Microsoft confirmed yesterday that the new Office 2103 will not run on older PCs powered by Windows XP or Vista. “The new Office will work with Windows 7 and Windows 8,” a Microsoft spokesperson said ...

Vista completely revamped the old, resource-heavy Indexing Service that earlier versions of Windows used to locate files. The Vista indexing engine, which is still in use today, can scan file names, ...

Microsoft has made XP Service Pack 3 available to Windows users. And as Don Reisinger points out, it's a worthy upgrade to Vista. Don Reisinger CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a technology columnist ...

Strike another program down for Windows XP (and Vista) fans. Google recently announced that the Google Drive desktop utility would cease support for Windows XP, Vista, and Server 2003 beginning ...

In the comments area on a blog I posted yesterday, there's a bit of debate over who is to blame (Microsoft or Acer) for the fact that some Acer systems with Windows XP on them are shipping with a ...

It means embracing Windows 10 or sourcing yourself a license for Windows 7, 8, or 8.1. The safest long term option is Windows 10, though. As to why Valve is dropping support, you can thank Google and ...

Give your system more oomph by disabling the services that Windows activates automatically, whether or not you actually need them. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor ...

Bad news for owners of dedicated retro rigs: Steam is dropping support for Windows XP and Vista on January 1, 2019, Valve announced this week. And the deadline isn’t just for feature updates. If ...

The latest version of the Firefox browser shows off Mozilla's new process for graphics compositing, but also drops support for ageing operating systems such as Windows XP and Windows Vista. Firefox 53 ...

If you're using an operating system that's over a decade old to play Blizzard games, we have some bad news for you. Starting in October, Blizzard says it will "begin the process of ending support for ...

Valve’s Steam Store has come a long way since it first debuted in 2003, adding support for a number of operating systems over the years. Some have fallen at the wayside though and starting on Tuesday, ...

Valve has announced that Steam is dropping support for legacy Windows operating systems. Namely: Windows XP, and Windows Vista. Beginning January 1, 2019, Steam will no longer support Windows XP, or ...