If your customers are like most companies, they're either running Windows 7 already or figuring out ways to migrate from Windows XP to Windows 7. Unfortunately, Microsoft offers no direct path for ...

The backwards compatibility of new operating systems has been a constant thorn in Microsoft's side. With Vista, the compatibility problems at launch were so great it never really stood a chance of ...

But before you plunge into Windows 7, it’s critical to determine how all of your organization’s important applications will work with the new operating system. Even though most contemporary programs ...

VMware says that, like its rival Parallels, it has virtualization software that can help ease the transition from Windows XP to Windows 7. While its approach is less comprehensive than Parallels $50 ...

Microsoft Tuesday confirmed that it will sell what it calls “upgrades” for Windows 7 to users running the aged Windows XP operating system. Microsoft Tuesday confirmed that it will sell what it calls ...

In Windows 7, Microsoft will give customers the ability to run older applications from within a virtual Windows XP environment running under Windows Virtual PC, a move that solution providers are ...

Windows 7 can't use XP drivers: Check the Windows 7 Compatibility Center, which was still in its "coming soon" phase at the time of this writing. In the meantime, the Vista version of the ...

Users who buy Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate editions and downgrade to XP will have up to 18 months to upgrade back to Windows 7 without incurring additional license fees. Earlier this week, ...

With the release of Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate editions, Microsoft is including a little gift called XP Mode. XP Mode is a virtual machine running Windows XP. I call it a gift since to ...

The upgrades are discounted licenses for Windows 7 and will require a clean install, meaning all data on the machine will be lost Microsoft confirmed Tuesday that it ...