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Microsoft readies XP SP2 giveaway
News At a reviewers' workshop in London yesterday, Microsoft revealed more information about its plans for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), which is currently available for download as a 200MB Release Candidate 1.
[May 11, 2004, 14:30]
IBM stalls on XP upgrade
News But IBM last week told employees to hold off installing Windows XP Service Pack 2 until Big Blue can fully test and customise it. Microsoft says an update to its Windows XP operating system is finally ready to use.
[August 9, 2004, 17:40]
Microsoft mulls next XP revision
News That revision, code-named Longhorn, one of the most difficult and complicated in the company's history, has fallen further behind this year, as Microsoft shifted developers from the project and onto Windows XP Service Pack 2, which took longer...
[August 27, 2004, 12:40]
Windows XP still waiting for Bluetooth
News Microsoft unveiled details of Windows XP Service Pack 1, the operating system's first major makeover, this week. Microsoft may be adding USB 2.0 to Windows XP this summer, but another advanced connection technology -- Bluetooth -- will not yet make...
[May 24, 2002, 16:22]
Microsoft makes Messenger changes
News The updated security changes will begin with the release of Windows XP Service Pack 2, which will reportedly disable Windows Messenger and will also include changes to the API for remote procedure calls that will limit access to the local system.
[November 10, 2003, 10:55]
Spamhaus hits out at ISPs, praises Microsoft
News Meanwhile he had high praise for Microsoft's Windows XP Service Pack 2. Cox said that Windows XP Service Pack 2 had helped to reduce the number of botnets around the world. SP2 has removed a number of vulnerabilities in XP," said Cox.
[April 26, 2005, 15:05]
Windows XP flaw opens door to Trojan attack
News The Trojan horse exploits a vulnerability, found in October, in how Internet Explorer and Windows XP Service Pack 2 handle help files called from Web pages. Online miscreants have released a Trojan horse that can infect computers running Microsoft...
[December 30, 2004, 8:50]
Lights go out for Microsoft's anti-SP2 tool
News Microsoft is today disabling its own software tool that prevented Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) from automatically downloading itself onto business computers. An emailed statement from Microsoft said: "On April 12th, a tool blocking the download...
[April 12, 2005, 13:00]
SP2 will upset Microsoft CRM
News Customers using Microsoft Business Solutions CRM Sales for Outlook 1.2 will encounter problems with the software if they install the forthcoming Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) update, the company said this week.
[August 5, 2004, 9:30]
Botnets use Windows for wicked work
News The report stated: "Clearly most of the activity on the ports.is caused by systems with Windows XP (often running Service Pack 1), followed by systems with Windows 2000. Despite Microsoft's renewed focus on security, latest research shows that...
[March 16, 2005, 16:15]
Microsoft tells businesses: It's time for Vista
News As to why businesses should deploy Vista now, Nash said the release of Vista Service Pack 1 has improved Windows security, improved driver support, and minimised application compatibility issues. Microsoft on Wednesday released a white paper...
[June 5, 2008, 13:04]
Microsoft unprepared for SP2 support nightmare?
News The second service pack (SP2) for Windows XP is designed to completely change the way that Windows XP handles security by automatically turning on the firewall and consolidating the operating system's security functions.
[April 5, 2004, 15:50]
Windows XP SP3 coming tomorrow?
Blog Thanks to a variety of sources, including ZDNet.com’s Microsoft guru extraordinaire Mary Jo Foley and ZDNet.co.uk’s Rupert Goodwins, we have got wind that Microsoft may announce the final version of Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 3 tomorrow.
[February 20, 2008, 11:16]
Microsoft acts on 'download warning' flaw
News However, the software giant did admit that it was possible to bypass the security warnings in IE -- even when using Windows XP with Service Pack 2. Microsoft has said it will take "appropriate action" to fix a problem in Internet Explorer and...
[November 23, 2004, 7:50]
Microsoft patches firewall problems
News The fix, which was sent out through the automatic Windows Update system this week, deals with a problem that only affects Windows XP computers with Service Pack 2 installed alongside Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 and Windows Server 2003.
[February 25, 2005, 8:40]
Microsoft stands firm on SP2 downloads
News Microsoft has reinforced its prediction that it will distribute 100 million copies of Service Pack 2 for Windows XP by the end of October. Microsoft released SP2 in August to combat the plethora of holes and vulnerabilities that hackers were...
[September 27, 2004, 17:30]
Microsoft confirms TCP/IP flaw
News The software giant also says that the problem was fixed with a patch it released in April and that systems running Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and that Windows Server with Service Pack 1 are not vulnerable.
[May 19, 2005, 9:10]
Microsoft's latest patches: What you need to know
News That even includes Windows XP with Service Pack 2. Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-003, "Vulnerability in the Indexing Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution", does not affect XP SP2 or some older operating systems.
[January 14, 2005, 13:40]
Microsoft has a second shot at Vista SP1
News Microsoft said on Thursday that it has released another updated test version of Windows Vista Service Pack 1. As for XP, Microsoft said it had already released "Windows XP SP3 RC Refresh 2" to beta testers on Wednesday.
[January 28, 2008, 12:54]
Transmeta adds buffer-overflow protection at chip level
News New technology will be included in Efficeon processors that will work with a virus protection feature Microsoft plans to include in Windows XP Service Pack 2, the second major update to Windows XP, due in the second quarter of 2004.
[May 18, 2004, 9:00]
