The forthcoming Service Pack 2 for Windows XP is actually a significant upgrade for Microsoft's OS, delivering much-needed security enhancements. We highlight the key changes. Service Pack 1 (SP1) for ...

During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed genders once, and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. Microsoft last week started the process of swapping out ...

“ [We] will be doing serious testing in a non-work environment one month after the service pack is released. Once the non-work environment testing is completed we will move to step 2, testing one ...

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 amounts to a major “life event” for companies using the Windows platform. The update represents a major step forward in security, and many organizations will ...

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 ...

A look at Gates and co's latest security baby Microsoft has been showing off its Service Pack 2 offering and dropping some serious hints as to what users can expect from the security-focused, ...

Microsoft Corp. is gearing up for the first beta test of a set of updates for Windows XP designed to bolster the operating system’s security and add features such as support for Version 1.1 of ...

Experts say the most serious of this month's Patch Tuesday bulletins includes a critical update in the Jet Data Base Engine, affecting different versions of Windows, including Windows 2000, XP Service ...