The SP1 inclusion isn't crucial, either you can download JVM for XP directly from Sun without the fuss of the huge service pack. For a big package of bug fixes, the first Windows XP Service Pack (SP1) has certainly drummed up a lot of interest in...
Now, faced with the much more difficult task of getting Windows XP Service Pack 2 onto users' machines, what is the Redmond behemoth planning to get home and businesses 'packed-up'? Independent software vendors and original equipment manufacturers...
Paul Randle, Windows XP product manager, said Microsoft has had very few reported compatibility issues with Service Pack 2 in the one million downloads it has registered of SP2 in its previous incarnations.
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...