The question remains if and how OEMs and solution providers will exploit and deploy the software update. Service Pack 1, which incorporates changes to the user interface as required by the company's ...

Microsoft is recommending that all customers still running Windows XP SP1 immediately upgrade to Windows XP SP2, as the company’s support for SP1 will end next week. The Microsoft Support Lifecycle ...

Microsoft is warning against a simple hack that enables those still using Windows XP to receive security updates through 2019. The trick involves modifying the system registry, a process that is ...

Paul Thurrott (great guy, btw) has put up his preview of Service Pack 1: http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/windowsxp_sp1_preview.asp<BR><BR>Part of particular ...

Microsoft will end support for Windows XP Service Pack 1 and SP1a on Tuesday, leaving people no option but to upgrade to Service Pack 2 if they wish to continue to receive crucial components, ...

Microsoft Corp. has acknowledged and patched a glitch with its Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) update that can cause system slowdowns, but it has yet to make widely available its still-developing fix.

Editor’s note: The person quoted in this story as “Craig Barth” is actually Randall C. Kennedy, an InfoWorld contributor. Kennedy, who presented himself as the CTO of Devil Mountain Software, no ...

Hello. I recently installed a whole lot of updates for windows xp pro sp1. I seem to have lost some command prompt functionality and it really bothers me. The utilities in the windows\system32 folder ...

With a simple registry hack, you can net yourself five more years of official Microsoft updates for your aging Windows XP machine. Microsoft, though, says you really shouldn't do it -- and that you ...

I’VE REPORTED on patches OVER the past five weeks, especially the latest service packs for Windows 2000 and XP, which contain new license language. SP3 for Windows 2000 gives Microsoft the right to ...