Category Archives: Windows XP

Touting the success of it’s new Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) process, Microsoft late Wednesday said Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP SP2 Professional and Embedded have secured the highest Common Criteria security certification from the United States government’s National Information … Continue reading →

Windows XP Common Criteria Administrator Guide This guide provides sufficient guidance to allow an administrator to securely operate Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Embedded in accordance with the requirements stated in the Windows 2003/XP Common Criteria (CC) Security Target … Continue reading →

McDonalds and Microsoft on Wednesday announced a deal to utilize Windows XP Embedded across the fast food giant’s stores. Microsoft’s componentized version of Windows will take orders and enable Mickey D’s to accept new forms of payment such as gift … Continue reading →

Fully packed with utilities, PowerToys, visualizations, skins, sound effects, and much more, you can install the Windows Media Bonus Pack on your Windows XP-based computer and let your creativity shine. The Windows Media Bonus Pack requires Windows XP. Review the … Continue reading →

XP Codec Pack is one of the most complete codec packs which helps you to play all major audio and video formats. And to complete your multimedia experience, instead of 3 or 4 different players you get one simple integrated … Continue reading →

PowerToys add fun and functionality to the Windows experience. What are they? PowerToys are additional programs that developers work on after a product has been released. Note: We take great care to ensure that PowerToys work as they should, but … Continue reading →

Stardock’s Brad Wardell has gone through nearly every major Windows customization program to put together a comprehensive guide to how to customize your Windows PC. Outside computers, people customize nearly everything about their lives to match their own needs and … Continue reading →

Localization be damned, since Microsoft has decided to release a special edition of Windows XP only in Japan to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the first Windows. Finding details about what has changed versus previous XPs is difficult (probably because … Continue reading →

Overview The Microsoft Color Control Panel Applet adds a new ‘Color’ item to the Windows control panel, providing a single place to view and edit color management settings in Windows XP. Using it, you can install and uninstall color profiles, … Continue reading →

Quick Description This tool checks your computer for infection by specific, prevalent malicious software (including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom) and helps to remove the infection if it is found. Microsoft will release an updated version of this tool on the … Continue reading →