According to Statcounter, Windows 7 holds around 2.5% market share while Windows XP commands 0.22%. I agree that's minuscule compared to the statistics for Windows 10 and 11, but ...

Windows 10 usage has moved into third place among desktop operating systems according to StatCounter, overtaking both Windows XP and Mac OS X in November. The metrics firm, which measures pageviews on ...

The use of Windows 10 in business has now overtaken that of Microsoft's ageing and out-of-support Windows XP, according to a survey. In March this year, Windows XP, which went on sale in 2001, was ...

Ten years ago today Microsoft released Windows XP. And around the world, millions of people are still running the aging operating system on desktop, laptop, and tablet computers even though Microsoft ...

It was exactly 10 years ago today that Microsoft first began shipping Windows XP, and today the operating system can still be found on close to half of the world’s computers, according to StatCounter.

Microsoft will be quietly pleased to learn that Windows 10 is inching closer to surpassing the venerable Windows XP operating system in terms of desktop market share. End of year stats from Internet ...

First, a disclaimer: I don’t like Windows XP. Microsoft’s current operating system, Windows 7, is slicker, safer, less annoying and just plain better. I recommend it frequently and wince when I find ...

Ten years ago this week, Microsoft released Windows XP, which became one of its most popular flavors of the Windows operating system — largely because what came after it, Windows Vista, was so ...

Despite support and security updates ending for Windows XP two years ago, the hugely popular operating system still has a 10.9 percent market share. This is still a drop from the near 30 percent of ...

Here are some technologies and trends that were all the rage when Windows XP released on Oct. 25, 2001, but have been killed off or vastly improved upon since. Today is officially the 10-year ...

With the demise of Microsoft support for Windows XP, those sticking with the 12-year-old OS undeniably face risks. The question is whether the risks are tolerable and manageable. In most cases, ...

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