XP Update Released, But PC Makers Wait
News Microsoft on Monday issued the first update, or service pack, for the Windows XP operating system. In August, Microsoft issued Service Pack 3 for Windows 2000. The release of a first service pack is typically a watershed event for a new version of...
[September 9, 2002, 13:52]
Questions Raised About Win 2000 File System
News Users with NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 or higher don't receive any warning when running Windows 2000 and NT 4.0 in a dual-boot configuration, Navas notes. For customers migrating from previous versions of NT to Windows 2000, the file system override may...
[November 25, 1999, 12:08]
Microsoft Earns Security Badge
News Three-year effort Microsoft received Common Criteria EAL4 certification for Windows 2000 but only for versions that have been augmented by software Service Pack 3 (the third big update to Windows 2000) and not previous versions.
[November 10, 2002, 19:30]
Microsoft Exposes Serious IE Vulnerability
News Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (with Enhanced Security Configuration activated), all other Windows OS versions are vulnerable. The X variant has even made Symantec's threat list, scoring a 3 out of 5 for its risk rating...
[November 29, 2005, 16:45]
Ya Need XP Service Pack 3? Yeah Buddy. I Got Ya Servicepack3 Right Here!
Blog Comment The "virgin" install I'm talking about, a SP1 with SP2 slip-stream, didn't have all the downloaded and prior versions of OS files in it obtained through the on-line patches UNTIL I downloaded the SP2+ 99 patches AND then let it update via Windows...
[June 18, 2008, 9:25]
Ya Need XP Service Pack 3? Yeah Buddy. I Got Ya Servicepack3 Right Here!
Blog Comment What I've never attempted was an online istallation of SP3 from the MS udate site which as this would have meant that files were only selectively installed. MS stated that earlier Betas of SP3 required to be uninstalled before installing subsequent...
[June 17, 2008, 15:19]
