XP Downgrades – Smart or Stupid? - IT World
Several sources have reported the news from Microsoft that “ Windows XP Downgrades Allowed with Windows 7 .” Is that smart of Microsoft to allow the same downgrade option for Windows 7 they reluctantly agreed to for Vista? Does this mean

The Pirate Bay four found guilty - Reseller
Internet industry backs iiNet in copyright fight Windows XP SP3 still AWOL, but resides on Microsoft servers Windows XP SP3 due next month, says report Users blast Microsoft over Vista SP1 schedule Swedes file charges against Pirate Bay four The four

Report: Microsoft to give free Windows 7 upgrades to XP downgraders - Computerworld
Via @Computerworld - Report: Microsoft to give free Windows 7 upgrades to XP downgraders April 6, 2009 (Computerworld) Microsoft Corp. will provide free or discounted Windows 7 upgrades not only to users who buy Vista PCs between June 2009 and

Microsoft to offer XP-to-Windows-7 upgrades - Computerworld
Via @Computerworld - Microsoft to offer XP-to-Windows-7 upgrades February 3, 2009 (Computerworld) Microsoft Corp. today confirmed that it will sell what it calls “upgrades” for Windows 7 to users running the aged Windows XP operating system. Those