When Microsoft Corp. releases Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP later this year, some software developers may find that their applications no longer work on updated Windows machines. Microsoft has ...

After a nine-day postponement, Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday plans to start pushing out Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) to PCs running Windows XP Professional Edition. Taken off guard by the large ...

Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for July 2010--revealing a relatively light month for patching. This coming Patch Tuesday will have only four security ...

According to a posting on Microsoft's download site, installation of Windows XP SP2 will break the Outlook Sales client of Microsoft CRM 1.2. The fix involves an update to the CRM server and Outlook ...

The long-awaited operating system upgrade contains security updates and other protection features intended to better protect computers from hackers, viruses and other security risks, according to ...

The uproar and consternation surrounding the release of Service Pack 2 for Windows XP continues. What I find remarkable is that this conglomeration of patches is causing more consternation in the tech ...

Microsoft Corp. released an updated test version of Windows XP Service Pack 2 late yesterday and said it’s on track to deliver the security-focused update in the third quarter. The long-awaited ...

IT shops have been kicking and screaming since last August, avoiding Windows Service Pack 2 at all costs. Those days are over—you can no longer refuse to drink the Kool-Aid (although, in my experience ...

Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past few months, you already know Microsoft has released Windows XP SP2 (Service Pack 2), the biggest update ever to XP. You also know that it’s supposed to ...

MobilePCMag took 10 laptops and upgraded them to Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), then ran their standard suite of benchmarks. Although a couple of machines saw small performance increases, on the ...

Windows XP Service Pack 2 is here. The latest upgrade for Microsoft's flagship desktop operating system comes with a number of security enhancements, to say the least. Joe Wilcox, senior analyst at ...

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