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 ...

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 ...

A moment of silence, please, for Windows XP Service Pack 2. Today is the final day the software is eligible for security updates, and as Service Pack 2 rides off into the sunset Microsoft has given it ...

Microsoft ended support for Windows XP in April of this year meaning no more security updates or OS patches. Despite the end of support Windows XP is still incredibly popular in the business sector ...

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 ...

As per the unofficial timeline, Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) has been uploaded to Microsoft's servers. Currently, the final build is only available on the download.windowsupdate domain in the ...

Windows XP Service Pack 3 officially hit Microsoft servers this morning, and although it won't be available through Windows Update today, it should be sometime soon. Your desire to stay on the cutting ...

Microsoft today released software updates to fix at least five security vulnerabilities in computers running its Windows operating system and Office applications. Today also marks the planned ...

Windows XP users may now download a fourth service pack for the 13-year-old operating system, but it isn’t coming from Microsoft. Instead, this Windows XP “SP4” comes from a single developer, who ...

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, ...

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 ...

If there is one thing Microsoft is preoccupied with right now, it would have to be security. Microsoft is in the news more for security problems with Windows (whether fairly or not) than any other ...