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.NET Framework 1.0 Service Pack 3 SYSTEM.WEB.DLL And MSCOREE.DLL Security Update For Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista
Downloads A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system running the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0 and gain complete control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from...
[August 15, 2007, 12:00]
Vista Puts The Brakes On XP SP3
News Aiming to keep its focus on Windows Vista, Microsoft is now targeting 2007 for its next Windows XP service pack update. However, right now our priority is Windows Vista - we'll have more information to share about the next service pack for XP after...
[January 19, 2006, 15:45]
Microsoft To Relax XP Activation Rules With SP3
News Users who install Windows XP Service Pack 3 will not be required to enter Microsoft's product activation key before they use the operating system, according to a Microsoft white paper. Originally Microsoft had said that XP users would be forced to...
[December 28, 2007, 16:43]
Windows XP To Get Another Upgrade
News Microsoft has revealed plans to release a third service pack for Windows XP. There will be a Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Windows XP," Bernard Ourghanlian, technical and security director at Microsoft France, confirmed, revealing that Microsoft's...
[September 30, 2005, 17:25]
Microsoft: Vista SP1 Due Next Year
News In the next few weeks, Microsoft will start private testing of a beta of Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Vista as well as a third service pack for Windows XP. After months of silence, Microsoft finally coughed up details on Tuesday about its plans for the...
[August 29, 2007, 18:15]
Microsoft Wants Help With Vista Service Pack
News Windows Vista is not even fully out of the door, but Microsoft is already laying the groundwork for its first service pack release of bug fixes and other enhancements for the operating system. We expect Windows Vista SP1 to be a standard service...
[January 24, 2007, 5:50]
Windows XP Outshines Vista In Benchmarking Test
News New tests have revealed that XP with the beta Service Pack 3 has twice the performance of Vista, even with its long-awaited Service Pack 1. Vista's performance with the service pack increased less than two percent compared to performance without...
[November 27, 2007, 7:10]
XP Service Pack 3 Delayed
News While Windows Vista is nearing completion, Microsoft has delayed the next service pack update for its predecessor, Windows XP. Service Pack 3 has seen its schedule pushed out a few times, amid delays to Windows Vista.
[October 20, 2006, 10:10]
Windows XP SP3 Out By End Of April
News The third and final service pack for Windows XP could be available by the end of April, according to a leaked Microsoft schedule. The alleged schedule for the release of XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) — obtained by the Neowin website — shows that...
[April 16, 2008, 12:17]
Microsoft Delays XP SP3 Over 'compatibility Issue'
News Microsoft said on Tuesday that it is delaying the release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 because of a newly uncovered glitch. Microsoft finalised the code for Windows XP Service Pack (SP3) last week and had planned to make it broadly available as of...
[April 30, 2008, 12:33]
Microsoft Resumes XP SP3, Vista SP1 Updates
News A week ago, Microsoft delayed the release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) because of a problem that could lead to data loss when running the XP update in conjunction with its Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System (RMS) program.
[May 7, 2008, 10:49]
Tube Staff Get Huge Discount On Office 2007
News Tube Lines, a private company that has the maintenance and infrastructure upgrade contract for the Northern, Piccadilly and Jubilee lines, is planning to move from Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) to the Vista operating system in late 2008.
[November 28, 2007, 16:43]
Microsoft Patches Eight Critical Flaws
News Entitled 'Vulnerabilities in GDI+ Could Allow Remote Code Execution (954593)', this bulletin affects all supported editions of Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1...
[September 10, 2008, 8:46]
XP Is Dead; Long Live XP
News Vista's notoriously sluggish performance was supposed to be boosted by its upcoming first service pack, but a new service pack was also due for XP. Testing of the beta versions of both service packs showed that XP SP3 was likely to trounce Vista...
[June 30, 2008, 13:53]
Vista In The Enterprise review
Reviews Microsoft reckons that security — Windows XP's bugbear (at least until Service Pack 2 came along) — has been considerably enhanced in Vista. XP's Service Pack 2's security features are all there of course, along with updated Windows Firewall...
[July 12, 2007, 14:43]
Forrester: IT Managers Delaying Vista Rollout
News Another area of concern for businesses is the lack of specificity around the first service pack (SP1) for Windows Vista. Whether right or wrong, experience tells IT managers that the first service pack is Microsoft's official blessing that the new...
[August 16, 2007, 8:56]
Vista Service Pack 1 (RC1 Refresh) Upgrade
Blog With many holding out on buying Vista until the first Service Pack it's really important to Microsoft to get it right with this release. If you are running Vista ok but want to squeeze more performance out of it then this service pack may be what...
[January 15, 2008, 15:42]
Microsoft Releases Windows Update Blocker
News Microsoft has released a toolkit to let businesses block service pack updates for Windows XP, Vista and Server 2003. XP service pack 3 (SP3) will be blocked for 12 months following its release due in the first half of 2008, as will Vista SP1, which...
[December 10, 2007, 14:39]
Microsoft Struggles To Push Out IE7
News Everyone who uses an English language version of Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and Automatic Updates enabled should receive a notice to upgrade to IE7 by the end of January, said Gary Schare, Microsoft's director of IE product management.
[November 14, 2006, 16:36]
Vista Slow To Unfold
Leader There, Service Pack 1 didn't provoke much of a reaction for two reasons: the original software was seen as good enough to get those who needed to upgrade — and with Windows 98 in the frame, there were lots of those — but without having enough new...
[May 15, 2007, 18:19]
