If you’re running Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) Windows Security Center should tell you the status of your antivirus software, firewall, and automatic updates. Security Center will alert you if your antivirus is out of date or turned off, firewall is turned off, or if Automatic Update is not turned on.
This can get quite [...]

It gets on one’s nerve when you have to wait for minutes for XP to shutdown, when it takes lesser time for a boot.
The reason that the shutdown times increase over the days is due to the services and applications that keep increasing as you install new software. Windows waits for each service to terminate [...]

Microsoft announced that it will keep selling its Windows XP operating system until the end of June 2008. Microsoft said it decided to extend XP sales in response to feedback from computer manufacturers who said there were customers who still wanted to buy the older operating system.
Some customers have voiced displeasure [...]

Many users have reported that the software they rely on isn’t compatible with Vista. Advanced power management features often don’t work the way they’re supposed to and sometimes too much security isn’t a good thing , like asking you for a password to perform what seem like the most basic of tasks.
Microsoft has made it [...]

Microsoft rolled out a “silent” windows update for XP and Vista, including to those which have turned off Windows Update. This led to complaints in forums and the media, arguing that no company should be able to update a computer without consent.
Microsoft justified their move by telling that the automatic update was absolutely necessary, without [...]

“Good afternoon, as of this week, Microsoft has activated a function in Vista called ‘Reduced Functionality.’ This is a specific function in Vista that effectively disables non-genuine copies of Windows. Therefore anyone who has a pirated copy of Vista will experience:
A black screen after one hour of browsing
No start menu or task bar
No desktop
Please communicate [...]