Do you still have old applications or games that are no longer supported by current Windows PCs? We'll tell you how to get ...

Reader Karen Evans has been thwarted in an attempt to install software on her Mac. She writes: Over the holidays I passed along an old Mac mini to my son. When setting it up I inserted a CD to install ...

Next time you wipe your PC's hard drive clean and reinstall Windows with that old installation disc, you don't want to connect your fresh, unpatched and vulnerable system to the internet only to ...

When it comes to computer problems in the office, Murphy's Law often applies – PCs fail when you need them most. If you attempt to install an application from a CD, and the computer does not recognize ...

Reinstalling Windows is a long, grueling experience. Once you get the OS running you have to download updates, track down the right drivers, install your apps, and put everything else together.

I've got a MacBook Pro 17" Core 2 Duo machine here with a very strange problem.<BR><BR>The HD has been wiped blank. It previously had an OS X and a WinXP Bootcamp install on it I believe, but the ...

Using a Windows XP upgrade CD The Boot Camp installation instructions claim that a valid full Windows XP SP2 disc is required and that upgrade discs cannot be used ...

There was a time when the only way to install printer software was to use a disc, whether floppy, zip or CD. But these days, many computers are sold without any disc drives, and most new printers are ...

Welcome to the re-launch of Ask Ars, brought to you by CDW! Re-launch, you ask? Why, yes! Ask Ars was one of the first features of the newly born Ars Technica back in 1998. Ask Ars is all about your ...

With the recent launch of Battlefield 3, many people are at risk of busting through their internet caps because of an installation bug on the disc-based PC version. [update - a fix has now been found ...