Over the weekend I've been spending time with the latest leaked build of Windows 7 - build 7057. While this isn't the release candidate (RC) build that some people claim it is, this build is certainly ...

In January, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes put together 23 real-world scenarios to see if the 32-bit operating system out of Windows 7 build 7000, Windows Vista SP1, or Windows XP SP3 would be the quickest to ...

Two weeks after it last handed a new build of Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) to several thousand invitation-only testers, Microsoft Corp. today posted that version for public downloading. “We’re ...

Microsoft late Tuesday issued a nearly finished version of Windows XP to testers, signaling it plans to release final code earlier than expected. The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant had told PC ...

On August 4, Microsoft is making available to any and all interested testers the Release Candidate (RC) test build of Windows 7's XP Mode add-on. XP Mode is aimed primarily at small/mid-size business ...

If you have enlisted in the Windows Insider Program to get an Insider preview build of Windows well ahead of any standard users, then it is possible that you may ...

Odds are your computer came with a recovery disc, a CD with all the programs and drivers that were installed on your PC's hard drive when it was new. And odds are you have absolutely no idea where ...

If I had a couple of bucks for every e-mail I get asking about Windows XP, you wouldn't be reading this. I'd have enough money to quit writing and live on a beach somewhere. So to question numero uno, ...

ZDNet's Adrian Kingsley-Hughes has already shown us that Windows 7 build 7000 and build 7048 both perform significantly better than Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3 in his real-world scenarios.