On the one hand, it's truly impressive that Windows is backwards compatible with software that stretches back decades. In theory, you could run some apps meant for Windows 95 on Windows 11. But, ...

Windows 7 takes a different approach to the componentization and backwards compatibility issues; in short, it doesn’t think about them at all. Windows 7 will be a from-the-ground-up packaging of the ...

Microsoft this week explained what hoops IT pros must jump through if they plan to use Group Policy with administrative template (ADMX) files to set policies for both Windows 10 and Windows 11 clients ...

Microsoft has confirmed no backwards compatibility for previous Windows Mobile apps will exist in Windows Phone 7 Series. For Microsoft, a company that has built its entire fortune on backwards ...