Microsoft on Wednesday released a close-to-final version of the second major update to Windows XP, adding new security tools to the operating system. The Release Candidate 1 (RC1) version of Service ...

Microsoft has finally announced the release of Windows XP Service Pack 2, a major software update for Windows XP that contains what the company is calling “advanced security technologies.” The free ...

Give your system more oomph by disabling the services that Windows activates automatically, whether or not you actually need them. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor ...

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 ...

The impending update to Microsoft Corp.’s Windows XP operating system is expected to give end users more control over applications that launch by default on PCs as well as more advanced wireless ...

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 ...

While there's not a lot of big news or fanfare surrounding the imminent release of Windows XP Service Pack 3, there are a number of interesting security enhancements.It's been awhile since the release ...

For a big package of bug fixes, the first Windows XP Service Pack (SP1) has certainly drummed up a lot of interest in the media--and rightly so. Not only does Service Pack 1, released on September 9, ...

Microsoft said last Thursday that it will put filters in place to make sure AMD-powered PCs susceptible to an “endless reboot” problem can’t receive Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) from the Windows ...

Nearly a year after the official release of its latest operating system last October, Microsoft has released the first service pack, or major update, for Windows XP. Service Pack 1 bundles all the ...

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 ...