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Microsoft: Pirate Software Will Not Be Supported
News Unlike its predecessor Service Pack 1 (SP1), SP2 can be installed on PCs running both original and bootleg copies of Windows XP, a Microsoft executive said recently. Press reports indicating Windows XP Service Pack 2 will install on pirated or...
[May 11, 2004, 13:35]
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]
Microsoft Sets XP Update Release Date
News The Service Pack won't install on the Windows XP copies using a stolen number. The update will not install on some pirated copies of the software suite. Microsoft estimates that about half of the 300 million copies of Office in use are pirated.
[September 2, 2002, 8:01]
Will Update Boost Windows 2000 Sales?
News As of Monday, Ewel said, customers had downloaded 60,000 copies of the service pack. By early June, Microsoft said it had sold three million copies of Windows 2000, with the vast majority of those being Windows 2000 Professional client versions...
[August 1, 2000, 9:15]
Microsoft To Disable Vista 'kill Switch'
News Windows Vista's controversial "kill switch" function will be disabled by Microsoft after customer complaints that legitimate copies of the operating system were identified as counterfeit copies. The function will be removed with Microsoft's first...
[December 5, 2007, 15:25]
Microsoft Releases Vista SP1
News According to web retailer Amazon, boxed copies of Windows Vista with SP1 will be available on Wednesday in the US, and Amazon UK has the updated operating system listed for retail release on 4 April. Microsoft had pegged mid March as the timeframe...
[March 18, 2008, 16:15]
Microsoft Product Delays Take A Toll
News That's a far cry from Microsoft's position a month ago, when it trumpeted the fact that it had sold 3 million copies of Windows 2000 since its introduction 17 February. Win2K SP1: A no-show so far this week Financial analysts participating in...
[July 19, 2000, 9:46]
Windows XP To Reflect Antitrust Changes
News PC makers, many of which received their first test copies of the service pack about two weeks ago, are still evaluating their options. But given that PC makers have just received early copies of the service pack software, which does not include the...
[April 7, 2002, 7:01]
Running The Numbers On Vista Sales
News Sales of boxed copies of Windows Vista continue to significantly trail those of Windows XP during its early days, according to a soon-to-be-released report. Microsoft noted in a regulatory filing that more than 80 percent of its Windows revenue...
[September 12, 2007, 8:14]
Preview: Windows XP Service Pack 1 review
Reviews Microsoft says it will block illegitimate copies of XP from downloading both the service pack and future updates from Windows Update. Service Pack 1 for Windows XP, which will be available publicly as a release candidate this summer and completed...
[May 30, 2002, 9:47]
Microsoft Offers WGA Workaround
News It also contends that pirated versions of Windows sometimes include malicious software and that sellers of legitimate copies of Windows can't compete with the low prices offered by pirates. The company has said that roughly a third of Windows...
[June 28, 2006, 11:20]
Microsoft Finds Several 'critical' Web Glitches
News XML Core Services is shipped with all copies of Windows XP, the new version of Microsoft's dominant PC operating system. XML Core Services 2.6 and later -- shipped with Internet Explorer 6.0, SQL Server 2000 and all copies of Windows XP -- contains...
[February 25, 2002, 17:31]
Office XP Service Pack Released
News Microsoft estimates that out of about 150 million legally licensed copies of Office, about 80 million are Office XP. The Redmond, Washington-based company issued Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 at the end of July.
[August 21, 2002, 11:27]
Microsoft To Distribute XP SP2 On One Million CDs
News How is Microsoft going to ensure that Trojanised copies of SP2 are not going to be put out? 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.
[July 9, 2004, 17:15]
WinAgents TFTP Server
Downloads Using WinAgents TFTP Server, you can make reserve copies of device settings, update flash images, store sound files for IVR systems and do many other things. WinAgents TFTP Server for Windows is a full-service TFTP server realized as a Windows...
[October 1, 2008, 22:16]
Windows AntiSpyware Will Be Free
News Ending speculation about whether it was shifting to a paid model, Microsoft said on Tuesday that it will provide customers with licensed copies of Windows with its new anti-spyware software for free. IE 7.0 will use security features available in...
[February 16, 2005, 8:10]
Microsoft IE Claim Debunked
News Using copies of OSR 2 CDs provided with OEM PCs, we merely modified four lines in one of the Windows 95 setup files to prevent IE 3.0 from installing. Department of Justice and in press releases issued this week, Microsoft officials said IE 3.0 is...
[December 19, 1997, 11:04]
A Year Ago: Microsoft IE Claim Debunked
News Using copies of OSR 2 CDs provided with OEM PCs, we merely modified four lines in one of the Windows 95 setup files to prevent IE 3.0 from installing. Department of Justice and in press releases issued this week, Microsoft officials said IE 3.0 is...
[December 25, 1998, 5:45]
Microsoft Fights Sun's Java Injunction
News Apple Computer, for example, distributed more than 125 million copies of its QuickTime media player (which competes with the Windows Media Player component of Windows) in a single year by Internet download alone.
[February 13, 2003, 8:20]
Microsoft: 'No Patches For Pirates'
News In those countries, people whose copies are found not to be legitimate can get a discount on a genuine copy of Windows, though the price varies from $10 to $150 depending on the country. While Microsoft is the obvious beneficiary if piracy rates go...
[January 26, 2005, 8:00]
