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New Year, Old Flaws In Windows And Internet Explorer review
Reviews Last Tuesday, Microsoft released three new security bulletins for 2005, including one critical patch for Windows XP SP2, last year's much-touted security upgrade of the Windows XP operating system. While Windows XP SP2 recompiled most of the basic...
[January 17, 2005, 7:45]
Microsoft Offers SP2 Helping Hand
News Microsoft has launched a do-it-yourself kit to help IT professionals assess their software's compatibility with Windows XP Service Pack 2. To get users back on track and keep developers' blood pressure down, Microsoft is offering the application...
[August 25, 2004, 14:35]
IBM Stalls On XP Upgrade
News Microsoft says an update to its Windows XP operating system is finally ready to use. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has described SP2 as the most extensive free update to Windows ever, and executives have acknowledged that work on the update has...
[August 9, 2004, 17:40]
Windows XP SP2 More Secure? Not So Fast review
Reviews But Microsoft's much heralded Windows XP Service Pack 2 has finally arrived. At first glance, the release suggests that Microsoft has finally become serious about upgrading Windows' security. Microsoft used this release to harden its operating...
[August 17, 2004, 13:55]
SP2's Data Execution Protection Cracked
News A Russian security company claims it found a way to beat a security measure in Microsoft's Windows XP Service Pack 2. The company notified Microsoft of the problem on 22 December, but it apparently decided not to wait for the software giant to...
[January 31, 2005, 8:30]
Microsoft: Pirate Software Will Not Be Supported
News Microsoft has quashed comments by a senior official that its next Windows XP update will run on pirated copies of the operating system. Microsoft's Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), slated for release by June, boasts major security improvements and...
[May 11, 2004, 13:35]
XP SP2 - At Your Service?
Leader It was supposed to solve the gaping holes in Windows XP's defences almost at a stroke, and in the run-up to its August 2004 launch Microsoft promised an unrelenting campaign to persuade businesses and individuals to upgrade at the earliest...
[August 25, 2004, 11:40]
Corporates Allowed To Block SP2
News Although Microsoft recommends that consumers turn on Automatic Update to get the latest version of Windows, the company is offering to let companies temporarily block such upgrades. While recognising the security benefits of Windows XP SP2, some...
[August 12, 2004, 8:25]
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]
SP2 Will Upset Microsoft CRM
News Microsoft has issued a warning that the newest version of its software for managing customer relations will not work with the company's next Windows update. Customers using Microsoft Business Solutions CRM Sales for Outlook 1.2 will encounter...
[August 5, 2004, 9:30]
Microsoft Acts On 'download Warning' Flaw
News Microsoft has said it will take "appropriate action" to fix a problem in Internet Explorer and Windows XP SP2 that allows a malicious Web site to bypass the browser's warnings about downloading potentially harmful content.
[November 23, 2004, 7:50]
Microsoft Accelerates Windows Security Update
News A Microsoft executive has said the company will launch Service Pack 2 for Windows XP in December, months earlier than the company forecast on its Service Pack roadmap. At the Citrix iForum in Florida on Tuesday, Microsoft's corporate vice president...
[October 15, 2003, 13:35]
SP2 Clashes With More Than 40 Programs
News Microsoft has published the details of more than 40 programs that have conflicts with the newly released Windows XP SP2. The list can be found under the heading "Some programs that seem to stop working when you install Windows XP Service Pack 2" on...
[August 16, 2004, 15:15]
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]
Security Flaws Emerge In Windows Update
News Security researchers say they're starting to find flaws in Microsoft's latest major update for Windows XP. Microsoft would not discuss whether it had received reports of new vulnerabilities in Windows XP Service Pack 2 but did say that the company...
[August 19, 2004, 9:30]
Microsoft To Distribute XP SP2 On One Million CDs
News Microsoft will encourage dial-up users to update their Windows XP systems with Service Pack 2 by distributing the update on one million CDs in the UK. SP2 for Windows XP is a major upgrade for Microsoft's desktop operating system.
[July 9, 2004, 17:15]
IT Managers View SP2 With Suspicion
News Most IT managers believe that upgrading systems to Microsoft's latest security patch for Windows XP could generate problems, according to a recent survey. These concerns come as Microsoft tries to iron out some of the glitches in SP2, its security...
[August 25, 2004, 8:30]
Beta XP Update Ready For Download
News Microsoft has released a test version of the second major update to its Windows XP operating system. The beta version of Service Pack 2 for Windows XP, issued late on Wednesday, is available now for download through BetaPlace, Microsoft's site for...
[December 19, 2003, 9:15]
Microsoft Tightens XP's Security
News Microsoft on Wednesday released a close-to-final version of the second major update to Windows XP, adding new security tools to the operating system. The biggest change in RC1 is the addition of Windows Security Centre, a new tool that simplifies...
[March 18, 2004, 7:25]
Internet Explorer 7 review
Reviews Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP SP2 can be downloaded for free from Microsoft's Web site. Because Microsoft has thoroughly bundled the Internet browser within its Windows operating system (surfacing, for example, whenever you need to view an...
[October 19, 2006, 13:00]
