• Microsoft Warns of IE8 Lock-in With XP SP3

  
  Microsoft Corp. yesterday warned users of Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) that they won't be able to uninstall either the...

• Linux End-User Summit Planned

  
  Event scheduled for October in New York City is intended to bring together users, senior Linux developers.
• Network-Attached Storage on the Cheap
• Vista May Still Have Its Day
• Security Researcher Warns of Vista Vulnerabilities
• Bugs & Fixes: Fixing a Connect to Server Error
• One-Third of New PC Buyers Opt for XP
• Vista Users Rush for SP1; XP Owners Dawdle on SP3
• Will Microsoft Continue to Activate New XP Installations?
• How to Clean Your Windows Registry and Speed Up Your PC

Operating Systems News

• Microsoft Warns of IE8 Lock-in With XP SP3 Microsoft Corp. yesterday warned users of Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) that they won't be able to uninstall either the...
• Linux End-User Summit Planned Event scheduled for October in New York City is intended to bring together users, senior Linux developers.
• Vista May Still Have Its Day Think Windows Vista is a hopeless dog and XP was always the cat's meow among users? Think again.
• Bugs & Fixes: Fixing a Connect to Server Error What to do when you get an error message while trying to access a server via the Connect to Server command in the Finder's Go menu.
• Security Researcher Warns of Vista Vulnerabilities Dynamic memory management is a weakness, he says; Microsoft alerted but has not applied patches.

Operating Systems Playing in PCW Video

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  Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Launch Preview New server OS emphasizes security, virtualization, Web productivity and business intelligence changes.
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  Apple Annouces Safari for Vista and XP At the WWDC '07 in San Francisco, Apple's CEO Steve Jobs announced that Apple's Safari 3 Web browser would be available for Windows XP and Vista.
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  Intel's Upcoming Menlow Platform Intel shows off space-saving chips for ultra-mobile devices.

Operating Systems How-Tos

• Will Microsoft Continue to Activate New XP Installations? Gunther Steinberg of Portola Valley, California wants to know if he'll be able to install Windows XP on a new computer, and have Microsoft activate it, "in 2010 and later."
• How to Clean Your Windows Registry and Speed Up Your PC A cluttered Registry can slow Windows to a crawl, but cleaning it up effectively isn't easy. Steve Bass reviews some of the leading Registry cleaners, and offers tips to help you get your Registry down to size and improve your PC's performance.
• When Is Vista not Vista? When It's Mojave! Microsoft resorts to subterfuge to get people to try Windows Vista, as Steve Bass recently found. Plus, tips for Outlook and Windows passwords.
• Troubleshoot Your Boot-Up and Shutdown Problems Does your PC hang, complain, or flat-out blue-screen when you start it up or shut it down? PC World's Lincoln Spector has answers to readers' most perplexing boot and shutdown questions.
• Skin Vista to Look Like XP You may be stuck with Vista, but with a few tweaks and tricks you can make it look and feel just like its predecessor.