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Windows XP Has Saved Industry Money, Says Microsoft
News Windows XP, which is replacing Windows 98 and putting the Microsoft desktop on a single code-base, "will save the industry a huge amount of money," said Brian Valentine, senior vice president of the Windows division at Microsoft, at IT Forum in...
[November 22, 2002, 11:14]
Disable Microsoft Messenger Service In Windows XP
Talkback Stopping and disabling Messenger Service simply does not work on the XP Professional installed on my Dell laptop. So far, it has not restarted and Windows has not tried to put it back. I stopped it, disabled it, and then it restarted itself a...
[October 3, 2003, 11:10]
Disable Microsoft Messenger Service In Windows XP
Talkback I installed the Windows update, and no luck. I can't believe it was in my own system and MS has not done anything about it. Thanks a lot for the article. I have spent many hours trying to get rid of those damn pop-ups.
[September 7, 2003, 23:20]
AOL, Microsoft Dissolve Windows XP Talks
News Discussions between AOL Time Warner and Microsoft over whether AOL's online service software would be bundled with Windows XP collapsed on Saturday. Apparently, AOL found the more limited advantages of being included with Windows XP but not placed...
[June 18, 2001, 10:10]
Microsoft Ties Media Player To Windows XP
News Microsoft will require consumers who want to use the latest version of Windows Media Player to upgrade to the new Windows XP operating system -- a move that is reminiscent of the company's controversial decision to tie the Internet Explorer...
[April 25, 2001, 7:55]
Microsoft Releases Windows XP RC2 To Manufacturing
News Microsoft will release Windows XP release RC2 to manufacturers on Saturday, according to the company's group vice president Jim Allchin. Allchin stressed that the final release of Windows XP is still on track to ship on 25 October.
[July 27, 2001, 17:15]
Microsoft Releases Windows XP Interim Beta
News Luna is one of two interfaces Microsoft will deliver as part of Windows XP -- the company also plans to allow customers to choose the existing Windows interface. At an unveiling held at the Experience Music Project museum in Seattle, Washington...
[February 14, 2001, 9:33]
Microsoft Under Pressure On Windows XP
News I think Microsoft has been trying as hard as possible to make the shipment of Windows XP seem like an inevitability and nothing can stop it, but I don't see that at all. Lawmakers, trustbusters and competitors are turning up the heat on Microsoft...
[July 25, 2001, 8:56]
Microsoft Patches 'important' XP, Windows Server 2003 Flaw
News Microsoft detailed on Tuesday a new vulnerability in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 that could enable an attacker to remotely execute malicious code. First, Microsoft removed a feature in Windows XP that gave users the option to upgrade a DVD...
[May 12, 2004, 8:35]
Microsoft Rules Out Extra Support For Windows XP
News Microsoft says it has no plans to beef up its technical support resources ahead of the retail launch of Windows XP next month, even though the new operating system is the company's first consumer product to include a potentially complicated new...
[September 20, 2001, 16:37]
Microsoft May Disable Upgraded PCs
News Customers who feel their copy of Windows XP has been unfairly deactivated will be able to enter an arbitration process, which Laver described as "a form of negotiation," with Microsoft. Microsoft's Windows XP will control how many times users can...
[March 2, 2001, 22:00]
Windows XP Could Get Early Release
News Microsoft has given PC makers the go-ahead to ship Windows XP as much as one full month before the operating system's official 25 October launch date, sources close to four major PC makers told CNET News.com.
[August 8, 2001, 8:53]
XP Uptake 'too Slow' - Microsoft
News While Microsoft is pleased with robust sales of new PCs that come loaded with Windows XP, the company has been less than satisfied with the rate at which large companies are installing its latest operating system.
[April 13, 2004, 9:30]
XP Blacks Out AMD Power Management
News Microsoft has quietly fixed a problem with Windows XP that disables the power management functions of AMD's line of mobile processors. The driver posted on Microsoft's site is dated from late October, only days before Microsoft released Windows XP...
[November 13, 2001, 13:35]
Microsoft Revives Java In Windows
News In an about-face, Microsoft has said that it will reinstate the ability to run Java programs in Windows XP. Microsoft said it would include its own Java software in the Service Pack 1 update to Windows XP due late this summer.
[June 19, 2002, 10:05]
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]
The Slow Road To Windows XP
News Use of Microsoft Windows XP has grown inside corporations, but a new study shows that nearly half of business PCs are still running the older Windows 2000. I think Microsoft would obviously prefer they were running Windows XP, in part because...
[June 16, 2005, 11:20]
Microsoft Releases XP Add-ons For MP3
News Windows XP add-on packs offering the ability to "rip" MP3s went on sale Monday, highlighting a conspicuous gap in Microsoft's new operating system that could nevertheless help the software giant advance its digital music strategy.
[October 23, 2001, 10:26]
Windows XP - A Hit Or A Miss?
News But other Windows users don't plan to do XP at all, citing Microsoft's Product Activation mechanism as the reason. After installation, Windows XP must connect to Microsoft to "lock" the software to the hardware configuration.
[November 14, 2001, 8:57]
Service Pack 2 Gets The Green Light
News Microsoft on Friday wrapped up development on a long-awaited security update to Windows XP, paving the way for businesses and consumers to upgrade in the coming days and months. Microsoft said the release of SP2 also brings with it major...
[August 9, 2004, 8:45]
