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The Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2)/Wireless Provisioning Services Information Element (WPS IE) Update for Windows XP With Service Pack 2 Is Available
White Papers You can install this update on a computer that is running Windows XP with Service Pack 2. Additionally, after you install the update, Windows XP will display previously hidden Service Set Identifiers (SSIDs) in the Choose A Wireless Network dialog...
[January 11, 2006, 0:01]
Software and Patch Management with Software Update Service, Windows Update and SMS - Level 200
White Papers This webacst covers installation and configuration of Software Update Services (SUS) and use of Group Policy to configure clients to use SUS for Automatic Updates. Review Systems Management Server (SMS) features and learn how to install and...
[September 16, 2007, 22:39]
Windows Update flaw 'left PCs open' to MSBlast
Talkback They become repositories for Denial of Service " bots" without even knowing that they are being bad internet citizens. The point is that Windows itself is fundamentally flawed because it does not inherently address the question of isolating damage.
[August 16, 2003, 14:26]
Windows XP Service Pack 2: a first look
Talkback It also did not contain all fixes.after installing RC1 I check windows update, it still showing me to update many things. There is missing things in the conclusions: It need to improve the performance.by the review analize it show that the...
[March 25, 2004, 3:09]
Windows XP Service Pack 2: a first look
Talkback The reviewer makes a couple of naive and potentially dangerous comments regarding the security of a Windows system. Providing SP2 on CD, along with a WMV/MPEG video on how to secure your machine against attack (and why) would be a good start - and...
[March 25, 2004, 7:19]
Windows XP Service Pack 2: a first look
Talkback Thirdly, will it be dispalyed in the current version of Windows Update. Three things need clarifying. Firstly, will the mid summer version be smaller than the size of Build 2098? Secondly, will it overwrite previous software of XP-SP1, as Graham...
[May 11, 2004, 18:41]
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 On the Block
Blog Comment I would consider this a major update from windows. No more vista, and now am down to only one machine with windows OS, out of 5. Why update this mistake? I bought a Toshiba laptop a year ago, and it had vistake pre-installed.
[May 28, 2009, 12:04]
Disable Microsoft Messenger Service in Windows XP
Talkback I installed the Windows update, and no luck. Thanks a lot for the article. I have spent many hours trying to get rid of those damn pop-ups. I installed about 7 different spyware programs and nothing. Two different firewalls and it still was there.
[September 7, 2003, 23:20]
Microsoft Windows 2000 Patch: Indexing Service Cross Site Scripting
Downloads This update resolves the "Indexing Services Cross Site Scripting" vulnerability in Indexing Services for Windows 2000 and is discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS00-084. If you are running Web servers on Windows 2000 and you have enabled...
[November 5, 2000, 7:00]
Microsoft accelerates Windows security update
Talkback The beta may be; but there is NOT way on earth that the real service pack will be released. YOU ARE SO WRONG XP sp2 will not be released in December. Rich Kaplan was talking about the beta version of xp sp2 and this should have been clear to...
[November 7, 2003, 10:31]
Windows XP Service Pack 2 review
Reviews Microsoft expects to add SP2 to its online Windows Update service later this month. 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...
[August 12, 2004, 9:25]
Windows Server update will pre-empt Longhorn
News The company could simply roll up its various bug fixes and service packs into one update, or it could make more substantive changes to the OS. So far, Microsoft has only outlined the eventual release of Longhorn Server as well as a service pack...
[March 8, 2004, 8:10]
Windows Update flaw 'left PCs open' to MSBlast
News Okin said that within two years, Microsoft will have made significant changes to its Windows Update service. A flaw in Windows Update -- Microsoft's online tool that lets customers update their operating system with patches and fixes -- enabled the...
[August 15, 2003, 14:40]
Microsoft releases Windows update blocker
News The Windows Service Pack Blocker Toolkit will allow this to happen by stopping Windows Update from automatically downloading and installing the service packs. Microsoft has released a toolkit to let businesses block service pack updates for Windows...
[December 10, 2007, 14:39]
Microsoft tightens XP's security
News RC1 includes enhancements to the Windows Update service that are intended to make it easier to automatically install critical updates to the operating system. The Release Candidate 1 (RC1) version of Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP includes...
[March 18, 2004, 7:25]
Microsoft gears up for worm's blast
News Microsoft hopes to be ready when hundreds of thousands of computers infected with the MSBlast worm start pelting its Windows Update service with data requests at midnight on Friday. The company has taken steps to try to dodge the denial-of-service...
[August 14, 2003, 8:40]
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]
Windows Update flaw 'left PCs open' to MSBlast
Talkback The failed updating situation you describe appears to have happened to me when using the Windows Update service in early August. The service says all critical updates have been peformed and nothing needs doing (and nothing can be redone), yet the...
[August 15, 2003, 21:02]
XP update released, but PC makers wait
News Microsoft on Monday issued the first update, or service pack, for the Windows XP operating system. PC makers say they are in no hurry to support the service pack because the OS was launched with few major bugs, an automatic update feature keeps...
[September 9, 2002, 13:52]
Microsoft: Pirate software will not be supported
News Microsoft's Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), slated for release by June, boasts major security improvements and is viewed by industry watchers as a milestone in the company's Trustworthy Computing push.
[May 11, 2004, 13:35]
