I have an older Windows 2000 PC (Pentium 1 MMX era) and whenever it goes to shutdown it won't power off automatically. Instead it displays a "It is now safe to turn off your computer." screen.

A group of Linux enthusiasts have managed to gain such control over the innards of Microsoft's Xbox video game console that they can now boot Windows 2000 on the machine. This accomplishment, ...

Companies that don't start Windows 2000 upgrades by the end of the quarter should scrap their plans, a market research company warned on Tuesday. That's because upgrading after midyear would mean ...

We're trying to connect a Pentium III computer running Windows 2000 to a wireless network using a USB wireless network adapter. The Linksys wireless router is set up to use WEP security and the USB ...

Also called "Win2K" and "W2K," Windows 2000 was a major upgrade to Windows NT 4, launched in early 2000. Available in one client and three server versions, Windows 2000 added support for Plug and Play ...

Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for July 2010–revealing a relatively light month for patching. This coming Patch Tuesday will have only four security bulletins ...

In the year 2000, Microsoft was not having a good time of it. In April of that year, the US courts ruled for the Department of Justice that Microsoft was abusing its power in the PC industry by ...

What comes to mind when you look back at the history of Windows? Is it the iconic logos, the ever-changing Start menus, or maybe the introduction of Live Tiles? The story of Microsoft’s flagship ...

Special Report: In a speech delivered two years ago at a Windows developers conference, Microsoft's then chairman and CEO Bill Gates pronounced that his company would dominate the datacenter-caliber ...