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| The First Bits and Pieces of Vista SP1 Die Today, Vista RTM in April 2010 |  | The first bits and pieces of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 die today June 30, 2008. Microsoft announced from mid-June that the release candidate builds of Windows Vista are scheduled for expiration at the end of the month. As an integral part of the ... [read more >>] | | 30 June 2008, 03:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| All You Need to Know About Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V RTM |  | Even though it might seem like an overstatement, the fact of the matter is that Microsoft is actually providing all the information consumers need to know about Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, and centralizing it proved quite a task. Hyper-V is delivered as an update for Windows Server 2008, available for download as of June 26, 2008, which can be installed as a role in the latest Microsoft Windows server operating system.
Hyper-V was ini ... [read more >>] | | 27 June 2008, 13:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft: Vista SP1 Brings the Performance Vista RTM Didn't |  | Following the advent of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Microsoft geared up to dispel the negative aura which was orbiting around the RTM version of the operating system. As soon as the latest Windows client hit the shelves back in January 30, 2007, negative feedback started flowing, focused on hardware and software compatibility issues, the limitations introduced by the added security mitigations such as User Account Control and P ... [read more >>] | | 23 June 2008, 05:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft: Windows Vista SP1 Release Candidates Expire June 30, 2008 |  | The Release Candidate versions of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 have only two more weeks to live. Microsoft warned users still running development milestones of the first service pack for Windows Vista that the testing releases would expire at the end of the month. June 30, 2008 is the last day in the life of Vista SP1 RC builds. Microsoft introduces kill switches into all its Alpha, Beta and RC builds, and Windows service packs m ... [read more >>] | | 16 June 2008, 03:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Get It While It's Hot: XP Professional SP3 Patch CD Pro/Home |  | The fact of the matter is that Microsoft has wrapped up with Windows XP Service Pack 3, ever since it reached RTM stage on April 21. After being released to manufacturing, on May 6, 2008, XP SP3 RTM Build 5512 was made available for download to the general pu ... [read more >>] | | 23 May 2008, 12:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows XP SP3 Brings the Death of SP2 - July 13, 2010 |  | The advent of Windows XP Service Pack 3 has brought with it the proverbial "beginning of the end" for its predecessor, Service Pack 2. As it is customary with Microsoft, the availability of a service pack triggers the start of expiration support for ... [read more >>] | | 19 May 2008, 11:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Wrapping up Windows XP3 SP3 Build 5512 - Download Information |  | Technically, Microsoft has yet to wrap things up with the distribution of Windows XP Service Pack 3, and is now gearing up for the final stage designed to serve the operating system through Automatic Updates. But, other than pushing the service pack to all XP users with AU enabled, the Redmond company has wrapped up with the availability of SP3, having already published the gold bits on Windows Update, and the Windows Server Update Service ... [read more >>] | | 17 May 2008, 06:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows XP SP3 RTM Symbols Package |  | Microsoft is accompanying the final version of Windows XP SP3 with additional resources aimed to complement the release. Case in point: the Symbols Package for Windows XP Service Pack 3, containing items made available in order to provide developers with the tools necessary to perform ... [read more >>] | | 17 May 2008, 03:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Forget Vista SP1, Microsoft Made an Alternative for Download |  | Forget about Windows Vista Service Pack 1. Even though the first service pack for the latest Windows client was made available to the general public just two months ago, it is already old news. Moreover, Microsoft has alternatives in place designed as a verit ... [read more >>] | | 15 May 2008, 10:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| No Rush to Resolve Slipstreamed XP SP3 Product Key Issues |  | Microsoft is in no rush to resolve an issue affecting the capacity of slipstreamed versions of Windows XP Service Pack 3 to integrate product keys. The problem dates back to Release Candidate 1 of XP SP3, and was signaled as early as December 2007. Copies ... [read more >>] | | 15 May 2008, 07:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Enable Vista-Native Network Access Protection on XP SP3 |  | Network Access Protection (NAP) is one of the few features that were actually added to Windows XP SP3. However, the management of the policy enforcement platform present by default in both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 is not as streamlined on XP SP3 as it is in the latest server and client operating systems. In Vista for example all that end users need to do is start the service through the NAP Client Configuration MMC (napclcfg.m ... [read more >>] | | 13 May 2008, 11:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Installing Custom IE7 Optimized Packages on XP SP3 RTM |  | Although Microsoft claims that both Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 play well with Windows XP Service pack 3 RTM, the fact of the matter is that there are a few subtleties that cause the browsers to become permanent components of th ... [read more >>] | | 13 May 2008, 02:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| XP SP3 Download Still Live Despite Widespread Problems |  | Downloads of Windows XP SP3 are still live and they’re going to remain this way, despite widespread problems. The final service pack for XP was offered to the general public on May 6, 2008. Accompanying the release was a consistent volume of documentation, complete with resources describing various issues that survived the RTM stage. The launch of XP SP3 RTM Build 5512 was postponed initially for approximately a week due to incompatibility ... [read more >>] | | 12 May 2008, 07:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Checked Build of XP SP3 Available for Download |  | In addition to the standalone packages of Windows XP SP3, Microsoft has made available a set of additional versions, tailoring the releases on specific user scenarios. In this context, the Checked Build of Windows XP Service Pack 3 RTM, Build 5512 is designed to act as the foundation for the development of third-party solutions for the Windows client. In this regard, it brings to the table not only the gold bits of the service pack but als ... [read more >>] | | 09 May 2008, 11:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Troubleshoot Failed Installations of XP SP3 RTM Build 5512 |  | Although Microsoft has hammered away at Windows XP SP3 in order to provide an experience as seamless as possible for end users when deploying the service pack, failed installation scenarios are still a valid possibility. In the eventuality of a failed ... [read more >>] | | 09 May 2008, 08:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Download Windows XP SP3 RTM Network Installation Package |  | The Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) RTM Network Installation Package is just one piece of the Final XP SP3 puzzle made available for download by Microsoft. The third and last service pack for Windows XP comes in a variety of flavors designed to addres ... [read more >>] | | 09 May 2008, 04:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Critical Security Patch for Windows XP Service Pack 3 Final |  | Windows XP SP3 was barely out the door, when Microsoft rushed to issue the first critical patch for the service pack. Concomitantly with the general availability of the last service pack for XP, Microsoft dropped the first critical security update designed to patch Internet E ... [read more >>] | | 08 May 2008, 09:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Download Windows XP Service Pack 3 - ISO-9660 CD Image File |  | Following the RTM of Windows XP SP3 on April 21, 2008, and the general availability on May 6, Microsoft started serving bits and pieces of the service pack through its Windows Update infrastructure but also via the Download Center. The fact of th ... [read more >>] | | 08 May 2008, 07:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Killed Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate 2 (RC2) Refresh |  | The third and last service pack for Windows XP is barely out the door and Microsoft has rushed to put the past behind it. As of May 6, 2008 the Redmond company has officially killed Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 Refresh. XP SP3 RC2 Refresh represented the last developme ... [read more >>] | | 07 May 2008, 12:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows Vista SP1 RTM Downloads Get the Green Light |  | Microsoft has given the green light to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RTM downloads... again. Released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, the availability saga of the first service pack for Vista is now in its final stage, namely delivery through Automatic U ... [read more >>] | | 07 May 2008, 07:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Download Official Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) RTM Build 5512 |  | The Windows XP Service Pack 3 availability saga is one step closer to the finish line. At over a week since it was initially planned to ship to the general public, Service Pack 3 is now available for download to all 32-bit XP users. Of course that torrent and warez websites offered XP SP3 RTM Build 5512 almost immediately after it was released to manufacturing on April 21, 2008, and on top of the leaked copies, direct download li ... [read more >>] | | 07 May 2008, 03:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Original XP SP3 RTM Integrated Slipstream ISO Images Leaked |  | Nothing spells out the hunger for the third and final service pack of Windows XP as the volume of leaked copies of SP3 RTM that are available for download from torrent and warez websites. It was the case with the initial standalone English version of XP SP3 ... [read more >>] | | 06 May 2008, 12:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| XP SP3 Ships Complete with a Range of Issues that Survived RTM |  | Microsoft released Windows XP SP3 to manufacturing on April 21, 2008, and by all means the company took its due time with the service pack: a couple of additional months to develop it on top of what it needed for Windows Vista. But even with the extra de ... [read more >>] | | 06 May 2008, 10:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mozilla Nearing the Finish Line for Firefox 3.0 |  | Mozilla is nearing the finish line for the latest version of its open source browser. Firefox 3.0 was initially planned for launch by the end of 2007, but Mozilla pushed the delivery deadline back all the way to mid 2008 in an effort to soften all the rough edges of the browser. It appears that the trade has paid off, as Firefox 3.0 reflects the focus on quality even from ... [read more >>] | | 06 May 2008, 09:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows Server 2008 Is Windows Vista SP1 Minus the Pain |  | Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn, is essentially intimately connected with Windows Vista Service Pack 1, to the level in which the RTM version of Microsoft's latest server operating system features the SP1 label. Released to manufacturing at the ... [read more >>] | | 06 May 2008, 07:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft: Faulty Integration of XP SP3 RTM and IE8 Beta 1 by Design |  | Although the bundle between Microsoft's proprietary operating system and browser products seems nothing short of a match made in Redmond heaven, the fact of the matter is that the ubiquitous Windows-IE couple now experiences problems with the arrival of Service Pack 3 for XP. At this point in time, Microsoft is offering no less than three different versions of Internet Explorer, namely IE6, IE7 and IE8 Beta 1. The intimate c ... [read more >>] | | 06 May 2008, 03:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| What Not to Do with XP SP3 RTM: Slipstream It on Windows Vista |  | Whatever you do with Windows XP SP3, do not attempt to slipstream the service pack on Windows Vista. Despite the fact that SP3 RTM Build 5512 is provided as a standalone download, it can be integrated into earlier versions of the operating system. The process is called slipstreaming. While Microsoft performs such actions and ... [read more >>] | | 05 May 2008, 12:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| XP SP3 RTM Is Slaughtering Firefox with IE6 |  | The pseudo-release of Windows XP Service Pack 3, because Microsoft's game of now you see it, now you don't, cannot be called otherwise, has managed to produce some rather interesting side-effects. In this context, one of the collatera ... [read more >>] | | 05 May 2008, 09:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Make No Mistake About It, the XP SP3 RTM Direct Download Links Are Live |  | Make no mistake about it, the gold bits of Windows XP Service Pack 3 are available for download straight from Microsoft, contrary to what the company is claiming. On April 29, Chris Keroack, Release Manager, Windows Serviceability delivered unexpected news about the third and final service pack for Windows XP. With an excess of 73% of operating system users worldwide running some variation of Windows XP, April 29, 2008 promised to allow a ... [read more >>] | | 30 April 2008, 12:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows Vista SP1 RTM Optimized Desktop |  | With the advent of Windows Vista at the end of 2006/the beginning of 2007, Microsoft has started pouring a consistent amount of efforts into enabling optimized desktops. Throughout 2007, and after the introduction of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, the Redmond company continued to fine tune a set of offerings bundled together under the umbrella of Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) for Software Assurance customers. The Microsoft Mana ... [read more >>] | | 30 April 2008, 12:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Download Free BitLocker Tools for Windows Vista SP1 |  | Windows Vista Service Pack 1 features a number of improvements over the RTM version of the operating system, with aspects of the evolution focused on the disk encryption technology that ships with the Enterprise and Ultimate SKUs. With SP1, BitLocker for Vista Ultimate and Enterprise editions now enables end users to take advantage of a multi-factor authentication method which is designed to bundle a key protected by the Trusted ... [read more >>] | | 30 April 2008, 07:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Kills Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) RTM Build 5512 Downloads |  | The long and frustrating wait for Windows XP Service Pack 3 just got longer and is also bound to get a tad more frustrating for end users. April 29, 2008 was supposed to mark the general availability date for the third and final service pack for Windows XP. This is not the case, as Microsoft has killed XP SP3 RTM downloads even before they made it to end users through the official channels. As a direct consequence, ... [read more >>] | | 30 April 2008, 03:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Forget Leaked XP SP3 RTM - Build 5512 Final Direct Download Link |  | Officially, Windows XP Service Pack 3 RTM is not yet available for download. Unofficially however, the story is a tad different. The third and last service pack for Windows XP has been up for grabs from various sources, more or less legitimate since a few ... [read more >>] | | 29 April 2008, 09:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Vista SP1 vs. XP SP3 Smackdown About to Start |  | The Windows Vista vs. Windows XP face-off is far from over. Not only that, but the smackdown of the two operating systems is about to enter into its next stage of evolution with Microsoft launching the latest service packs for both platforms. Vista Service Pack 1 was r ... [read more >>] | | 26 April 2008, 05:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| XP SP3 32-bit Is Here, But That's It, There's No 64-bit XP SP3 |  | Windows XP Service Pack 3 is here. Well, almost here, as Microsoft prepares to release the service pack to the general public on April 29, even though leaked builds of the final XP SP3 are already available for download, following the release to manufacturing m ... [read more >>] | | 25 April 2008, 11:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Leaked XP SP3 RTM Build 5512 Is a Hit on Torrent Websites |  | While Microsoft is yet to satisfy the end user's hunger for Windows XP Service Pack 3, with the general availability date set for April 29, 2008, the service pack is nothing short of a hit on torrent websites and warez hotspots. As soon as XP SP3 hit RTM o ... [read more >>] | | 25 April 2008, 05:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Windows Vista SP1 RTM Show Is Over |  | Applause might not be in order, but the fact of the matter is that the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 show is closing in towards the moment of the final curtain. Christopher Flores, Director Windows Communications, noted that the Redmond company was pleased with the evol ... [read more >>] | | 24 April 2008, 10:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Could Keep XP SP3 Available after June 30, 2008 |  | The third service pack for Windows XP, and also the last major update that the operating system will get in its lifetime, was released to manufacturing on April 21, 2008. The service pack indicates that there is still life left into the aging platform, now over ... [read more >>] | | 24 April 2008, 10:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| XP SP3 Sacrificed on the Altar of Vista SP1 |  | If there was any doubt in your mind as to Microsoft's priorities regarding its two Windows client available concomitantly, Windows Vista and Windows XP, the race to bring the service packs for the two operating systems to the finish line should offer some indications as to the company's strategy. Although both Vista SP1 and XP SP3 debuted into beta stages almost simultaneously in mid-2008, and went through development m ... [read more >>] | | 23 April 2008, 13:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The First Taste of Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) RTM Downloads |  | The first downloads of Windows XP Service Pack 3 are now live. One day after the release to manufacturing of XP SP3, Microsoft, under pressure from the community, is diverging from its timetable for the release of the service pack and is making the first downloads a ... [read more >>] | | 23 April 2008, 03:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Future Official Release Dates for XP SP3 RTM Build 5512 |  | Even though Windows XP SP3 was released to manufacturing on April 21, 2008, this is not the end of the road for the latest and last service pack for XP. Just as is the case with Windows Vista Service Pack 1, the serving of XP SP3 is a complex process that will span ... [read more >>] | | 22 April 2008, 12:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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