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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 b... |
23 April 2008
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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 available. According to the initial XP SP3 availabili... |
23 April 2008
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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 until mid-2008. Chris Keroack, Release Manager, Wind... |
22 April 2008
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Although it was released to manufacturing on April 21, 2008, the third and last service pack for Windows XP has yet to make it to end users. Despite this, Microsoft has already made available the first update tailored on XP SP3. Update for Windows XP (KB942763) is designed to integrate with both Windows XP SP2 and SP... |
22 April 2008
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The wait is over. The final version of the third and last service pack for Windows XP has been released to manufacturing as previously reported on April 21, 2008. At the start of this week, XP SP3 went gold, just months short of a four years gap that separates it from the previous XP release, Service Pack 2, that wen... |
22 April 2008
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Microsoft is wrapping up the third and final service pack for Windows XP. Today, April 21, 2008, is the date when the Redmond company will release to manufacturing Windows XP Service Pack 3. But even with the wait for SP3 nearly over, Microsoft is managing not to breathe a single word on its plans. Until this point i... |
21 April 2008
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In the context of Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista RTM was easy to ignore throughout, but with the introduction of Service Pack 1, the equation of the latest Windows client has evolved. SP1 represents not only a maturity milestone for Windows Vista, but also a stage in the life of the operating system that will catalyze... |
19 April 2008
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Windows XP Service Pack 3, despite the fact that it is yet to be released in its final version, is safe from the latest security vulnerability impacting a range of Windows platforms including XP SP2 and Vista SP1. Despite the fact that Windows Vista was constantly applauded throughout 2007 as the safest version of Wi... |
18 April 2008
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Microsoft is gearing up for the next stage in the delivery of its first service pack for Windows Vista. The Redmond company has confirmed officially that the automatic distribution of Vista SP1 is just around the corner. Still, at this point in time, the deadline for the debut of Vista SP1's serving through Auto... |
18 April 2008
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With Windows Vista SP1 available in all 36 languages supported by the operating system as of April 15, Microsoft has taken the necessary measures to ensure that the RTM build of its latest Windows client will play well with the service pack. The Redmond company published an extensive list of reasons why some Vista RT... |
17 April 2008
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Microsoft is not saying much at all about the third and final service pack for Windows XP, and whatever information does manage to get through the translucent filters implemented by Steven Sinofsky, Senior Vice President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group, presents little relevance. A recent reference relate... |
16 April 2008
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It's raining Windows Vista Service Pack 1 downloads straight from Microsoft. At over two months since it was released to manufacturing and at just a couple of days short of the first month since it was dropped to the general users, Vista SP1 takes the stage yet again. With Windows XP Service Pack pushed almost c... |
16 April 2008
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This is Windows Vista Service Pack 1 in all its splendor, like you never heard it or saw it before. The video fragment embedded at the bottom of the article is bound to fail in finding its way onto all the music rankings worldwide, that if it even qualifies as music, but apparently Microsoft considers that it is a pr... |
16 April 2008
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Windows Vista SP1 was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, and by the end of the same month OEM, Volume License customers, MSDN and TechNet subscribers along with the beta testers of the product, all got their hands on the service pack. As of March 18, Microsoft also made available Vista SP1 RTM via the Dow... |
16 April 2008
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Windows Vista RTM has had quite a rough ride throughout 2007, with Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Stave Ballmer acknowledging software and hardware incompatibility problems. And while Service Pack 1 is essentially designed to soften all the rough edges of the latest Windows client, Vista SP1 is not without problem... |
16 April 2008
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Over two months since Windows Vista SP1 was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, and almost a month since it became available to the general public on March 18, the first service pack for the latest Windows client is once again available for download. This is of course Vista SP1 Wave 1 of downloads, followi... |
15 April 2008
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Windows XP Service Pack 3 will be available for download on April 29, 2008. At the end of this month, the Redmond company will release the third and final service pack for Windows XP, the operating system released initially at the end of 2001, and overhauled in 2004 with SP2. Until this point Microsoft has kept a ste... |
15 April 2008
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Microsoft's latest Windows client brought to the table in November 2006 (for businesses) and in January 2007 (for the general consumers) a revamped activation architecture. But most importantly, Windows Vista features an intimate connection with Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy mechanism, a... |
14 April 2008
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When Windows Vista was unleashed in January 31, 2008, Microsoft was promising performance, security, innovation, all wrapped up under an umbrella of a Wow user experience. Instead Vista got a mixed reception, and a barrage of criticism over how bloated it was, over hardware resources consumption, over hardware and so... |
11 April 2008
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Try as you might, you will find that it is impossible to upgrade Windows Vista Service Pack 1 to a previous edition of the operating system, namely Vista RTM. And if upgrading Vista SP1 to the gold version of Vista sounds like a contradiction, just bear with me, it does make sense. The fact of the matter is that with... |
11 April 2008
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On April 8, 2008, Microsoft released a total of eight security bulletins for Windows, Office and Internet Explorer as an integral part of its monthly patch cycle. The patches are delivered through the Windows Update infrastructure, but the Redmond company is also making them available as an ISO image through the Micr... |
10 April 2008
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Windows Vista SP1 has yet to reach the end of the first month since Microsoft made it available to the general public and the company is already hammering away at the service pack in an attempt to plug critical security holes. On April 8, 2008, Microsoft released a total of eight security bulletins for Windows, Offic... |
9 April 2008
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With Microsoft completely mute on the third and final service pack for Windows XP, the fact of the matter is that there are some movements on the XP SP3 front, superficial as they might be. Confirmed officially for finalization by mid-2008, XP SP3 fails to have a delivery deadline as of yet, with the Redmond company ... |
9 April 2008
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This April, coming to a computer near you will be the Wave 1 of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 downloads. The first service pack for the latest Windows client was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008. A month and a half later, the Redmond company started serving Vista SP1 through Windows Update and the Microso... |
9 April 2008
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Microsoft has yet to finish with the delivery process of Windows Vista SP1, and the company is already hammering away at the service pack plugging security holes. According to the Redmond company, Vista SP1 is affected by multiple vulnerabilities that will be addressed with April's security bulletin releases, sc... |
4 April 2008
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Windows Server 2008 is Microsoft's latest server platform and the successor of Windows Server 2003. Initially scheduled to be released to manufacturing by the end of the past year, Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn, was pushed back until the first quarter of 2008 due to what appeared at the time t... |
4 April 2008
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Despite signs pointing to the contrary, the Windows XP Service Pack 3 saga has by no means reached an end. According to the official resources available on the Microsoft Support Lifecycle webpage dealing with the third and final service pack for Windows XP, SP3 was launched at the end of March, 2008. The General Avai... |
3 April 2008
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Microsoft says that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 needs to speak the same language as the RTM version of the latest Windows client. Otherwise there's no game. The Redmond company revealed from the get-go that Windows Vista SP1 would be delivered in two stages. The first wave of Vista SP1 releases was made availab... |
2 April 2008
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Windows XP Service Pack 3 is here, according to Microsoft. The wait for the third and final service pack for Windows XP is now over, reveal resources made available by the Redmond company. And the fact of the matter is that not only is Windows XP SP3 here, but it has been here for quite some time. For no less than a ... |
2 April 2008
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Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is yet to reach the end of its journey, but the resources associated with the service pack have been made available ahead of the completion of the rolling-out process. Released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, Vista SP1 took another month and a half before making its way to end users... |
2 April 2008
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On February 4, 2008, Microsoft released Windows Vista Service Pack 1 to manufacturing. The RTM deadline of the first service pack for Vista coincided with Windows Server 2008 going gold, as Microsoft client and server platforms were joined at the hip, starting at kernel-level, a move designed not to repeat the disjun... |
29 March 2008
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Windows Vista was launched for businesses in November 2006 and to the general consumers in January 2007. It took Microsoft well over a year to produce the first service pack for the operating system, thus delivering a comprehensive sign that the platform has reached a level of maturity that recommends it even to the ... |
28 March 2008
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Now that Windows Vista SP1 is out, end users have the possibility to not only install the service pack, but also to make the bits a permanent component of the operating system. Microsoft made available Vista SP1 on March 18 via Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center, one month and a half after the service p... |
21 March 2008
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Windows Vista Service Pack 1 brings to the table a wide range of improvements addressing all areas of the operating system, from performance to additional support for new technologies and standards, as well as the synchronization with Windows Server 2008. But at the same time, there are a number of enhancements set i... |
21 March 2008
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With Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 having RTM'd on February 4, 2008 and made available to the general public on March 18 and February 27, Microsoft has just Windows XP Service Pack 3 in the ovens. As Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 were being released to manufacturing in early February, ... |
20 March 2008
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If you think that Microsoft is done and over with Windows Vista Service Pack 1, then you are sadly mistaken. Just get ready for the next wave of Vista SP1 RTM. Released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, and then to Windows Update and via the Microsoft Download Center on March 18, Vista SP1 is but at the middle of... |
19 March 2008
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Just because Windows Vista Service Pack 1, RTM'd on February 4, 2008, is out and about, it does not mean that you can get your hands on the final bits. In fact, there is a total of eight reasons that can prevent end users of Vista from accessing the gold bits of the service pack, even after Vista SP1 was made av... |
19 March 2008
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Windows Vista Service Pack 1 was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008. But end users had to exercise their patience another month and a half before they could get their hands on Vista SP1 RTM. As of March 18, 2008, the Redmond company has made Vista SP1 available via Windows Update and the Microsoft download... |
18 March 2008
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The wait is over. Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RTM is now available for download. Both the 32-bit and the 64-bit editions of the service pack are up for grabs. Microsoft confirmed the information leaked by Amazon.com at the end of the past week that Vista SP1 was going to be made available on March 18, 2008. And the ... |
18 March 2008
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Microsoft has offered official confirmation of the fact that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RTM will start being served via Windows Update today, March 18, 2008. This also means that the gold bits for SP1 will be made available through Microsoft Update and the Microsoft Download Center. Vista end users will be able to ... |
18 March 2008
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Concomitantly with the general availability of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RTM, Microsoft will also start offering the new Action Pack complete with the SP1 gold bits. The Action Pack has evolved since the initial offering came out, associated with the RTM build of Vista, in order to allow company partners to perfor... |
17 March 2008
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Release Candidate 2 could very well be the final beta stage of the Windows XP Service Pack 3. At least this is what Microsoft is indicating. However, there is no official confirmation at this point in time of the fact that XP SP2 RC2 is indeed the last pit stop of the service pack ahead of RTM. The indication came fr... |
14 March 2008
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The saga of the general availability of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RTM nears its end. Microsoft will drop Vista SP1 on March 18, 2008. Having been released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, along with Windows Server 2008, Vista SP1 did not ship immediately to end users as expected. Instead, Microsoft postponed ... |
14 March 2008
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Everything else has not failed... Well, maybe the Wow... So, when on the remnants of the failed Wow, Microsoft is now bringing in the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 cavalry. With Mark Russinovich, Microsoft Technical Fellow in the Platform and Services division at the lead, the Redmond company offered the Springboard L... |
10 March 2008
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As you are probably aware by now, Microsoft released Windows Vista Service Pack 1 to manufacturing on February 4, 2008. But even though the service pack RTM'd over a month ago, Vista users still don't have access to the gold bits of Vista SP1. Microsoft cited driver integration issues as the reason for post... |
7 March 2008
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Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 does not install on pre-release versions of Windows Vista Service Pack 1. According to Microsoft, IE8 plays well only with a handful of Windows operating systems. And just Windows. At this point in time, the Redmond company has showed no indication of plans to make IE8 cross-platform, which... |
6 March 2008
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While Microsoft continues at a slow pace toward the general availability of Windows Vista SP1 RTM, the service pack has already slipped through the company's fingers, so to speak. The fact of the matter is that Microsoft never had a tight grip of Windows. And Vista SP1 RTM is no exception to this rule. And if th... |
4 March 2008
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Windows Vista Ultimate edition will get the special Service Pack 1 treatment. This does not mean that users of the high-end SKU of Vista will be getting their hands early on the gold bits of Vista SP1. It does however mean additional headaches and troubles. This because of the Language Packs released as Windows Ultim... |
4 March 2008
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Ever since February 4, 2008, the day Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 were released to manufacturing, Microsoft made a move indicating that it was not entirely comfortable to release Vista SP1. At that time, Mike Nash, Corporate Vice President, Windows Product Management, argued that it would take... |
4 March 2008
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Microsoft takes yet another step toward the general availability of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RTM. A fresh release of the first service pack for Vista is now available for download. And of course that end users will not be able to get their hands on the bits, still. Starting with the releasing to manufacturing of ... |
3 March 2008
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