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.NET Framework 1.0 Service Pack 3 SYSTEM.WEB.DLL And MSCOREE.DLL Security Update For Windows XP Media Center And Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
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 22, 2007, 6:48]
.NET Framework 1.0 Service Pack 3 SYSTEM.WEB.DLL And MSCOREE.DLL Security Update For Windows XP Media Center Edition And Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
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 22, 2007, 6:58]
Redmond Takes Aim At Your Home
News Now that it costs less than XP Pro, Microsoft altered Media Center's features slightly to ensure that businesses don't switch to Media Center just to save money. With the first two versions, the software maker sold Windows XP Media Center edition...
[October 13, 2004, 9:10]
New Version Of XP Media Centre Edition To Be Released
News Without an all-new version of Windows until Longhorn in 2006, Microsoft is hoping that an improved Media Center OS can help reignite interest in the 3-year-old Windows XP operating system. For the first time, Microsoft's Windows XP Media Center...
[October 6, 2004, 15:40]
Media Center Wins Starring Role
News Microsoft plans to start testing a new version of its Windows XP Media Center edition, which is a customised operating system designed for entertainment-oriented PCs. Testing of Symphony comes not long after Microsoft released its predecessor, the...
[January 28, 2004, 8:05]
Media Center To Hit Another Five Countries
News Although Microsoft executives have been hesitant to say as much, they did include this sentiment in the press release for the geographic expansion, quoting Jupiter Research analyst Avi Greengart as saying "Windows XP Media Center PCs will become...
[May 10, 2004, 9:40]
Microsoft Unveils Entertainment Software
News The technology, called Microsoft Plus Digital Media Edition for Windows XP and part of the Microsoft Plus product line, is designed to give users of standard PCs more features for editing and playing with media files, without turning to...
[December 17, 2002, 7:36]
Media Center PCs Win Wider Acclaim
News The two companies did not offer computers using the initial version of the Windows XP Media Center operating system, but are expected to enter the market once Microsoft introduces a new version of the operating system later this month.
[September 5, 2003, 9:15]
Media Center PCs In The Spotlight
News The new computers are made by HP and run the new Windows XP Media Center Edition, a derivation of Microsoft's flagship operating system. Windows XP Media Center Edition sports a second user interface for accessing digital music and photos, watching...
[October 29, 2002, 8:35]
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 review
Reviews Like most pioneering products, the first version of Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition, released in early 2003, showed lots of promise but suffered from rough edges. With Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004, Microsoft has addressed these...
[October 9, 2003, 14:55]
New PCs Restrict Copying
News The new consumer computers run Windows XP Media Center Edition, a variation of Microsoft's flagship operating system. Meta Group analyst Steve Kleynahans said that Microsoft made the decision to put in the copy protection fairly far along in the...
[September 4, 2002, 8:55]
Microsoft To Extend Media Center In 2005
News Media Center and Tablet PC, the other customised version of Windows XP, are taking on added importance for Microsoft, which is still years away from shipping the next major release of Windows, code-named Longhorn.
[March 19, 2004, 16:40]
Evidence Mounts For Premium Vista
News With Windows XP, Microsoft has its mainstay home and professional editions, as well as Tablet and Media Center. Windows XP Starter Edition, a limited version of the operating system, is sold with new PCs in emerging markets such as India, Thailand...
[September 14, 2005, 9:05]
Microsoft Puts PCs Into Heart Of Home Entertainment
News Originally code-named Freestyle, this entertainment version of Windows -- which will go by the name Windows XP Media Center Edition -- will appear on new PCs and PC hybrids in time for the holidays, the company revealed on Tuesday.
[July 16, 2002, 8:19]
Microsoft Sets XP Update Release Date
News The Windows XP update is unique because it adds a new control for setting default middleware -- such as Web browser and media player software -- as required by Microsoft's pending antitrust settlement with the Justice Department and nine of the 18...
[September 2, 2002, 8:01]
Microsoft Shows More Vista Features
News The new preview release includes an update to Windows Media Player and gives a peek at the successor to Windows XP Media Center Edition with the new Windows Media Center. The latest Vista preview doesn't include all of the features that Microsoft...
[December 20, 2005, 8:40]
Privacy Groups Turn Up Heat On Windows XP, Passport
News A group of privacy organisations on Wednesday renewed their attacks on Microsoft's Passport authentication service and Windows XP, asking the Federal Trade Commission to mandate changes in Microsoft's new operating system.
[August 16, 2001, 8:50]
Vista's Six Versions Finalised
News On top of the initial Home and Professional editions, Microsoft later added a 64-bit version of XP Pro and Windows XP Starter Edition, as well as the Tablet PC and Media Center editions. Microsoft is also doing away with the notion of Media Center...
[February 27, 2006, 10:30]
Microsoft Updates Longhorn Roadmap
News Also slated for this year are updates to the Tablet PC and Windows Media Center editions of Windows XP. The demo had a few glitches, but it eventually showed Longhorn to be better able to render multiple 3D images than its predecessor, Windows XP.
[May 5, 2004, 13:00]
Gates Lays Out Vision For The Digital Decade
News Among other features, Windows XP Media Center Edition lets consumers watch and record shows to the PC's hard drive. Besides the main version, Microsoft in the last year released new versions of Windows XP for embedded devices, for home...
[February 13, 2003, 12:28]
