Aiming to keep its focus on Windows Vista, Microsoft is now targeting 2007 for its next Windows XP service pack update. However, right now our priority is Windows Vista - we'll have more information to share about the next service pack for XP after...
As a result, Yankee Group recommends business users who don't want to be on the bleeding edge to steer clear of Vista until 2008 and continue to use Windows XP with Service Pack 2 until then. New security features in Windows Vista will largely...
Windows Vista is not even fully out the door but Redmond is already laying the groundwork for its first service pack release of bug fixes and other enhancements for the operating system. The representative said: "We expect Windows Vista SP1 to be a...
And, although Microsoft initially touted the ability of older programs to run smoothly on Vista as a strength of the new operating system, Gray notes "application compatibility doesn't look as good as we had hoped".
After months of silence, Microsoft finally coughed up details about its plans for the first update to Windows Vista, saying the service pack will arrive in the first quarter of next year. In the next few weeks, Microsoft will start private testing...
The problems with SP1 will only make backwards compatibility issues worse, he said, especially since many companies have been waiting to deploy the operating system until the release of the Service Pack.