Products with lapsing service support include Windows XP Service Pack 2, Vista RTM, Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003.
Bob Muglia's talk at a Goldman Sachs technology event on Tuesday was chock full of forward-looking statements.
Sophos researchers concluded that Windows 7 could achieve in practice what Windows Vista hoped to achieve in theory.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 02/23/2010
A marketing report released this week profiled two important Microsoft products, with mixed results.
- By Anne Watkins
- 02/23/2010
Microsoft unveiled two new desktop virtualization applications as part of its bundle of tools for managing Windows 7 deployments.
Microsoft plans to begin sending out a test version of a Web browser-selection screen to Windows users in Europe, the company announced on Friday.
Microsoft defended its BitLocker data encryption tool last week after a hack was demonstrated that might affect it.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 02/19/2010
Dell last week announced plans to acquire systems management solution provider Kace for an undisclosed amount.
- By Herb Torrens
- 02/18/2010
Microsoft confirmed that rootkit malware is causing "blue screens of death" for some users who applied a Windows security patch.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 02/18/2010
HP is the latest tech giant to be optimistic that an IT recovery is under way, reporting a profit increase of 25 percent for the most recent quarter.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 02/18/2010
Microsoft changed its product naming scheme for its embedded operating system family, taking a cue from its Windows 7 desktop OS.
Microsoft plans to release an update for Windows 7 today to counter software piracy.
- By Anne Watkins
- 02/16/2010
Redmond is once again looking into chatter about Microsoft security patches causing "screens of death."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 02/12/2010
Microsoft on Tuesday warned of a "vulnerability" associated with two protocols commonly used to establish secure client-server communications.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 02/10/2010
A report issued last week by Forrester Research found generally positive views about Windows 7 among some early adopters.