Microsoft’s Jared Spataro has been joking about the company’s terrible history of marketing names for products at Ignite today. “Simplicity and naming, well, they haven’t always been our strong suit,” ...

I know Microsoft has release a 64-bit version of XP, but much of our required software will not run on it. My question is what are the drawbacks of running the 32-bit ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Not sure if your installed version of Windows is 32-bit or 64-bit? One quick way to tell is by looking at information about your ...

In response to a recent Hassle-Free PC that described quickly determining which version of Windows you have, a reader asked the following question about his system: “Microsoft Windows XP, Media Center ...

To make a long story short, a client of mine needed to upgrade some Win2k computers to XP. They jumped the gun, and purchased an OEM 3-pack of the 64-bit version of Windows XP, not realizing their ...

Microsoft now offers a public preview of its 64-bit operating system for computers based on Advanced Micro Devices' Athlon 64 and Opteron processors. The program is designed to offer an early look at ...

Microsoft Corp. has made a beta version of Windows XP available to the public that runs on desktops or workstations using Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s Athlon 64 or Opteron processors, Microsoft said ...