Ronald Barrett

Since first writing about the Save Windows XP campaign, the number of petitioners has grown to over 106,000 names (as of March 27). While the campaign continues, it occurred to me that rather than writing about the pros and cons of XP versus Vista, it might be more advantageous to offer Tips for Windows Vista […]

It’s been 108 days and counting (as of the writing of this article) — that’s what the banner of a popular website, “Save XP.com” has posted. In just 108 days (or 3 short months) the day many Windows XP users dread will be here. The end of manufacturing of Windows XP is coming at the […]

Also see: Review: Internet Explorer 8: Simplified Browsing (April 2009). It’s here – it’s finally here. I’m talking about the public beta for Internet Explorer 8. Here’s the download page for Internet Explorer 8. Now it may seem premature to be so excited, especially about a BETA 1 release. We’ll let me digress and explain […]

You probably know the feeling of owning a really comfortable pair of jeans that seems to be ready to be tossed just as they start to fit right. Many XP users are feeling that same emotional tear as they start to consider what to do about their XP system that they just can’t seem to […]