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Support Ends For Windows XP SP1
News Microsoft will end support for Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) and SP 1a on 10 October, leaving users no option but to upgrade to SP2 if they wish to continue to receive support for crucial components, including security software.
[October 9, 2006, 15:10]
Google Denies Disassembling Vista Code For Chrome
News The Chrome source code said a particular security feature available on Vista, Data Execution Prevention, can be used on Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 SP1, though it's not documented for the older operating systems.
[September 22, 2008, 8:36]
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]
Windows Vista SP1 review
Reviews Where Windows XP SP2 introduced the Windows Security Center and changed the existing Windows Firewall, Windows Vista SP1 introduces almost no visible change to your desktop. Before installing SP1, all users running Windows Vista RTM (that is, if...
[February 12, 2008, 7:45]
Microsoft Has A Second Shot At Vista SP1
News Microsoft said on Thursday that it has released another updated test version of Windows Vista Service Pack 1. The company said that the new version, dubbed "Windows Vista SP1 RC Refresh 2", has been released to about 15,000 beta testers.
[January 28, 2008, 12:54]
Microsoft Resumes XP SP3, Vista SP1 Updates
News The software maker said on Tuesday that it was releasing XP SP3 for web downloads, and resuming automatic updates to Vista SP1, after developing a filter that will prevent machines running Dynamics RMS from getting either update.
[May 7, 2008, 10:49]
Microsoft Delays XP SP3 Over 'compatibility Issue'
News The glitch also exists between Microsoft Dynamics RMS and Windows Vista SP1, though that product has already been broadly released. Microsoft said on Tuesday that it is delaying the release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 because of a newly uncovered...
[April 30, 2008, 12:33]
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, both with and without SP1, performed over two times slower than XP with SP3 in the test, taking over...
[November 27, 2007, 7:10]
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. Windows Vista doesn't hit retail shelves until next...
[January 24, 2007, 5:50]
Windows Vista - Here I Go Again!
Blog First, installing the Vista updates which were released while I was running XP; then a couple of driver updates. So, after reading all of the recent posts about Vista SP1 being available "Real Soon Now" (which made me aware that there are some...
[February 19, 2008, 13:02]
Microsoft Releases Vista Updates
News Microsoft also confirmed that pre-beta code for Vista SP1 and XP SP3 had been distributed to testers. Microsoft has released two updates for Windows Vista. Users must validate their version of Vista with Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) — a...
[August 9, 2007, 10:36]
Forrester: IT Managers Delaying Vista Rollout
News In September, Brad Goldberg, general manager for Windows client product management, predicted that Vista would be put in use by twice as many businesses in the first year as Windows XP was in the 12 months following its October 2001 release.
[August 16, 2007, 8:56]
Vista Service Pack 1 (RC1 Refresh) Upgrade
Blog Vista has been slammed by business users and gamers alike for bringing their systems to their knees or at least noticeably reducing speed with some apps and games compared to XP. One thing you will notice is that it now says Windows Vista...
[January 15, 2008, 15:42]
Internet Explorer 8 To Get Anti-malware Protection
News Most of the new features require systems to be running Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Windows XP SP3. Using Data Execution Protection (DEP) within Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista SP1, IE8 will scan downloads and block any that it deems...
[July 3, 2008, 10:44]
The New Windows Firewall In Windows Vista And Windows Server "Longhorn"
White Papers The new Windows Firewall in Windows Vista and Windows Server "Longhorn" has the following enhancements over the current Windows Firewall in Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 SP1: supports both incoming and outgoing traffic, new Microsoft...
[March 8, 2006, 0:01]
Medieval Bluetooth Network Scanner
Downloads Windows XP SP1 (or above) and Windows Vista are both fully supported. This program can analyze and scan your Bluetooth network, giving detailed informations about local and remote devices found. You can also browse supported services of each device...
[May 22, 2007, 1:49]
NetMon
Downloads Support OS: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/It can support both raw sock and WinPCAP. But, due to the windows bug, under WindowsXP SP1 (fixed on SP2) and Vista raw sock can NOT caputre the sending package. Sninff and dump your network traffic.
[March 19, 2008, 19:46]
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. Microsoft has set out ambitious goals for business adoption of Vista, saying it expected...
[August 29, 2007, 18:15]
Biggest Threat To An OS Is Administrative Privileges
Talkback They need to offer a FREE special configuration of IE8 or 9 that operates totally isolated in its own VM and operable on XP Pro, Vista and Windows 7 when its released. That would require that they open up the EULA terms enough to allow a user to...
[November 17, 2008, 7:35]
XP Is Dead; Long Live XP
News Although Microsoft is keen for users to switch to XP's successor, Windows Vista, that operating system has not been the success that was hoped for by Redmond. Testing of the beta versions of both service packs showed that XP SP3 was likely to...
[June 30, 2008, 13:53]
