Ballmer said this will reduce the burden on IT administrators by adding a level of increased predictability and manageability. For Windows XP the enhancements, which will ship with service pack 2, focus on protection against port-based attacks...
Microsoft is readying updates to its programming tools that will be released in tandem with Windows XP Service Pack 2, a security-oriented release of Windows due later this year. The changes, which are designed to guide developers on how to use the...
The company said it has released Windows XP Service Pack 2 to manufacturing, following a series of delays. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said in a statement: "Service Pack 2 is a significant step in delivering on our goal to help customers make...
The Windows Server update adds a number of the security enhancements Microsoft added to Windows XP with Service Pack 2. The company said it has reached the "release candidate" stage for Service Pack 1 of Windows Server 2003.
Among the primary benefits of the free update is the inclusion of security enhancements similar to those added to Windows XP with last year's Service Pack 2. This is really the most comprehensive set of security enhancements we've delivered in a...
Small organisations may find Microsoft's disk encryption and device management good enough out of the box but large enterprises will need more management features, leaving room for third parties, he said: "Companies that can focus on manageability...