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Microsoft Releases Vista SP1
News Microsoft had pegged mid March as the timeframe for SP1's release via the Windows Update site, with the service pack due to be automatically pushed out to users in April. However, even as late as Tuesday, when the download was live, there was still...
[March 18, 2008, 16:15]
Microsoft Product Delays Take A Toll
News Win2K SP1: A no-show so far this week Financial analysts participating in Microsoft's earnings call queried company officials on the whereabouts of Windows 2000 Service Pack 1, Datacentre Server 2000 and the 2000 generation of server applications...
[July 19, 2000, 9:46]
Microsoft Reveals How To Avoid Forced IE7 Upgrade
News Users of Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) — Microsoft's software-update service for businesses — who are currently using Internet Explorer (IE) 6 will be automatically upgraded to IE7 on that date, Microsoft announced on its manageability...
[January 22, 2008, 13:23]
Microsoft Apologises For Desktop Search Update Error
News This meant organisations that had approved the February update package for a limited number of machines had this week's new update automatically install WDS on all clients because the Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) is set by default to...
[October 29, 2007, 7:52]
Microsoft Bug Fix To Improve Security
News The update, Windows 2000 Service Pack 3, contains vital security updates and hundreds of fixes to bugs plaguing the operating system that Microsoft released in February 2000. The company plans to restore its version of the JVM, which competes with...
[July 17, 2002, 8:24]
Will Update Boost Windows 2000 Sales?
News Microsoft reached Monday what many had considered the Windows 2000 Holy Grail: the release of Service Pack 1, the first full-fledged update to the operating system Microsoft hopes to release two to three Windows service packs per year, Ewel said.
[August 1, 2000, 9:15]
XP Update To Sport More Than Just Fixes
News In its update, Microsoft plans to roll in some significant technology enhancements along with the bug fixes it typically includes in updates or service packs to operating systems such as Windows NT and 2000.
[March 1, 2002, 14:01]
Windows XP: Service Pack 1 review
Reviews The forthcoming Service Pack 1 is expected to include many fixes already distributed via Windows Update. The company won't tell us exactly what Service Pack 1 will include, but we expect it to have many of the updates you can already get via...
[May 24, 2002, 19:16]
Windows 2000 Bug Fixes Creep In
News The software company last July released the first Windows 2000 bug fix -- or service pack -- in a similar manner the weekend before the official announcement of the update. New features included in the update, which will most likely be labled...
[May 14, 2001, 9:26]
Patch Demand Briefly Downs Windows Update
News The crush of millions of Windows users trying to patch their computers overwhelmed Microsoft's update service for several hours after new security fixes were made available, the software giant acknowledged on Wednesday.
[April 15, 2004, 8:50]
Microsoft Again Pushes Back .Net Server Launch
News Any XP fixes will be available through Windows Update or with the Service Pack 1 collection of fixes tentatively scheduled for a third-quarter release. The product, which is expected to play a significant role in Microsoft's .Net software-as-a...
[March 4, 2002, 9:16]
Gates Takes A Side-swipe At Apple, Linux Security
News Last August, many companies were left open to a new virus because a flaw in the Windows Update service led them to believe -- wrongly -- that they were protected from MSBlast. For instance, in December, Microsoft issued a patch through its...
[January 27, 2004, 10:25]
Symantec, Windows Users Beset By Vista SP1 Flaws
News Microsoft released Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) to Windows Update on Tuesday. We want our customers to have the best possible experience with Windows Vista SP1, so we have configured Windows Update to initially delay offering the service pack to PCs...
[March 20, 2008, 15:44]
Microsoft's February Security Bulletins
News Fortunately, this update only affects one version of Windows - Windows 2000 Service Pack 4. In addition, Windows Server.disables the Web Client Service by default. As a workaround, disable the Web Client Service in Windows XP.
[February 21, 2006, 13:30]
Windows HTML Flaw Persists
News The Bucharest-based security service provider said that a critical patch issued by Microsoft in its MS05-001 bulletin earlier this month fails to resolve all of the security issues surrounding the HTML Help ActiveX control in Windows.
[January 25, 2005, 8:10]
Virtual Server Upgrade Plans Expanded
News The software maker, which had earlier announced plans to issue a service pack for Virtual Server 2005, said it will instead release a product in the fourth quarter of this year known as Virtual Server 2005 R2.
[August 25, 2005, 9:35]
DirectX 9.0 SDK Update (February 2005) Symbol Files
Downloads The Windows XP Service Pack 2 symbol files are located in Platform SDK. DirectX 9.0 SDK Update (February 2005) Symbol Files contains all the symbol files for the DirectX 9.0c release for Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows...
[August 16, 2007, 11:53]
Microsoft Releases Six Critical Patches
News One of the critical vulnerabilities, as reported in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-008, affects both Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac and Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Service Pack 6. Microsoft security patches for the vulnerabilities are available via...
[February 13, 2008, 13:38]
Microsoft Patch Freezes Some Systems
News The software conflict only affects Microsoft customers who receive Premiere support and applied quick-fix engineering patches to Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 between December 2001 and February 2002, Mulholland said.
[March 21, 2003, 8:46]
Comdex '99: Win2000 Beta Wednesday?
News In a related development, Microsoft on Tuesday issued a hotfix to a problem it discovered with its recently released Service Pack 6 for NT 4.0. Microsoft said the hotfix will resolve incompatibilities between Service Pack 6 and Lotus Notes and...
[November 17, 1999, 10:11]
