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Windows XP SP3 Installed
Blog I have downloaded and installed Service Pack 3 for Windows XP Professional on my Fujitsu Lifebook S6510. Overall I am very happy with the S6510 running XP since my latest retreat from Vista last week.
[April 30, 2008, 8:53]
Microsoft Tells Businesses: It's Time For Vista
News As to why businesses should deploy Vista now, Nash said the release of Vista Service Pack 1 has improved Windows security, improved driver support, and minimised application compatibility issues. Microsoft on Wednesday released a white paper...
[June 5, 2008, 13:04]
XP SP3 Is Sick Puppy 3, Stupid Patchwork 3, Stupendous Pain-in-the-A__ 3
Blog I'm giving up on trying to install Service Pack 3. Installing a Service Pack was a safe and tested way to bring a basic imaged system up to a known specification on security patches. I will NOT however recommend to management that we need to go to...
[June 21, 2008, 13:54]
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]
Running The Numbers On Vista Sales
News Microsoft is starting beta testing of its first service pack for Windows Vista, though that update won't be released in final form until next year. Sales of boxed copies of Windows Vista continue to significantly trail those of Windows XP during...
[September 12, 2007, 8:14]
Not All Unlicensed Windows Copies Are Used By People With Eye Patches
Talkback I cleaned it up with free tools as best I could but advised she needs to have windows updates especially service pack 2. They sold her Windows XP pro despite windows xp home and vista being available and charged her full RRP.
[December 5, 2007, 10:14]
Windows Chief Fields Readers' Questions
News Dwayne Alton asks: Will Microsoft provide a family pack, or some other way to encourage multiple-PC homes to upgrade to Vista? Interestingly, even though XP will be five years old by the time Vista ships (currently scheduled for the end of this...
[January 30, 2006, 9:35]
Microsoft Hopes SP1 Will Drive Vista Adoption
News Many analysts have consistently advised companies to hold off on Vista deployments until the first service pack's arrival. The first Vista service pack may serve dual purposes for Microsoft: fixing the operating system's rough edges and...
[August 30, 2007, 14:59]
Microsoft 'frightened' By Police XP Hack
News At a Get Safe Online event on Monday aimed at heightening security awareness among small businesses, officers connected a machine running Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) to an unsecured wireless network.
[November 13, 2007, 10:26]
Microsoft Sets Date For Vista SP1 Beta
Blog Comment Perhaps the MS testing team uncovered some hairy bugs, and now the developer team is fearful that things will get nastier if they write a service pack that might make the situation even worse. Windows Vista code is estimated to have about 50 mlsc...
[June 23, 2007, 5:37]
Businesses Have 'no Appetite For Vista'
News But Silver predicts uptake will accelerate in 2008, with increased planning and testing and the arrival of the first service pack (SP1) fuelling demand. Businesses feel a move to Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system isn't worth the effort yet...
[November 29, 2007, 7:57]
Microsoft's Mojave Just A Desert Vista
Blog Comment I don't meant to nit-pick but considering that Service pack 2 for XP was released just over 4 years ago, I wonder how much money Microsoft wasted in their studies, only to obtian a fact that my nan could have worked out?
[August 12, 2008, 18:02]
Microsoft's Pre-modern Message Puts A New Face On Vista
Blog Comment After the service pack i find it very stable.haven't had one machine blue screen or corrupt itself. I would rather see people make the switch to Ubuntu or another Distro, But until mainstream software becomes more available for it i don't see the...
[July 25, 2008, 10:11]
McAfee And Microsoft Tangle Over Vista Security
News Windows Security Center, introduced with Windows XP Service Pack 2, pops up on desktops to alert PC owners.if their firewall, virus protection and other security tools need attention. Kernel Patch Protection is not new to Vista; the technology has...
[October 3, 2006, 14:20]
Microsoft Killing XP So That Vista Can Live
Blog Now Vista may well mature into a half decent OS, by say service pack 3, but at the moment it's rather half cooked. I fall into the latter category after buying a laptop with Vista installed I reverted to XP because Vista killed performance and gave...
[September 24, 2007, 19:01]
Windows PatchGuard Expected To Be Hacked Soon
News Symantec, the world's largest maker of antivirus software, has been leading the pack, closely followed by others including McAfee, Check Point Software Technologies and Panda Software. Hackers will break through the protection mechanism soon after...
[October 13, 2006, 10:15]
Dell Warns Of Vista Upgrade Challenges
News While O'Callaghan accepted that some business are holding back from migrating to Vista, he denied that there is a widespread feeling that it is better to wait for Service Pack 1. However, he still thinks that business should go ahead with the...
[July 4, 2007, 18:02]
Vista Versions Are So Last Century
Talkback Buy a microsoft action pack if you are a business or IT professional.it will cost you 200 quid plus vat (unless vat registered) and you get 16000 quid worth of software. I am sure when vista is released every single version of vista will be sent a...
[March 6, 2006, 16:57]
EU Clashes With Microsoft Over Vista Features
Talkback Possibly considerable, but temporary from all the new gear that people in the domestic market would have bought, as some will hold out until Vista arrives, and the sensible ones will wait until the first service pack arrives.
[September 28, 2006, 12:01]
XP Service Pack 3 Delayed
Talkback Microsoft just doesn't support thier "end users" anymore.just because thier new Vista "Wonder O.S.is ready to roll.why should they care about home or small bussiness users that have XP home or Pro.or even 2003 server!
[October 23, 2006, 21:24]
