XP’s No-Reformat, Nondestructive Total-Rebuild Option

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

It's one of those software design decisions that makes you scratch your head and wonder, "What were they thinking?" The "it" in this case is XP's most powerful rebuild/repair option, and yet Microsoft chose to hide it behind seeming dead ends, red herrings, and a recycled interface that makes ...

Hackers Get Intel Mac to Run Windows XP

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

A contest to see who could first get Windows XP working on an Intel Mac has been won, according to the contest's coordinator, Colin Nederkoorn. The "Windows XP on an Intel Mac" page provides a link to a download that includes software and instructions for use. Nederkoorn first put the contest ...

The Lowdown on 64-Bit Windows

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

If you're looking for a way to opt out of 64-bit Windows, you can stop right here. Windows XP Professional x64 is not going to knock your socks off. At least, not right away, and not unless you're running apps that can take advantage of it.But in the very next ...

5 impressive Windows XP tricks

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

You know that feeling you get when your friends or family see you do something on your computer that they've never seen before? If you haven't had this opportunity, here's where you start. If you have, then you know that you're feeling like the world's coolest power-user when this happens. Knowledge is ...

Virus targets 64-bit Windows

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Virus writers have unleashed the first program that infects 64-bit Windows files, antivirus firm Symantec said Monday. The virus, dubbed W64.Shruggle by Symantec, seems mainly to be an experiment to test the concept of a 64-bit infecter and is not actively spread, said Alfred Huger, senior director of security ...