PC makers that choose to ship Windows XP with icons on the desktop will have to include at least three Microsoft-mandated icons, the company said. News of the requirement that PC makers include an MSN ...

Microsoft has made Windows XP Media Center edition available to only a few large system builders, such as Hewlett Packard, Toshiba, Sony, and Viewsonic. That complicates things for system builders who ...

Microsoft on Tuesday gave an official name to an upcoming version of Windows XP that aims to make the PC a permanent part of the home entertainment center. Originally code-named Freestyle, this ...

Windows XP is celebrating its 24th birthday today. Despite its age, the now-ancient operating system is one of the best pieces of software ever made by Microsoft, and the best all-round version of ...

Last week, Microsoft updated a support page that tracks deprecated Windows features with a new announcement: legacy DRM services will no longer be available in Windows Media Player along with ...