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With the first Windows 8 update almost here, everybody expected the tech giant’s latest operating system to increase its market share a little bit, especially because Windows 8.1 is going to be offered for free to all its users. The problem is that this isn’t happening and the Windows 8 adoption remains ... |
22 May 2013
01:21 GMT |
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Windows XP will no longer receive updates and security patches as of April 8, 2014, so the Softies are now urging everyone to dump the 11-year-old OS and move to a newer product.
Basically, Microsoft is using the security argument to show users that upgrading to Windows 7 or Windows 8 is essential, especially becaus... |
20 May 2013
04:07 GMT |
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A new Microsoft-commissioned study comes to alert users who are still running Windows XP that staying with this OS beyond its retirement date is not only very risky, but also pretty expensive.
The research conducted by IDC and published by The Financial Express reveals that the average costs of upgrading for Windows... |
16 May 2013
20:51 GMT |
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Microsoft continues to urge everyone to dump Windows XP and move to a newer OS, but new stats indicate that the tech giant’s efforts are almost useless. Data provided by StatCounter for the first 15 days of May indicate that Windows XP continues to hold a 21.12 percent market share, even though the operating s... |
16 May 2013
16:31 GMT |
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Microsoft is again reminding users that Windows XP would soon be discontinued, trying to emphasize the risks of sticking to the old operating system and not moving to a newer platform.
In a post published on the new The Fire Hose blog launched by Microsoft a few days ago, the company issued a warning that Windows XP... |
16 May 2013
05:24 GMT |
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Dropbox has just received a new update that brings several bug fixes, plus feature improvements for Windows XP users. Even though Windows XP will be soon discontinued, Dropbox has been enhanced with several patches supposed to fix an issue with icon overlays not showing up in the soon-to-be 12-year-old operating sys... |
16 May 2013
03:37 GMT |
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Windows XP will stop receiving support as of April 8, 2014, but only a few users and businesses seem to get Microsoft’s message to upgrade to a newer OS.
But according to Kevin Beadon, head of workspace & mobility at GlassHouse Technologies, the next two months are critical for the Windows XP transition, as ma... |
13 May 2013
10:55 GMT |
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Microsoft is getting ready to launch the first major update for Windows 8, but the operating system continues to gain new users at a rather slow pace.
The first 10 days of May brought almost no change in the overall market share rankings, with Windows 7 still topping the charts with 53.46 percent of all computers wo... |
10 May 2013
08:45 GMT |
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Windows 8 is currently advertised as the most secure Windows version to date, as it packs quite a lot of improvements, most of which are supposed to protect users and their data. Of course, the security enhancements available in this new Windows build go well beyond the user interface and include new innovative tech... |
4 May 2013
05:01 GMT |
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Microsoft continues to urge users to dump Windows XP and Internet Explorer 6, but there are some organizations around the world that do not seem to get the message.
The Inquirer has come across a pretty interesting case in the United Kingdom, where residents who wish to claim benefits from the Department of Work and... |
3 May 2013
20:41 GMT |
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Microsoft will officially stop providing patches and security updates for Windows XP on April 8, 2014, so all users are now recommended to make the move to a newer OS as soon as possible.
The Japanese government has apparently heard of Microsoft’s plans, so it indeed wishes to deploy a newer platform, but the ... |
3 May 2013
09:52 GMT |
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Microsoft continues efforts to kill Windows XP, but recent statistics indicate that the soon-to-be 12-year-old operating system remains a tough nut to crack.
First of all, Net Applications data. According to a new round of figures provided by market researcher Net Applications, Windows XP is at this time the second ... |
2 May 2013
02:03 GMT |
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Microsoft remains tight-lipped on Windows 8’s sales performance, but stats provided by market researchers indicate that the new operating system is increasing its share at a pretty slow pace.
Net Applications data for the month of April show that Windows 8 has finally become the fourth most popular operating s... |
1 May 2013
01:06 GMT |
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New figures provided by market researcher StatCounter for this month confirm that Windows 8 is slowly increasing its market share, but the new OS version still lags behind Vista. April 2013 stats reveal a Windows 8 share of 4.74 percent, while Windows 7 continues to top the rankings with a record 53.99 percent. Win... |
30 April 2013
09:19 GMT |
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Another era will soon come to an end. Microsoft will stop providing updates and security patches for Windows XP as of April 8, 2014, so moving users to a newer Windows version has become a priority. The tech giant’s strategy is pretty simple: the Softies are using every single occasion, be it an interview, a p... |
27 April 2013
04:05 GMT |
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Microsoft is still struggling to move all users from Windows XP to a newer version of the operating system, but only a few companies and end users around the world actually seem to get the message.
According to AppSense, a Microsoft Gold Partner that provides user virtualization solutions, 45 percent of the organiza... |
26 April 2013
22:01 GMT |
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Windows 7 is clearly the number one operating system in the world, but Forrester analyst J.P. Gownder says that it’s yet to reach the “ubiquity” of Windows XP in the enterprise market.
A new report released by Forrester this A.M. revealed that Windows 7 is indeed the number one choice for 47.5 perc... |
25 April 2013
22:01 GMT |
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Windows 8 got to see daylight more than 5 months ago, but its market share is increasing at a rather slow pace, despite Microsoft’s efforts to promote some of its key features.
According to the latest stats provided by market research firm StatCounter for the month of April, Windows 8 has finally reached a mar... |
22 April 2013
14:51 GMT |
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Microsoft confirmed earlier this month that it would stick to the April 8, 2014 retirement date for Windows XP, but it appears that only a few users got the message. What’s worse, approximately 15 percent of midsize and large enterprises will still run Windows XP beyond this date, research firm Gartner warns, ... |
18 April 2013
03:54 GMT |
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Windows 8’s early uptake doesn’t seem to be too impressive, the Surface tablet is yet to take off, Hotmail and Windows Live Messenger will be soon retired, and Windows XP will go dark in less than one year. All these decisions turned Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer into one of the most criticized exe... |
18 April 2013
02:27 GMT |
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Microsoft announced earlier this month that it would stick to its initial April 8, 2014 retirement date for Windows XP, planning to move all users to either Windows 7 or Windows 8 by this date.
Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) is now trying to show everyone the risks of using Windows XP b... |
17 April 2013
15:41 GMT |
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It's been a tough week for Windows XP, as tech giant Microsoft confirmed that it would retire the soon-to-be 12-year-old operating system in April 8, 2014, urging everyone to make the move to a newer platform.New statistics provided by StatCounter for the first 10 days of this month confirm that users are finall... |
13 April 2013
02:52 GMT |
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While Microsoft continues its efforts to move all users from Windows XP, an analyst recommends everyone to consider their options, explaining that a fully-patched system won’t be quite vulnerable to attacks. Not on the short term, at least.
Richard Edwards, an analyst for Ovum, said in a statement released to ... |
10 April 2013
19:21 GMT |
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Microsoft announced a couple of days ago that it would stick to its April 8, 2014 deadline for Windows XP, so as of this date, the company will no longer release updates and security patches for this particular operating system. While campaigns to move users from Windows XP have been around for a while, Microsoft no... |
10 April 2013
13:51 GMT |
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While most market researchers claim that Windows 7 is currently the world’s number one operating system, data provided by web-based game development platform Unity reveals that Windows XP is actually a lot more popular.
It turns out that 46.1 percent of users accessing the Unity system are still running Window... |
10 April 2013
09:06 GMT |
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As you most likely know by now, Microsoft will soon discontinue Windows XP, so moving users from the 11-year-old operating system is a priority for the Redmond-based technology giant. According to Jason Lim, general manager of Windows Division at Microsoft Asia-Pacific, small and midsize businesses (SMBs) are the co... |
9 April 2013
18:41 GMT |
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Windows XP will be discontinued in less than 12 months and, even though some users had hoped to see Microsoft extending support for the 11-year-old operating system, no such thing is going to happen. The Redmond-based technology giant has already done that once, so it’s now trying to get rid of Windows XP, not... |
9 April 2013
14:21 GMT |
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April 2013 marks the beginning of a major refresh for Microsoft’s product family, as the company is now working to retire several key solutions, including Windows XP, Windows Live Messenger, Internet Explorer 6, and Office 2003. First of all, Windows XP, a very popular operating system that’s still insta... |
9 April 2013
02:08 GMT |
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As part of its efforts to let people know that Windows XP will soon be discontinued, Microsoft has recently launched a new website that provides information on the transition process to a newer operating system, but also details regarding the risks of sticking to XP after the April 8, 2014 deadline. Unsurprisingly, ... |
9 April 2013
01:45 GMT |
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Microsoft yesterday announced that it would stick to its April 8, 2014 retirement date for Windows XP, so all users are recommended to dump the 11-year-old operating system and move to newer software as soon as possible. In order to make sure that most businesses that decide to migrate go for Windows 8, Microsoft al... |
9 April 2013
01:05 GMT |
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Security companies are following Microsoft’s lead and are now urging Windows XP users to dump the 11-year-old operating system and to move to a newer and more secure platform.
Security vendor Sophos said in a blog post that hackers might try to exploit unpatched systems after Microsoft officially retires Windo... |
8 April 2013
21:31 GMT |
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As we told you on several occasions, Microsoft will officially retire Windows XP in less than 12 months, so everybody still running the 11-year-old operating system is recommended to move to either Windows 7 or Windows 8.
Microsoft obviously does its best to show users that staying with Windows XP is a very risky de... |
8 April 2013
19:51 GMT |
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Microsoft has already announced that Windows XP support would no longer be provided as of April 8, 2014, but many users are showing no intention to make a switch for the time being. Windows XP is currently running on nearly 500,000 computers in New Zealand right now, according to figures provided by Scoop, as it rem... |
8 April 2013
17:01 GMT |
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Windows XP will be retired in less than one year, so Microsoft has increased its efforts to remind users that giving up the 11-year-old operating system and moving to a newer one is a priority.
Microsoft New Zealand Managing Director Paul Muckleston explained that Windows XP is still on the safe side for the time be... |
8 April 2013
15:21 GMT |
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Windows 8 may not be the most successful Windows version ever released by Microsoft, but the operating system is slowly increasing its market share, especially thanks to the upcoming launch of Windows 8.1.
New StatCounter data for the first week of April shows that Windows 8 has finally reached a share of 4.51 perce... |
8 April 2013
08:33 GMT |
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Windows XP will go dark in less than 12 months, so Microsoft urges everyone to dump the 11-year-old operating system and get a newer version, preferably Windows 8, which would keep their data on the safe side.
While users don’t seem too eager to abandon XP, analysts believe that Windows 8’s disappointing... |
8 April 2013
07:36 GMT |
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Microsoft will retire Windows XP in about one year from now, but only a few users have expressed their intention to dump this popular Windows version and move to a newer release.
According to IBRS analyst Joe Sweeney, consumers choose to stick to Windows XP because it just works, so they see no reason to move to a n... |
8 April 2013
05:48 GMT |
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Microsoft has started the final countdown for Windows XP, its 11-year-old operating system that’s still installed on more than 38 percent of computers worldwide, but only a few users actually agree to dump it.
While the operating system will be officially retired in just one year, a survey conducted by 1E, an ... |
8 April 2013
02:29 GMT |
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While Windows 8 still fails to excite, Microsoft goes on with its plans to retire the 11-year-old Windows XP, trying to convince everyone still using it to make the move to a newer platform.
As of April 8, 2014, Microsoft will no longer provide users with updates and security patches for the very popular Windows XP,... |
8 April 2013
01:15 GMT |
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Microsoft will release a total of nine different security bulletins next week as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday cycle, trying to fix critical vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer and Windows 7.
According to the Security Bulletin Advance Notification for April 2013, one of the critical updates is aimed at Internet... |
5 April 2013
01:00 GMT |
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Microsoft is very keen to discontinue Windows XP on April 8, 2014, so the company goes on with its efforts to encourage all users to migrate to a newer platform, hopefully Windows 8.
The problem is that recent market figures demonstrate that users aren’t quite willing to dump Windows XP in the favor of a newer... |
2 April 2013
08:44 GMT |
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Windows XP, the 11-year-old operating system, is still installed on nearly 39 percent of computers worldwide, so Microsoft is still struggling to convince all users to make the move to a newer platform. As far as low-cost airline operator easyJet is concerned, migrating from Windows XP is a priority for the company,... |
21 March 2013
15:11 GMT |
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Convincing users to upgrade to Windows 8 is Microsoft’s biggest challenge nowadays, especially because everybody is extremely satisfied with the way Windows 7 works.
According to a survey published by Computing, interest in Windows 8 remains low for the time being, as only 10 percent of the enterprises in the ... |
19 March 2013
06:41 GMT |
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Microsoft continues its efforts to move users from the 11-year-old Windows XP to a newer platform but, as far as many consumers are concerned, they will stick to this operating system until the very last minute. Windows XP will be officially retired in 1 year and 21 days or, if you prefer, in 386 days, so its users ... |
18 March 2013
18:01 GMT |
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Microsoft rolled out several updates for Windows XP as part of this month’s Patch Tuesday cycle but, according to some users, the system cannot deploy the fixes due to a Windows Update error.
“[Error number: 0x8024800A]. The website has encountered a problem and cannot display the page you are trying to ... |
18 March 2013
08:25 GMT |
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The popular AVG Anti-Virus software incorrectly flagged a vital Windows system file as Trojan horse, causing a failed boot in case the user opted to remove the “infection.”
According to an official post by the company, the anti-virus application identified the wintrust.dll Windows system file as Generic3... |
15 March 2013
03:40 GMT |
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While Microsoft urges everyone to dump Windows XP and move to Windows 7 or 8 as soon as possible, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is still using the 11-year-old operating system and Internet Explorer 6.
It does plan to upgrade to Windows 7 at some point, but the transition to a newer OS is yet to begin, CRN wri... |
14 March 2013
09:14 GMT |
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Microsoft continues its efforts to move users from Windows XP to newer operating systems, but as far as unofficial statistics are concerned, it remains the second most popular Windows contraption on the market. A survey conducted by UK application migration specialist Camwood and published by The Register indicates ... |
11 March 2013
11:03 GMT |
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Microsoft encourages everyone to make the move to Windows 8 as soon as possible, emphasizing that Windows XP is a very unsecure operating system that puts their data at risk.
As a result, the company will no longer provide support for Windows XP after April 8, 2014, so users will have basically no other option than ... |
8 March 2013
05:32 GMT |
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We’ve already told you that plenty of users turned to Microsoft’s support forums to criticize the newly released Windows 8 operating system, but the number of disappointed consumers is continuously growing to a record level. A dedicated thread created for those who wish to blast Windows 8 currently has 3... |
4 March 2013
08:52 GMT |
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