TechSpot

FCKGW: How an internal Microsoft leak fueled Windows XP piracy

In context: Piracy has been a part of Windows history from the very beginning. Microsoft began taking the issue seriously with Windows XP, and Dave Plummer has now revealed that the first unauthorized ...
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Windows XP returns from Microsoft’s graveyard in a nostalgic browser reboot — but don't expect Internet Explorer to work

Microsoft's various builds of its Windows operating system have significantly evolved over the years, and mostly for the better, depending on how you look at it. After 4 years, Windows 11 finally ...
Windows Central

Millions of Windows XP disks secretly included Microsoft's failed search assistant to keep pirates at bay — "Bob was actually more useful dead than alive"

Developer Raymond Chen says Windows XP shipped with an encrypted version of Microsoft Bob to pad out 30MB of free space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
MyNorthwest.com

Don’t get sentimental: End of Windows XP era could put personal information at risk

It’s not exactly Y2K, but Windows XP users have a huge computer decision to make today: Stay with the system they love (and know) and face a greater risk of security attacks or upgrade their operating ...
PC World

Microsoft Windows hits 40 years old: A visual walk down memory lane

On November 20th, 1985, a then not-so-big company called Microsoft announced that Windows was commercially available. Read the full story of the Microsoft operating system below. Windows 1 to 11: The ...