Win a slice of XP cheese if you tell us where Microsoft should put Copilot next
Competition What's that coming over the hill, is it an AI?
Bootnotes02 Dec 2024 | 206
Windows XP
What if Microsoft had given us Windows XP 2024?
Modern life is rubbish. What if your favorite tech giant had stopped trying to reinvent the wheel?
OSes04 Jan 2024 | 108
Nostalgia for XP sells out Microsoft's 2023 'Windows Ugly Sweater'
Bliss not your thing? You could win the Paint version
Bootnotes30 Nov 2023 | 25
Want to live dangerously? Try running Windows XP in 2023
The pain and joy of using an old OS on hardware newer than it is
OSes24 Jul 2023 | 124
Windows XP's adventures in the afterlife shows copyright's copywrongs
Opinion Intellectual property law crushed by zombie horde
Software05 Jun 2023 | 111
Windows XP activation algorithm cracked, keygen now works on Linux
The unkillable OS rises from the grave… Again
OSes26 May 2023 | 145
BROADER TOPICS
PC component scavenging queue jumper pulled into line with a screensaver
Who, Me? Fake BSOD became tool of revenge when a staffer ignored the sensible rules of seniority
Personal Tech26 Sep 2022 | 72
Windows XP@20: From the killer of ME to banging out patches for yet another vulnerability
Feature When NT and 9x became one
OSes25 Oct 2021 | 60
The cockroach of Windows, XP, lives on in London's Victoria Coach Station
BORK!BORK!BORK! The three horsemen of the borkpocalypse: CMOS error, XP and... death
Bootnotes26 Jul 2021 | 18
Top tip from the original Task Manager taskmaster: Don't put your phone number on that debug message box
The Reg takes sneak peek at source tour, hosted by engineer who wrote it
Software14 Dec 2020 | 24
Microsoft claims to love open source – this alleged leak of Windows XP code is probably not what it had in mind, tho
Software giant is 'investigating', infosec gurus reckon it looks legit
Security25 Sep 2020 | 39
The Reg produces exhibit A1: A UK court IT system running Windows XP
Exclusive Plus thousands of laptops on unloved Windows OS used by Ministry of Justice, it admits
Security11 Mar 2020 | 153
We're afraid it might be terminal: Tesco top-up box looking less than tip-top
Bork!Bork!Bork! Windows XP – the gift that keeps on giving (until you need it to actually do something)
Bootnotes14 Feb 2020 | 28
We checked and yup, it's no longer 2001. And yet you can pwn a Windows box via Notepad.exe
Patch Tuesday Google guru shows how WinXP-era text code grants total control
OSes13 Aug 2019 | 67
Windows XP point-of-sale machine gets nasty sniffle. Luckily there's a pharmacy nearby
XP lingers like that cold you just can't shake
Software13 Mar 2019 | 64
It liiives! Sorta. Gentle azure glow of Windows XP clocked in Tesco's self-checkouts, no less
Microsoft still supports some embedded XP derivatives
Software22 Aug 2018 | 87
India tells its banks to get Windows XP off ATMs – in 2019!
And do some pretty basic security hygiene before then
Security25 Jun 2018 | 51
Imagine you're having a CT scan and malware alters the radiation levels – it's doable
WannaCry was a wake-up call for healthcare, but the sector is still terribly vulnerable to attack
Security11 Apr 2018 | 63
Mozilla extends, and ends, Firefox support for Windows XP and Vista
Even Extended Support Releases will be naked and alone as of June 2018
Software05 Oct 2017 | 38
Met Police laggards still have 18,000 Windows XP machines in use
Never fear – they're moving to, er, Windows 8.1 instead
Software28 Jun 2017 | 58
HMS Windows XP: Britain's newest warship running Swiss Cheese OS
Updated Spotted on carrier control room screens - reports
Software27 Jun 2017 | 139
Do we need Windows patch legislation?
Poll Should vendors be obliged to maintain ageing, unsafe PCs?
Security16 May 2017 | 257
Why Microsoft's Windows game plan makes us WannaCry
Analysis Oh, 'collective responsibility' – that old chestnut
Security16 May 2017 | 186
While Microsoft griped about NSA exploit stockpiles, it stockpiled patches: Friday's WinXP fix was built in February
Exclusive And it took three months to release despite Eternalblue leak
Security16 May 2017 | 154
90 per cent of the UK's NHS is STILL relying on Windows XP
And a load of them say they'll keep using it in 2017
Software08 Dec 2016 | 162
London's Met Police has missed the Windows XP escape deadline
27,000 PCs still compute like it's 2001
Software09 Aug 2016 | 94
Google yanks Chrome support for Windows XP, at long last
So long and thanks for all the market share
Software14 Apr 2016 | 37
Legion of demons found in ancient auto medical supply dispensing cabinets
Updated The Register's free consulting desk says: if it runs on Windows XP, fire it into the sun
Security31 Mar 2016 | 47
Chicago cops under fire for astonishingly high dashcam, mic failures
Analysis Is it sabotage, lack of maintenance, bad policy or cheap equipment?
Legal21 Dec 2015 | 64
Windows for Warships? Not on our new aircraft carriers, says MoD
It was indeed just 'comedy wallpaper in a techie's lappie'
Software18 Dec 2015 | 166
Windows XP spotted on Royal Navy's spanking new aircraft carrier
Windows for Warships: Time for an upgrade, perhaps
Bootnotes15 Dec 2015 | 127
Is ATM security threatened by Windows XP support cutoff? Well, yes, but …
Don't panic! Just try to get a supported OS, m'kay?
Security08 Dec 2015 | 74
Remember Windows 1.0? It's been 30 years (and you're officially old)
Microsoft's cash cow celebrates three decades of PC dominance
OSes20 Nov 2015 | 190
Microsoft rolls out first 'major update' to Windows 10
IT managers get to pick and choose patches
Channel12 Nov 2015 | 131
Google takes old Chrome versions on that long drive in the country
Tumbril rumbles for Windows XP and pre-Yosemite users
Software11 Nov 2015 | 11
Windows 10 is an antique (and you might be too) says Google man
'Basically XP with a flat design skin' says Android user experience leader
Software03 Nov 2015 | 137
Windows 10 growth stalls during October
Windows XP market share declining less than Win 8.x or 7
Software02 Nov 2015 | 118
US taxman slammed: Half of the IRS's servers still run doomed Windows Server 2003
And 1,300 PCs running Win XP that it can't find
OSes14 Oct 2015 | 28
Lenovo stock: The channel iceberg is melting
Frosty PC demand not helping as post-XP order glut clogs distie warehouses
Channel30 Sep 2015 | 4
Dixons Carphone still has 7.5k Windows XP EPOS systems
Tills 'security posture only as strong as foundation of OS', says infosec specialist
Channel18 Aug 2015 | 27
Keep up, boyos! 20k Win XP PCs still in use by NHS in Wales
Unrhyw beth ond ffenestri 8
Channel07 Aug 2015 | 22
Half of Windows Server 2003 fans will miss July's security cut-off
Please, sir, can we have a Custom Support Agreement?
Channel30 Jun 2015 | 10
Beyond the Grave: US Navy pays peanuts for Windows XP support
It's $9m a year - whatever
OSes25 Jun 2015 | 32
UK.gov confirms it's binned extended Windows XP support
Laggard agencies understand the risks and can cope, says GDS
Legal26 May 2015 | 23
HORDES OF CLING-ONS menace UK.gov IT estate as special WinXP support ends
Met Police at least have a plan: NHS doesn't even have a clue
Channel08 May 2015 | 49
Google: Go ahead, XP stalwarts, keep on using Chrome safely all YEAR
Support deadline extended for upgrade stragglers
SaaS16 Apr 2015 | 21
Android lands on Microsoft's money-machine island fortress
NCR hurls Google's Linux at Windows XP walls
SaaS15 Apr 2015 | 60
Is this what Windows XP's death throes look like?
Abandoned OS takes deepest market share dip for ages
OSes02 Apr 2015 | 97
Windows XP's market share grows AGAIN!
Not even nuking it from orbit will do the job, we fear
Channel02 Mar 2015 | 109
Hear that sound? It's the Windows XP PC bubble popping
Pricing landslide expected on the PC mountain
Personal Tech11 Feb 2015 | 62
Why 1.6 million people will miss Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 date with fate
You want to do what? Again?!
Channel10 Feb 2015 | 48
Windows XP beats 8.1 in December market share stats
Merry Christmas, Satya Nadella
Channel08 Jan 2015 | 60
Crack open more champagne, Satya, XP's snowballing to HELL
Netmarketshare says operating system has lost 43 per cent of users in 60 days
Channel05 Dec 2014 | 47
NHS XP patch scratch leaves patient records wide open to HACKERS
Trusts fail to sign up to extended Windows XP support
Channel10 Nov 2014 | 52
ONE FIFTH of Win Server 2003 users to miss support cutoff date
Migration is not a dirty word. Crevice, on the other hand...
Channel07 Nov 2014 | 57
NHS slow to react as Windows XP support nears the end
Trusts need to make a move by April 2015
Channel03 Nov 2014 | 21
NSW Govt spends half a million dollars on XP support
Foot cushions well used in eight agency IT shops
Software03 Nov 2014 | 7
Windows XP market share fell off a cliff in October
Windows 8.x finally poised to outstrip XP
Channel02 Nov 2014 | 46
Windows XP refresh will DO NOTHING for lame PC market next year
Gartner warns consumer will need to help out
Channel14 Oct 2014 | 19
VMware updates vSphere, recommends new security fixes
Final nail in XP's coffin as Virtzilla bans it as Web Client host?
Channel10 Sep 2014 | 13
Dodgy Norton update borks UNDEAD XP systems
Securo-bods: 'Turn off browser protection... that might help'
Channel08 Sep 2014 | 41
We SO DO support Java on XP, maybe even JDK 8, says Oracle
Or at least as much as Microsoft lets us
Software14 Jul 2014 | 6
Biting the hand that feeds IT
