(How To) Dump the Insert key, rearrange drive letters, restore your Safely Remove Hardware icon, and get a free tool for easy Registry editing.
(How To) Restore Windows' picture viewer, hibernate your PC instantly, and turn off indexing to crank up your system's performance.
(News) A thousand people told us how they felt about Microsoft's plans to discontinue Windows XP. Here's a sampling of their thoughts on XP's fate, the state of Vista, Linux, OS X, and more.
(News) Microsoft has submitted the follow-up to Windows Vista to the committee that oversees its U.S. antitrust compliance, to ensure the operating system is meeting the terms of the company's agreement with the government.
(News) Microsoft has rescheduled its most significant developer meeting for late 2008, after cancelling the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) that was originally planned for October 2007.
(News) Microsoft will issue seven security updates next Tuesday, including critical sets of patches for Windows and Internet Explorer.
(News) Company alleges Microsoft's Windows Vista and Office 2007 infringe on its patents.
(News) Nigeria's Universal Service Provision Fund wants to keep Mandriva Linux on its Classmate PCs.
(News) Security administrators should have a pretty easy time of it next Tuesday as Microsoft says it will issue just two updates in its monthly security software release.
(News) The core code for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows OS is undergoing a rewrite to make it slimmer for use in a wide range of future products, including Windows 7, the OS that will succeed Vista.
(News) Microsoft Corp. is adding an event planning offering to its expanding Windows Live suite of services.
(Reviews) Our crotchety columnist and his compatriots explain why they're loathe to upgrade their favorite apps, plus some terrific time-wasters.
(News) Microsoft Corp. will release critical patches for its Windows and Word software next Tuesday as part of its monthly release of security patches.
(News) A Microsoft Corp. employee on Thursday accidentally blogged about an upgrade to Office Mobile that shouldn't be available for another couple of weeks.
(News) Microsoft Corp. continues to tweak its volume licensing programs to make it easier for business customers to purchase the company's software in bulk.
(News) Microsoft will release five sets of security patches next Tuesday, including a critical update for users of Windows 2000, the company said Thursday.
(News) Microsoft Corp. blamed human error for a problem that identified legitimate Windows users as pirates last week.
(News) Some sales reps at brick-and-mortar retailers convince PC purchasers to buy unnecessary store-made backups.
(News) By now, everyone has heard how Microsoft Corp. plans to release the next Windows client OS, Windows 7, in 2010. But what the company is not making clear is what new features the OS will have, a topic that has become fodder for educated speculation.
(News) Microsoft Corp. has released its monthly [
set of security patches], fixing problems in Windows, Internet Explorer and in the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) software used for secure Web browsing.
(News) Microsoft Corp. is taking tough measures to find out who leaked a Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Windows Home Server to The Hotfix.net blog after the software preview was posted on the site by a user named "Richard" soon after it was released to a small group of testers.
(News) Microsoft Corp.'s plan to catch up to competitors in providing virtualization has hit a snag. The company said this week it has pushed back the release of both a beta of virtualization technology for Windows Server and a service pack to its existing virtualization software.
Microsoft Customers May Pay More for Support
(news) Microsoft Releases New OS for Old PCs
(news) Does Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage Program Qualify as Spyware?
(howto) Critical Microsoft Patches Cause Havoc
(news) Microsoft Antipiracy Tool Still Irks Users
(news) Microsoft Developing Next Mobile OS: Crossbow
(news) Microsoft Thinks Small
(news) Gates Outlines ID Management for Vista, XP
(news) Microsoft to Succeed Vista With Vienna
(news) Ballmer, Gates Take on CES
(news) Gates Shares His Vision of the Digital Lifestyle
(news) Gates Intros Live Software Services
(news) Microsoft to Retire Exchange Server 5.5 by Year's End
(news) Coders Expect Peek at Microsoft's Next Wares
(news) Is Malware Hiding in Your Windows Registry?
(news) Microsoft Releases Windows File System Beta
(news) Microsoft Still Targets Linux Users
(news) Microsoft Warms Up to Linux
(news) Microsoft Requires Windows Piracy Checks
(news) Microsoft's BizTalk Server 2006 Beta on Deck
(howto) What bugs you about Windows?
(news) Sun Opens Up to Windows
(news) Microsoft Upgrades Windows for Handhelds
(news) Microsoft Adds Support for RAW Images
(news) 64-Bit Windows? Wait for Longhorn
(news) Microsoft Readies New Mobile OS
(news) Microsoft Revamps Security Hole Approach
(news) Gates to Preview Windows' Third Decade
(news) Microsoft Files Eight Counterfeiting Lawsuits
(news) Microsoft Expands Anti-Linux Campaign
(news) Windows Server 2003 Made More Secure
(news) Microsoft Expands Windows Piracy Check
(news) Microsoft Releases 64-Bit Windows, Server Update Betas
(news) Microsoft to Require Windows Piracy Check
(news) Microsoft Readies Windows Server 2003 Update
(news) Microsoft Investigates Windows Server Flaw
(news) Microsoft Talks Security, Seriously
(news) Gates Touts Software Magic
(news) Microsoft to Help Users Prep for Patching
(news) New Media Center OS Plays Well
(howto) Boy, did you tell us how you really feel about Windows XP!
(news) Microsoft's decision to push back a 64-bit Windows will not hurt chip sales, company says.
(howto) Whale photos, the Beagle variant, a wrecked Ferrari.
(news) FBI is helping investigate release of source code on the Internet.
(howto) Patches that don't, updates that slow down, and other missteps.
(news) Leaked Longhorn code previews several interface tweaks.
(howto) Bill Gates's conquest of PC software brought pain but also gain to most of us.
(news) Microsoft's pen-based Windows XP variant has cool digital ink, but so-so handwriting recognition and confusing design.
(howto) Make personal sticky notes, launch apps fast, create Search shortcuts, put folders on the Start menu.
(howto) Recapture screen space lost to toolbars, icons, and other on-screen elements.
(howto) Smart tips that unleash Windows' hidden powers--whether you've upgraded to XP or not.
(howto) Slim down your Start menu by removing unused items; customize your Documents menu; set the size of file dialog boxes.
(news) Microsoft is quietly launching an OS to handle Intel's new, 64-bit Itanium CPU.
(news) Don't choose: Virtual PC puts several operating systems on a single PC.
(howto) Browse faster by tweaking Windows network settings.
(howto) Free up valuable system resources with these tips and tools.
(howto) What might be Microsoft's best free add-on to Windows is also its least well known: Introducing Tweak UI.
(howto) Let Windows' System Monitor keep an eye on things, quiet your modem.
