Ars Technica

Offline files, "Errors occurred while Windows was synchronizing your data" Windows XP

I am having issues with a machine that is synching offline files to a network share during shutdown. The messages I get are "Synchronization complete", "Errors occurred while Windows was synchronizing ...
Windows Central

Millions of Windows XP disks secretly included Microsoft's failed search assistant to keep pirates at bay — "Bob was actually more useful dead than alive"

Developer Raymond Chen says Windows XP shipped with an encrypted version of Microsoft Bob to pad out 30MB of free space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
KTAR News

Windows XP six time more hackable than newer software

I know Windows XP is about to expire and that I have to upgrade my business computers, but I hate Windows 8. I also have an older custom program and the company that wrote it is out of business. What ...

Arms Cyber Extends Stealth-Driven Preemptive Security to Windows XP Environments

Arms Cyber’s lightweight, passive agent helps protect legacy systems in manufacturing, healthcare, utilities, and other ...
Ars Technica

Windows XP - files display as shortcuts in Explorer, MATLAB sees them as legit files

A friend's computer just recently got updated with something for Windows XP. Since then a bunch of work files on a network drive have a shortcut icon next to them and had their extension (.MAT) ...