Windows XP

Famous Blue Screen of Death Comes To Windows 8

by Mansoor Ahmed September 16, 2011

Well, with the released of Windows 8, here it is again the famous Blue Screen of Death. It was there in Windows 1.0 (1985), Windows 95 (1995), Windows 98 (1998), Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. Microsoft loyal also created an app for Windows Phone 7 which depicted the famous crash screen [...]

Windows 7 Recovery is Fake [Removal Guide]

by Mansoor Ahmed June 2, 2011

What is Windows 7 Recovery? Another fake software is rounding the web posing a major threat to Windows OS users. Yes, beware of the fake Windows 7 Recovery, just like Windows XP Recovery the discussed fake and rogue-ware has almost same properties. Just by looking at the interface of this fake software, it seems that [...]

How To Remove Fake Windows Tasks Optimizer

by Mansoor Ahmed May 16, 2011

Here is another fake virus scanner, this time it is Windows Tasks Optimizer a rogue-ware with a very legitimate name. This fake application is infecting Windows users, with a claim of security from Trojans this application contains more Trojans than anything. What does Windows Tasks Optimizer do? I will answer that in a while but [...]

Windows XP Share Dips Below 50%

by Mansoor Ahmed February 27, 2011

Well, the story began when Windows XP share was well above 65% and Windows 7’s was below 10%. This was one year before, but now we can clearly see that Windows XP’s share is dipping as always but Windows 7 share is increasing steadily. Just today when I was browsing though Global Stats Counter website [...]

Windows 7 Hacked To Play Angry Birds

by Mansoor Ahmed January 28, 2011

Windows 7 is one of the best OS I ever used, it is somewhat really good if we compare it to Windows Vista. Windows 7 has been the victim of the hacks in recent past. Recently, another hack has been performed on the discussed operating system. This time Windows 7 has been hacked to to [...]

Potential Threat Hits Windows Kernel

by Mansoor Ahmed November 29, 2010

There you go! Yet another vulnerability found in one of the most buggy operating systems. Yes, I am talking about the hated Windows OS. This vulnerability now allows hackers to bypass the User Account Control. This bug has been found in “win32k.sys” file, affecting the Windows XP, Vista, Server 2003, Windows 7 and Server 2008. [...]

Windows XP Stepping Towards Demise

by Aisha Mazhar October 24, 2010

I just visited Global StatCounter Website and I found out that Windows XP is losing its market share while the secure Windows 7 is gaining it. If we compare Windows XP to Windows 7 we can clearly state that last year XP’s share was almost 67% and Windows 7’s share was 2%. This year XP [...]

IE on the Back Foot; Losing Browser War

by Mansoor Ahmed October 6, 2010

Personally speaking I hate IE, many reasons for saying so! Anyways there is good news for the haters of IE, it is losing its market share. This is the worst thing for Microsoft, I am saying it because most of the products from Microsoft were biggest flops. IE was one of them, since IE sucks [...]

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