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Microsoft has reached the end of the road when it comes down to the evolution of Windows XP through major updates. Moving onward, the Redmond company will focus exclusively on Windows Vista and Windows 7 with service pack releases. Specifically, if you are running Windows XP and still hoping for an SP, then by all me... |
18 September 2009
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Undoubtedly, some customers that are running Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 have already made the jump or are planning to upgrade to the fourth service pack for the business management solution. However, SP4 is a relatively recent release, in fact, not even a month old, so some businesses are bound to still rely on the S... |
14 September 2009
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In case you have bought a new HD video camera and are looking to use your Windows XP computer and Windows Movie Maker to put together video content, don't! It's as simple as that, if you indeed want to take advantage of all that the camera has to offer, especially the higher resolution levels.Microsoft has ... |
12 July 2009
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Computers running Windows XP Service Pack 3 or SP2 can encounter problems when a USB card connected to the machine transmits what Microsoft referred to as large data. The Redmond-based company informed that such a scenario resulted in the computer running XP crashing.According to the software giant, the issue is asso... |
12 July 2009
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Come July 14, Microsoft is gearing up to release six security patches for various software products, including the latest service packs available for its Windows clients. Half of the security bulletins coming next week target the Windows client and server platforms, with the rest designed to patch vulnerabilities in ... |
10 July 2009
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Microsoft has confirmed that it is aware of what Christopher Budd, security response communications lead for the company, referred to as limited, active attacks that exploited a zero-day Critical vulnerability affecting Video ActiveX control. Budd pointed out that only users running Windows XP and Windows Server 2003... |
7 July 2009
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A range of fixes from Microsoft aimed for Windows XP Service Pack 3 are illustrative of the fact that you can indeed have too much of a good thing. XP SP3 users not happy with the default volume of video transitions or video effects for Windows Movie Maker and who have added new items can find the application crashin... |
5 July 2009
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Microsoft has warned users of Windows XP Service Pack 3 of an issue that can lead to digital pictures becoming corrupted when handled with the default image viewers available as components of the operating system. According to the Redmond company the problem is limited to XP SP3. Microsoft has explained that when usi... |
5 July 2009
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With Windows 7 Release Candidate Build 7100 already out the door, and the next iteration of the Windows client heading straight for RTM, it was only bound that Microsoft would kick start the Windows operating system measuring contest. The Redmond company needs to ensure that all potential customers understand the add... |
20 May 2009
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Windows Vista Service Pack 3 gets its first hotfix from Microsoft. Yes, Service Pack 3, and yes, the error lies with Microsoft. The Redmond company is offering a hotfix designed to fix Event Viewer crashes associated with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 opening large event log files and attempting to sort log e... |
14 May 2009
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Windows XP fails to play nice with heavy I/O operations occurring on volumes formatted with the NTFS file system, Microsoft informed. According to the Redmond company, the issue is related to the “Compress drive to save disk space” option. The software giant did not offer an explanation of the problems, b... |
27 April 2009
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On April 14, 2009, Microsoft plans to cut off mainstream support for Windows XP and Office 2003. As a consequence, both products will move in the Extended support phase, which will last for the next five years. The Redmond company is of course using the opportunity in order to stress the importance of upgrades to the... |
13 April 2009
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Microsoft is gearing up to patch a couple of Critical security vulnerabilities affecting Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP SP3 next week. Come April 14, 2009, the Redmond company will release no less than eight bundles of patches aimed at a wide range of products. In addition to Vista and XP, Microsoft also... |
10 April 2009
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Microsoft has applauded Windows Vista for its superior level of security compared to Windows XP since the operating system hit the shelves back in January 2007. But at the same time, the Redmond company has constantly provided statistics designed to back its claims, the latest of which come from the sixth volume of i... |
8 April 2009
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Even with MSXML 6.0 available, Microsoft remains committed to the evolution of MSXML 4.0. The Redmond company argued that the continuous development of MSXML version 4 is designed to support legacy applications that fail to play nice with v6.0. In this regard, the software giant released Service Pack 3 of MSXML 4.0 t... |
11 March 2009
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Microsoft released Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3 to manufacturing in the first half of 2008, and subsequently made the service packs available both as standalone downloads and via Windows Update, Microsoft Update and Automatic Updates. Soon enough, there will be nowhere to hide from the f... |
30 January 2009
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A couple of updates is all that it takes for occasional stop errors affecting Windows XP-based computers to not be a nuisance at all. According to Microsoft, all versions of Windows XP, including Service Pack 3, can return a stop error message that kills the restart process. However, the company emphasized that the i... |
29 December 2008
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This December Microsoft has prioritized the update releases for Windows Embedded operating system. In this context, the company delivered the patches for security vulnerabilities in the platforms, but did not offer the package of optional refreshes. The explanation offered by the Redmond company indicated that the wo... |
28 December 2008
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While it is cooking Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows 7, Microsoft has also managed to further extend the availability of Windows XP. With the 32-bit version of Vista's precursor at Service Pack 3, and at SP2 for the 64-bit flavor, Windows XP will now live until June 2009. The latest XP reprieve... |
22 December 2008
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The third service pack for SQL Server 2005 went live on December 15, 2008. Microsoft indicated that the release was designed to upgrade all service levels of SQL Server 2005 to Service Pack 3, as the services packed for the 2005 version of the database solution were cumulative. Users of the following SKUs of SQL Serv... |
16 December 2008
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Having taken Windows XP to Service Pack 3 in the first half of this year, Microsoft is continuing the evolution of the operating system. In this context, the Redmond company has made available for download the Media Pack update for the N variants of Windows XP SP3. The Media Pack is available through Windows Update, ... |
28 November 2008
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In order to support applauding the security enhancements in Windows Vista, Microsoft has played the vulnerability counting game on more than one occasion, comparing the volume of security flaws in the latest edition of the Windows client with previous releases, and even with Linux and Mac OS X. However, Windows Vista... |
27 November 2008
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The third service pack for Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) version 4.0 is slated for availability soon, according to Microsoft. The Redmond company is getting ready to replace MSXML 4.0 SP2, SP1 and RTM with Service Pack 3, but until now no actual availability deadline has been provided. Microsoft has only pointe... |
21 November 2008
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Service Pack 3 for the Windows client was released to manufacturing on April 21, 2008, and made generally available for download on May 6. Seven months later, the Redmond company has released Service Pack 3 yet again, but this time for the embedded version of the Windows XP operating system. Windows XP Embedded SP3 i... |
19 November 2008
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In mid-April 2008, Microsoft published an Advisory informing Windows users of a new vulnerability affecting its Windows server and client platforms, including Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3, but also Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2003. In the past six months, the Redmond company ... |
10 October 2008
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Windows XP SP3 RTM Build 5512 was made available for download at the end of April 2008, and five months later, Microsoft is releasing a new wave of the third and final service pack for XP. However, while the initial release of SP3 was designed to integrate with the 32-bit versions of the desktop client, the October r... |
8 October 2008
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Time is running out for Office 2003 Service Pack 2. Microsoft is gearing up to pull the plug on the precursor of Office 2003 SP3. As of the coming month, the Redmond company will no longer deliver support for Service Pack 2 for Office 2003. Even though the Microsoft Support Lifecycle can span to as much as two years,... |
24 September 2008
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Microsoft revealed that there are scenarios in which the software installation process on Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows XP SP2 would fail, causing the entire operating system to become unresponsive. The Redmond giant has identified no specific software products which fail to integrate with Windows XP; howeve... |
19 September 2008
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Microsoft is aligning all the Service Pack 3 releases for the various Windows XP versions it continues to support in terms of what the refreshes will bring. In this context, having made available the SP3 gold bits for the Windows XP client, the Redmond giant has moved forward and is now cooking the third service pack... |
10 September 2008
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Despite being different releases associated with the evolution of the Windows client, Windows XP and Windows Vista share not only common elements and components through their architecture, starting with the kernel, but also flaws in the source code. In this context, the Service Pack 1 and respectively Service Pa... |
5 September 2008
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Without a doubt Service Pack 3 is the apex in the evolution of Windows XP, since it is the last release of its kind for the precursor of Windows Vista. Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich recently indicated that perfection is outside the reach of any kernel or operating system for that matter. And the proble... |
27 August 2008
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Microsoft has adapted the Windows Genuine Advantage Notification tool to the third and last service pack for Windows XP. Designed to inform the end users that their operating system has failed to pass the Windows Genuine Advantage Validation process, the WGA Notifications component is now set up to integrate seamless... |
26 August 2008
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Windows XP, now with Service Pack 3, Windows 7 and even the open source Linux do not provide sufficient reasons to avoid upgrading to Windows Vista SP1. According to market analyst company Forrester, in the corporate environments, Vista adoption is up no less than 75%, taking into consideration data from the fourth q... |
25 August 2008
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The end of June 2008 brought with it the availability cut off date for Windows XP, now with Service Pack 3, via the retail and OEM channels. Microsoft made it clear that discontinuing XP Direct OEM and Retail Licenses would have absolutely no impact on the support lifecycle of the operating system, and the same is va... |
25 August 2008
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Microsoft's decision to have both Windows XP and Windows Vista available concomitantly on the market was a move that inherently backfired against the company. Comparisons involving the two Windows operating system versions favored Vista very little, being, quite to the contrary, beneficial for XP instead. Howeve... |
22 August 2008
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The fact that Service Pack 3 for Windows XP has never been at the top of Microsoft's priorities list is reverberating to additional platforms on top of the Windows client. In this context, while Windows XP Embedded SP3 is being virtually ignored, its successor, Windows Embedded Standard 2009, is offering testers... |
19 August 2008
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Microsoft is debuting the second round for Service Pack 3 for Windows XP, almost four months since the service pack was released to manufacturing for the XP client at the end of April 2008. Released to the general users at the start of May, Windows XP SP3 is yet again moving to center stage, but in a dimmer limelight... |
13 August 2008
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Microsoft has warned end users that performing Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 upgrades from copies of XP SP2 and Vista RTM, respectively, that have Onekey Recovery 5.0 installed will cause the operating systems to display a black screen following reboot. According to the Redmond company, t... |
8 August 2008
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At the start of July, Kevin Turner, Microsoft Chief Operating Officer, revealed that the Redmond company considers Windows Vista an apex of security, and in this sense, superior to Mac OS X, Linux, the whole of open source and even Windows XP. Yet this perspective is not sufficient to take either Vista or XP out of t... |
8 August 2008
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Deploying Service Pack 3 directly on top of a fresh installation of Windows XP Service Pack 2 will kill all subsequent updates from Microsoft's servers. The Redmond giant warned that integrating SP3 into the operating system straight after performing a new installation of XP SP2 via Windows Update will result in... |
4 August 2008
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Just for the sake of going back in time, Microsoft is still serving the Release Candidate development milestones of Windows XP Service Pack 3. Both XP SP3 RC1 and XP SP3 RC2 continue to be available for download from the Redmond company's Windows Update servers, even though the actual pages in the Download Cente... |
18 July 2008
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Windows XP Service Pack 3 does play nice with Intel Core 2 Duo processors, with a small exception, according to Microsoft. Apparently, the Win32_Processor class of XP SP3 manages to label Intel Core 2 Duo CPUs incorrectly, this also being valid for machines running XP with Service Pack 2 installed. In this context, i... |
17 July 2008
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Microsoft is still far from wrapping up with the third and final service pack for Windows XP, just the 32-bit version of Windows Vista's predecessor. And, at the same time, XP SP3 failed to have anything close to a smooth ride, although it did manage to veer away from the speed bumps hit by Windows Vista Service... |
16 July 2008
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The third and last service pack for the 32-bit version of Windows XP has debuted on the path to automatic distribution today, July 10, 2008. Initially, Microsoft was shy about pinpointing the actual deadline for XP SP3's availability through Automatic Updates, and only referenced an abstract "early summer" in or... |
10 July 2008
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This is it; the Windows XP Service Pack 3 grand finale is just around the corner. While the operating system is no longer for sale through retail and OEM channels as of June 30, 2008, Microsoft continues to be committed to offering support for the platform. With Mainstream Support planned to last until 2009, and Exte... |
8 July 2008
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With Service Pack 1, Microsoft provided fixes for the vast majority of the issues that have now became associated by default with Windows Vista RTM. But softening the rough edges of Vista is not enough, as there are scenarios in which the problems reported by end users cannot be blamed specifically on the latest Wind... |
3 July 2008
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With Windows XP but four days away from the June 30 end-of-sales date, various scenarios are depicting the operating system as already dead. But XP is far from being expired, and this is why Microsoft has not been shy about talking about the future of Windows Vista's successor, as irreverent as this might seem. ... |
26 June 2008
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It's the end of an era for Microsoft. Not the end of Windows XP, but the end of the XP era. In the context in which after June 30, 2009, Microsoft will no longer permit its retail partners and original equipment manufacturers to sell the predecessor of Windows Vista, the company has not steered clear of addressi... |
21 June 2008
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Service Pack 3, available for less than two months to the general public, introduced some network connectivity issues for the successor of Windows Vista. Microsoft informed that Windows XP SP3 copies can fail to access the network when certain Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol settings are in place. Specifically, i... |
20 June 2008
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Free, pre-activated copies of Windows XP Service Pack 2 are available for download straight from Microsoft. The free variants of XP SP2 have been made available together with a version of Windows Vista RTM, also up for grabs at no charge. The Redmond company is simply marking a new chapter of what has become a tradit... |
20 June 2008
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