• Windows XP, Vista--and Windows 7?

  
  Readers debate merits of XP and Vista, and speculate on Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7.

• Last OS Standing: Make the Most of Windows Vista

  
  Now that Windows XP is no longer being sold by Microsoft, PC users will be stuck with Windows Vista. Here's a roundup of PC World's best tips for making Vista easier to use.
• A Requiem for Windows XP
• Using Vista Instead of XP Is Dumb
• Microsoft Patches its XP Patch
• Ten Tools to Make Windows Shine
• Windows XP Departs: Good Riddance or Sad Farewell?
• Microsoft VP Confirms Windows 7 Ship Date: January 2010
• Tool Syncs Windows Data, iPhone
• Vista Service Pack Patched

Windows How-Tos

• Last OS Standing: Make the Most of Windows Vista Now that Windows XP is no longer being sold by Microsoft, PC users will be stuck with Windows Vista. Here's a roundup of PC World's best tips for making Vista easier to use.
• Ten Tools to Make Windows Shine Add a layer of protection against spyware, stop Kaspersky's annoying audio alerts, and hide your files and folders. Plus: More fixes for the pesky Insert key.
• Answers to Vista Users' Nagging Questions Should you revert to XP? How can you make Vista navigation more XP-like? And why doesn't System Restore restore your system? Our Answer Line columnist solves these Windows mysteries.
• Microsoft's Jet Engine Sputters Plus: Fix an XP SP3 crash and holes in Adobe Reader, Word, and more.
• How to Prevent a Data Disaster If a natural disaster wipes out your hard drive, it will probably destroy your local backups, too. Here's a backup plan that will get you through even the worst-case scenario.

Windows News

• Windows XP, Vista--and Windows 7? Readers debate merits of XP and Vista, and speculate on Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7.
• A Requiem for Windows XP InfoWorld's contributors remember the pros, and a few cons, of the most popular version of Windows to date.
• Using Vista Instead of XP Is Dumb Pick the best possible Windows -- not Vista SP1.
• Microsoft Patches its XP Patch A free tool repairs PCs impaired by the XP SP3 update and a conflict with Symantec's software.
• Windows XP Departs: Good Riddance or Sad Farewell? Two of PC World's most opinionated editors weigh in on whether Microsoft Windows XP's departure is bad for PC users or the best thing that could happen to computing.

Windows Playing in PCW Video

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  Bill Gates: A Trip Down Memory Lane A look back at Gates' astonishing career.
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  XP Lives! Until 2010, at Least . . . Microsoft extends the XP deadline for low-cost PCs.
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  How to Find Other PCs On Your Network Tips and tricks to make sure your network runs smoothly.

Windows Reviews

• Microsoft TV: Too True to Be Funny! Two incompetent window installers. Scads of irate customers. Thank heavens it's fiction!
• Simple Upgrades, Complex Helpers Make your mouse mighty, tweak Windows massively, and crush cosmic creepy-crawlies.