Editor’s Note: Readers have raised enough doubts as to the effectiveness of some of the tweaks mentioned in this guide that we’ve asked the author to step in and clarify if possible in the discussion ...

You'll need to use a startup CD to boot up your computer and run diagnostics if you have a problem booting from your installed Windows XP operating system – for ...

Musician and YouTuber Joe Porter recently shared a video of the Windows XP startup song being played on several instruments. The jingle is played on the theremin, a cosmophone, and some more ...

Troubleshooting boot problems with a computer can be a frustrating and time-consuming task. Between the time you press the power button and the time the computer is ready to use, hundreds of commands ...

In the next column is the command that’s actually run and the final column shows the location the startup item command is stored. This is either an entry in the Windows Registry, or a shortcut in the ...

After a version of Windows is released, over time bugs are found or new enhancements are added by Microsoft. In order to fix these bugs and add these new enhancements, Microsoft will occassionally ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

The music video for Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation caused certain laptops to crash in the early 1990s. A Microsoft dev blog post explains how companies health with the unique issue. The latest episode ...

Windows Vista users are complaining on Microsoft Corp.’s support forums about long start-up, shutdown and application load times compared with Windows XP. The users, who sound pro-Vista for the most ...