Dell Inc. yesterday bowed to pressure from customers and dumped its Vista-only policy for consumer PCs by adding Windows XP as an operating option on half a dozen machines. Dell now offers Windows XP ...

Dell will continue to install Windows XP on new PCs after Microsoft’s June 30 retirement date by taking advantage of a little-known clause in the downgrade rights that come with Vista Ultimate and ...

Dell claims that Microsoft has placed a restriction on Windows XP downgrades, allowing them only on PCs intended for gaming Microsoft has put limits on the types of PCs that can be downgraded to ...

Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of computers and gaming hardware. A New York native and former radio DJ, he's also a regular TV talking head and the author of "The Tetris Effect" ...

Dell has begun offering the Inspiron Mini 12 mini-laptop with Windows XP as an option. When Dell launched the not-quite-a-netbook a few months back, it was only available with Windows Vista. Now you ...

Dell's Windows Migration Fast Forward Service supports the migration of up to 5,000 PCs and offers "modules" for image engineering, inventory, application compatibility testing, application packaging, ...

I'm reinstalling Windows XP on a Dell desktop. I get to the point where it says it's installing devices; then, it hangs at 37 minutes. The blurbs to the right rotates through its usual pages.

God this is a long story and my hands hurt...<BR>(So I'm going to keep this short)<BR><BR><BR>A few years ago I got a brand new Dell system, and was promised I could install XP over Vista with no ...