With careful planning, you can buy PCs that will both support Windows Vista and last well beyond today's standard life span Once upon a time, you could buy a computer that, despite being technically ...

A year ago, when I turned on my Vista machine for the first time, it didn’t take long to realize that unless I mastered keyboard and desktop shortcuts I would be wasting a lot of computing time ...

During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed genders once, and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. Microsoft agreed Tuesday to make changes to the desktop ...

Microsoft Corp. will change how desktop search works in its Vista operating system by the end of the year, in response to an antitrust complaint by rival Google Inc., the company said in court ...

Customers that acquire Vista Enterprise through Software Assurance can run four copies of Windows on one device for a single user at no additional charge, Microsoft said at its Velocity 2006 partner ...

It’s a confusing time for computer buyers, and that makes this annual spring buyer’s guide to desktop computers harder to write than usual. Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system is in its last ...

Windows 8 has achieved a 3.17 percent share of desktop operating systems, putting it behind Windows Vista, Microsoft's most disliked OS — until now perhaps. The global figures, from Net Applications, ...

Productivity is a key goal of modern technology. Many products are designed to make our daily tasks easier. This is also true for operating systems. Developers like Microsoft, Apple, and Google are ...

Does DWM.exe crash when playing a game, video, etc.? This post will show you how to fix Desktop Window Manager stopped working and was closed error on Windows 11/10 ...