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Millions of Windows XP disks secretly included Microsoft's failed search assistant to keep pirates at bay — "Bob was actually more useful dead than alive"
Bob resurfaced from Microsoft's Graveyard to pad out the 30MB of free space in Windows XP, keeping pirates at bay.
Every Microsoft Windows operating system, ranked
What was Microsoft’s best Windows operating system of all time? If you’re like us, you have…opinions. Even if you’re not the ...
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Windows XP finally put to sleep by Microsoft - but it will still haunt us for years to come
Desktop operating system market share, as of March 2014. Windows XP still sits at around 28% -- and that's only online computers. The real figure, including offline/firewalled PCs, is likely much ...
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This mod turns Windows 10 into an indistinguishable Windows XP replica0 0
It carefully replicates the look and feel of Windows XP, which many consider the golden era of Microsoft's operating system. There is the old File Explorer, Task Manager, Control Panel ...
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McAfee Antivirus Update Flaw Forces Windows XP Reboot
"It could be any generic file that runs on a Windows XP system that could really wreak havoc on a system." While this kind of security bug may be difficult to prevent, Schlampp said that end users ...
Microsoft to embed Messenger in Windows XP
Scheduled for release as part of Windows XP on October 25., Windows Messenger will for the first time allow users of the Microsoft IM tool to send audio and video files from computer to computer. Now, ...