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Service Pack 2: Patching the unpatchable
Talkback Are you aware that pages which exploited a certain vulnerability which MS seemed unable to patch for nearly two months, allowed installation and execution of backdoor trojans, without raising a single request for certificate authorization?
[August 3, 2004, 13:47]
Service Pack 2 inches closer to release
Talkback I have XO Home and XP Pro which means two SP2s - am I right here? Love your newsleytters - thanks! How will the home user get a CD of the XP SP2? And what will it cost? Must it be downloaded? At 56k?
[July 2, 2004, 19:08]
Service Pack 2: This time, it's serious
Talkback I experienced two problems which were simply cured - when I found the solution. I too have installed SP2 on many computers, generally trouble free. The problem was finding the solution. The first was in incompatibility with a certain group of Intel...
[April 12, 2005, 14:57]
Ya need XP Service Pack 3? Yeah buddy. I got ya servicepack3 right here!
Blog Comment I experienced two quirks only, one of which is annoying, the other was cured in the final realease. Contrary to so many of the comments on ZDNet and elsewhere, I have installed XP SP3 successfully on a number of computers including ones with AMD...
[June 17, 2008, 15:19]
Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) confusion
Blog Comment Like you, I have several of the "questionable" drivers (fingerprint, sound and display), but so far, two days after installation, I have no problems. I have now installed Vista SP1 on my Lifebook S6510, and it is working very nicely.
[March 24, 2008, 10:11]
Microsoft posts Service Pack 6 for NT 4.0
News As before, four service packs are available: two each for Intel and Alpha processors, with each processor pack having separate versions for 40-bit or 128-bit security. Microsoft on Wednesday afternoon posted the sixth service pack for Windows NT...
[October 29, 1999, 15:17]
MSDN Webcast: New Features in Reporting Services Service Pack 2 (Level 400)
White Papers Service Pack 2 for Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services contains two improved features: client-side printing and Microsoft SharePoint integration, in addition to the usual rollup of any outstanding hot fixes.
[December 6, 2008, 0:23]
Windows XP Service Pack 2 review
Reviews In order to get our hands on Windows XP Service Pack 2's final code, we downloaded the whopping 266MB network installation package for all of our test machines as soon as it was available at Microsoft's Download Center.
[August 12, 2004, 9:25]
US Report: MS changes Win 98 service pack plans
News This pack, according to an e-mail beta invitation that the company sent out to potential testers, was slated to include any necessary Windows 98 hot fixes, as well as various multimedia features, such as DirectX 6.0, Internet Explorer Service Pack...
[July 8, 1998, 6:09]
Ya need XP Service Pack 3? Yeah buddy. I got ya servicepack3 right here!
Blog Comment In any case more to come on this Microsoft WGA-crapped out service pack. Either of those two scenarios seems to work. Done some more testing and I have verified with 3 others at the company that have all been independently attempting to install SP3.
[June 18, 2008, 9:23]
Service Pack 2 gets the green light
News The company said it has released Windows XP Service Pack 2 to manufacturing, following a series of delays. Service Pack 2 is a significant step in delivering on our goal to help customers make their PCs better isolated and more resilient in the...
[August 9, 2004, 8:45]
Xbox Beast Pack 'lacks claws'
News The "Beast Pack" product comes bundled with two months' free access to the Xbox Live service. Several gamers who purchased Microsoft's new Xbox "Beast Pack", which was released in Australia yesterday, claim the gaming consoles in the pack will not...
[November 7, 2003, 9:50]
Microsoft to step up SP2 downloads
News Microsoft on Tuesday said that as of last week it had distributed 20 million copies of Windows XP Service Pack 2, last month's comprehensive security update to the company's flagship operating system.
[September 22, 2004, 8:35]
O2 offers starter pack to small businesses
News O2 has announced a new "starter pack" for customers who are setting up small businesses. Best for Business tariffs start at £29.79 per month, and further information about the SME Starter pack is available from O2.
[March 7, 2007, 16:22]
Will update boost Windows 2000 sales?
News On Monday -- two weeks later than it had told beta testers to expect to be able to download SP1 -- Microsoft posted the service pack to its Web site for public download. Microsoft reached Monday what many had considered the Windows 2000 Holy Grail...
[August 1, 2000, 9:15]
IE hit by more security flaws
News Two could be used together to allow malicious content to bypass an mechanism in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 that alerts people about potentially harmful programs, Secunia stated. In the past two months, flaw finders have publicised critical...
[November 18, 2004, 8:00]
Office Communications Server 2007 review
Reviews First, this checked for the presence of Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Service Pack 1 Redistributable and Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0. We used the OCS Evaluation package for this review, and installed OCS 2007 Standard Edition onto a VMware Workstation...
[October 16, 2007, 10:11]
Microsoft mulls XP 'reload'
News To my mind, a service pack with features that has the potential to impact compatibility is an interim release. Any further release would follow Windows XP Service Pack 2, a security-oriented upgrade that is slated to arrive before midyear.
[February 27, 2004, 7:20]
IE upgrade cuts off QuickTime
News As specific security problems have come to light, Microsoft has issued repeated service pack upgrades and patches for its browser. The problem cropped up on 31 July, when Microsoft released a service pack upgrade for Internet Explorer 5.5, dubbed SP2.
[August 16, 2001, 9:38]
Ballmer: IT industry has great future
News The two products, called Direct Mobile Messaging for Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2, and Messaging and Security Feature Pack for Windows Mobile 5, allow administrators to lay down security policies and load software to remote devices.
[June 7, 2005, 10:35]
