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A new version of Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 Update Rollup 3 is now available to customers, Microsoft revealed.The re-release of Exchange 2007 SP3 UP3 was considered necessary due to some issues that the previous variant of the update introduced. The software giant confirmed that customers installing the in... |
1 April 2011
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While Microsoft starts pushing some Windows releases forward, it is pulling the plug on others. Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) has expired today July 13th, 2010, having reached what Microsoft calls end-of support. As the Redmond company announced, XP SP2 is not the only Windows release for which support will no long... |
13 July 2010
03:27 GMT |
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Time has almost run out for one flavor of Windows XP, which is scheduled to die next week. As previously announced, Microsoft will cut the lifeline for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) and all Windows 2000 releases on July 13th, 2010. Customers that are still running the Windows operating system versions mentioned abo... |
5 July 2010
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While the first service pack for Exchange Server 2010 is cooking over in Redmond, Microsoft has taken Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 out of the baking oven. SP3 is the latest upgrade to Exchange 2007, the predecessor of Exchange 2010, and is designed to bring to the table a number of enhancements, bug fixes, new... |
22 June 2010
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July 13, 2010 will bring with it the death of Windows XP Service Pack 2, a landmark upgrade in the history of Windows, of a magnitude that will probably never be reached again by any service pack. Essentially, when Microsoft released Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) on April 21, 2008, it also signed the death sentence... |
17 June 2010
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Microsoft is slowly phasing Windows XP out as all the focus is now on Windows 7. In just a little over four months, customers will no longer be able to buy new computers preinstalled to XP SP3. Fact is that after the launch of Windows 7 the number of XP machines dropped dramatically, and today, although some computer... |
11 June 2010
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Windows 7 is almost immune to a piece of malware that has proven a real nightmare to users running older versions of the Windows client. Windows XP SP3 customers particularly have been hit extremely hard by Alureon, a rootkit that failed to play nice with a Windows kernel update and ended up rendering unbootable infe... |
24 May 2010
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Microsoft is making no secret of the fact that the latest release of Windows Live will be tailored to Windows 7 and Windows Vista, while not supporting Windows XP at all. The Redmond company’s position is of course that the operating system released back in 2001 is obsolete, despite the Service Pack 2 and Servi... |
11 May 2010
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Customers running Windows XP Service Pack 3 and McAfee security solutions in concert have been left scrambling to restore their computers after an issue involving a specific Virus Definition (DAT) file version caused a false positive detection of the w32/wecorl.a virus. The problems are generated by v.5958 of the McA... |
22 April 2010
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Some of you might not remember this, but Intel was an illustrative example of corporations that turned their back on Windows Vista in 2007, as opposite to AMD, which was quick to embrace Windows XP’s successor. Not the same can be said when it comes down to the latest iteration of the Windows client. Intel has ... |
7 April 2010
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On March 30, 2010, Microsoft revealed that free Windows 7 downloads would be kept alive until the end of 2010. But when it comes down to free Windows clients available as free downloads from the Redmond company itself, there’s even more good news for customers. The Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VP... |
31 March 2010
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Applications leveraging the second Service Pack of MSXML 4.0 need to be upgraded as soon as possible to more recent versions of Microsoft XML Core Services. The end-of-support deadline for MSXML4.0 SP2 is April 13th, 2010, and Microsoft’s recommendation is that developers with MSXML4.0 apps should act to migrat... |
31 March 2010
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Customers leveraging older releases of Microsoft’s data platform should be aware of imminent end of support deadlines and act accordingly by upgrading their IT infrastructure to the latest versions of SQL Server. Companies still running SQL Server 2008 RTM now have just three months to make the jump to the most... |
11 January 2010
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With the advent of Windows 7, the market shares of both Windows XP and Windows Vista have started bleeding, with users transitioning to the latest iteration of the Windows client. Still, although Windows 7 grabbed over 5% of the OS market, according to Net Applications, Windows XP is still the most used platform worl... |
7 December 2009
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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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