Category: windows xp

Windows XP source code leak sheds light on Microsoft’s OS history

Post author By Randall
Post date September 26, 2020
Categories In gear, Internet, leak, Microsoft, News, operating system, personal computing, Security, software, source code, Tech, windows, windows server, windows xp

[ad_1] We’ve asked Microsoft for comment, although it already said it was “investigating the matter.” The Verge claimed the code was legitimate, with Ronin Dey and others also supporting those beliefs (via Windows Central). One version of the code leak also includes code for MS DOS, Windows CE, Windows Embedded and Windows NT, although those […]

Microsoft is shutting down its internet board and card games

Post author By Randall
Post date July 14, 2019
Categories In backgammon, checkers, Entertainment, Games, Gaming, go, hearts, Internet, internet games, Microsoft, msn go, reversi, spades, Tech, Video Games, windows, windows 7, windows me, windows xp

[ad_1] The first ones to lose access will be Windows XP and Windows ME users. For them, compatible games (everything except MSN Go) will vanish in mere days on July 31st, 2019. Windows 7 users will get a bit of a break. They’ll have access to Backgammon, Checkers, Spades and MSN Go until January 22, […]

Old versions of Windows get a new patch to stop WannaCry-style attacks

Post author By Randall
Post date May 14, 2019
Categories In exploit, gear, Internet, Microsoft, personal computing, personalcomputing, ransomware, rdp, remote desktop protocol, Security, software, Tech, vulnerability, wannacry, windows, windows 2003, windows 7, windows server 2008, windows server 2008 r2, windows xp

[ad_1] The company stressed that it had seen “no exploitation” ahead of the patch, but though it was “highly likely” that malware writers would use the security hole. Some systems that have Network Level Authentication have a partial defense, since they require credentials before the flaw is usable. There’s no doubt as to why Microsoft […]