Microsoft described a zero-day vulnerability involving some older Windows versions and VBScript when used with Internet Explorer.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - March 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With today's deadline looming, here's how this editor handled his Windows 7 migration.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - March 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Products with lapsing service support include Windows XP Service Pack 2, Vista RTM, Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - February 26, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Bob Muglia's talk at a Goldman Sachs technology event on Tuesday was chock full of forward-looking statements.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - February 24, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Sophos researchers concluded that Windows 7 could achieve in practice what Windows Vista hoped to achieve in theory. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - February 23, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A marketing report released this week profiled two important Microsoft products, with mixed results. 
                    
			            - By Anne  Watkins
 - February 23, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft unveiled two new desktop virtualization applications as part of its bundle of tools for managing Windows 7 deployments.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - February 22, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft plans to begin sending out a test version of a Web browser-selection screen to Windows users in Europe, the company announced on Friday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - February 19, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft defended its BitLocker data encryption tool last week after a hack was demonstrated that might affect it.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - February 19, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Dell last week announced plans to acquire systems management solution provider Kace for an undisclosed amount.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
 - February 18, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft confirmed that rootkit malware is causing "blue screens of death" for some users who applied a Windows security patch.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - February 18, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    HP is the latest tech giant to be optimistic that an IT recovery is under way, reporting a profit increase of 25 percent for the most recent quarter.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - February 18, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft changed its product naming scheme for its embedded operating system family, taking a cue from its Windows 7 desktop OS.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - February 16, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft plans to release an update for Windows 7 today to counter software piracy.
                    
			            - By Anne  Watkins
 - February 16, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Redmond is once again looking into chatter about Microsoft security patches causing "screens of death."
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - February 12, 2010