Microsoft launched Windows 10 in 2015 and once it was available, you had a tough time convincing folks to stay on Windows 8. With Windows 11 though, the opposite is true, Microsoft simply can’t ...

Recently helping with Windows 7 migrations, I've taken a look at "XP Mode" in Windows 7. It was hyped up by everybody as offering backwards compatibility in Windows 7. Much to my surprise when I got ...

If you’ve read Backwards Compatible before, you’re probably familiar with my opinion of Apple — its substandard technology, lousy business practices, questionable ethics and borderline-cultish ...

Microsoft last week rolled out its final operating system release, Windows 10. Available for free to Windows 7 and Windows 8 owners in some 190 countries, the overall response to the new operating ...

Microsoft surprised Xbox fans at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), where it announced that the Xbox One game console would be getting backwards compatibility support by the end of the ...

Microsoft has confirmed no backwards compatibility for previous Windows Mobile apps will exist in Windows Phone 7 Series. For Microsoft, a company that has built its entire fortune on backwards ...

The backwards compatibility of new operating systems has been a constant thorn in Microsoft's side. With Vista, the compatibility problems at launch were so great it never really stood a chance of ...

Add or Remove Programs entry for Windows Rights Management Client Backwards Compatibility SP2. This entry is a component of the Windows Rights Management Services (RMS). RMS for the Microsoft Windows ...

If you haven’t already found a reason to buy an Xbox One, that reluctance might change come November 12. That’s because, as the glorified face of Xbox, Phil Spencer, revealed today, the ‘New Xbox One ...

Windhawk is a free and open-source utility that allows you to customize most aspects of the Windows user interface, including ...

WINDOWS 10 has been slammed by Mozilla CEO Chris Beard, who criticised Microsoft over a "very disturbing aspect of Windows 10." By Aaron Brown, Express Affiliate Development Editor with 10 years of ...