Are your Windows 95 apps not running under XP? Tim Dean goes through a few tricks to help you get it running.

Is your PC the stable, error-free platform you need? We didn't think so. Leigh Dyer, David Kidd and Ty Pendlebury present the essential guide to fixing your PC.

With the free products on our new cover DVD, you need never buy software again. So why do we still keep paying?

An innovative and potentially very useful service for small businesses without an existing IT infrastructure.

Mike MacCana ponders the wine industry, rants online, and discovers a neat tip for intra-server messaging...

Online services are growing smarter by the day – but can they replace desktop applications? We spend a week working online to find out.

You can be proud of an interface you developed, but this is taking it too far.

After the disappointment - perceived or otherwise - of Windows Vista, many are pinning their hopes on a revival with Windows 7. And from our first impressions of the pre-beta code, that's exactly what they can expect.

David Fearon explains how to save energy and hassle by converting your old Windows XP PC to a virtual one that you can run on your Vista machine

Apple’s ads may be funny, but they’re woefully inaccurate. Here we reveal dozens of reasons why the PC outclasses the Mac.

Even if the flexible, paper-thin screen is the undisputed killer app of display technology, it will never get out of the lab if its tied to present-day battery technology. Batteries have, its true, im

Get your licensing shop in order before you build you new server.

We test the big three OSes on level ground - Boot Camp.

Every expert has a toolkit. Tim Dean takes you through the 10 tools any Windows expert cannot live without. So, to give you a head start, here are PC Authority's top 10 tools for the ultimate Windows user.

I've recently spent a couple of weeks on site at a client running a Linux training course and dabbling with the popular and powerful Web-caching package, Squid.

These days, when I need to send someone a document, I use email. Just save it as a Word.

Four years ago, I saw a picture of a very beautiful desktop interface, called 'Enlightenment', running on an Operating System called 'Linux'. I didn't know much about either, but I downloaded and installed Linux anyway in order to run that fine looking user interface. Thanks to that early interest, I now enjoy a wonderful job designing and maintaining networks in which Linux often fills an important role. There's no better way to learn something new than for it to be enjoyable. With this in mind, I'd like to present Mike's Hopefully nifty guide to having fun with Linux.

Stuart Andrews shows you how to set up and maintain the perfect backup routine.

Stack your system full of software without paying a penny, with our guide to essential downloads

Still not sure whether it's worth upgrading to Vista? We put XP and Vista through the ultimate face-off.