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Windows XP: Service Pack 1 review
Reviews Microsoft also announced that, in addition to the usual fixes, this service pack will include support for new smart displays such as Mira, new tablet-style PCs, and Freestyle digital-media devices for consumers.
[May 24, 2002, 19:16]
XP Update Released, But PC Makers Wait
News Sony will offer the service pack via the Web for existing customers who wish to update their Windows XP PCs. Many computer manufacturers started shipping Windows 2000 with Service Pack 1 on new PCs less than a month after Microsoft released the...
[September 9, 2002, 13:52]
Microsoft Sets XP Update Release Date
News In addition to various fixes, Windows XP Service Pack 1 offers features to support upcoming hardware: Windows Media Center PCs and the Tablet PC. Additional testing is expected before computer makers begin shipping Windows XP with Service Pack 1 on...
[September 2, 2002, 8:01]
XP Service Pack 1 At Testing Stage
News The service pack will also introduce support for new technologies -- such as Mira "smart" display devices, Tablet PCs and the Freestyle digital media interface -- and will radically change how much control consumers or PC makers have over...
[June 6, 2002, 14:09]
XP Update To Sport More Than Just Fixes
News Windows XP Service Pack 1 will also deliver support for technologies that could allow PC makers to extend computers beyond more staid desktop and notebook designs. Depending on availability of the beta, or testing, versions of the service pack, PC...
[March 1, 2002, 14:01]
Windows XP Service Pack 2: A First Look review
Reviews Users with systems powered by AMD's Athlon 64 processor enjoy more protection than those with comparable Intel-based PCs: Service Pack 2 activates the NX function in the Athlon 64, which prevents the execution of dangerous code from a memory...
[March 23, 2004, 23:30]
Building Business Value By Managing PCs As Strategic Assets
White Papers They will explain how a strategic approach to managing PCs can help improve IT efficiencies, responsiveness, and security while deploying systems based on the Intel® Stable Image Platform Program and the recently released Microsoft® Windows® XP...
[December 2, 2004, 2:00]
Early Adoption Of Windows Vista Yields Strong Returns For Midsized Companies
White Papers With widespread application availability, the release of Service Pack 1, and more than half of all US companies either running or evaluating it, Windows Vista has entered the mainstream adoption phase.
[October 24, 2008, 15:29]
Microsoft Bulks Up Windows XP Embedded
News Windows XP Embedded with Service Pack 1 resolves glitches discovered since Microsoft released the operating system last year and also adds new features to the product. But Microsoft did make changes to its Windows XP operating system with the...
[October 23, 2002, 10:10]
XP Makeover Highlights Antitrust Tweaks
News The software giant plans to begin testing within a few weeks Service Pack 1 for Windows XP, the first major update to the operating system, which was launched in October. As previously reported, the service pack will contain bug fixes, tweaks and...
[May 24, 2002, 8:44]
Microsoft Pulls Java From Windows
News Microsoft on Monday released an updated version of Windows XP Service Pack 1 without the company's version of Java, complying with a court order that was stayed just hours later. Microsoft released Service Pack 1, the first major collection of...
[February 4, 2003, 10:52]
Beta XP Update Ready For Download
News The service pack has a number of security updates aimed at preventing exploitation of "buffer overrun" flaws, an increasingly popular avenue for hackers to use in launching remote attacks on PCs. The beta version of Service Pack 2 for Windows XP...
[December 19, 2003, 9:15]
Microsoft Bug Fix To Improve Security
News That service pack is slated for late-summer release and will introduce many changes to Windows XP. The update, Windows 2000 Service Pack 3, contains vital security updates and hundreds of fixes to bugs plaguing the operating system that Microsoft...
[July 17, 2002, 8:24]
Exploit Targets Hole In Windows
News The WMF vulnerability affects computers running Windows XP with service pack 1 and service pack 2, as well as Windows Server 2003 with service pack 0 and service pack 1. A new Trojan horse program was infecting PCs on Wednesday, exploiting a hole...
[December 29, 2005, 9:10]
Microsoft Comments On Vista SP1 Kernel Reports
News However, some APIs have been introduced through SP1 [Service Pack 1] which help ISVs [independent software vendors] develop software to run on 64-bit PCs (they patch the kernel)," Microsoft stated. For example, the service pack is designed to...
[February 6, 2008, 17:28]
Gates Looks Beyond IE 5 Release
News Windows 98 Second Edition is the new name for the Windows 98 Service Pack 1 combined with Windows 98 OEM Service Release 1. The company will offer Win 98 2E on new holiday PCs as a preload and at retail for the same price that Windows 98 sells today.
[March 19, 1999, 9:05]
Microsoft Starting To Win Over Linux Servers
News It just released Service Pack 1, which is based on Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2. For example, Microsoft moved from operating system software to desktop software, and from Windows on PCs to Windows on servers.
[April 10, 2007, 7:16]
ViewSonic Airpanel V110 review
Reviews The biggest drawback is that you're forced to upgrade your PC to Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1, as this is the only Windows version that currently includes the required Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).
[February 10, 2003, 13:56]
Tube Staff Get Huge Discount On Office 2007
News Tube Lines, a private company that has the maintenance and infrastructure upgrade contract for the Northern, Piccadilly and Jubilee lines, is planning to move from Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) to the Vista operating system in late 2008.
[November 28, 2007, 16:43]
Microsoft Hopes SP1 Will Drive Vista Adoption
News Gillen said it was good to see Microsoft also commit to a timetable for Windows XP Service Pack 3, which is due out in the first half of next year. The first Vista service pack may serve dual purposes for Microsoft: fixing the operating system's...
[August 30, 2007, 14:59]
