Many businesses may find installing the service pack plays havoc with their custom-built software as well as bought corporate applications, for example, as their systems are reconfigured by SP2. Redmond has also had to issue a fix for its CRM...
The list can be found under the heading 'Some programs that seem to stop working when you install Windows XP Service Pack 2' on Microsoft's website. Some games that run on XP also come to grief following the installation of the service pack...
Last week, German company Heise Security announced that two flaws could be used to circumvent the new warnings that Windows XP Service Pack 2, or SP2, normally would display about running untrusted programs, potentially giving a leg up to a would...
Microsoft has revealed plans to release a third service pack for its flagship Windows XP operating system. There will be a Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Windows XP," Bernard Ourghanlian, technical and security director at Microsoft France, confirmed...
Aiming to keep its focus on Windows Vista, Microsoft is now targeting 2007 for its next Windows XP service pack update. In a posting to its life cycle website, Microsoft set a preliminary date of the second half of next year for the release of...
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first Vista service pack may serve dual purposes for Microsoft: fixing the operating system's rough edges while simultaneously indicating that it's ready for mass adoption. Also, the company urged businesses not to wait for a service pack to...