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 ...

Service Pack 2 for Windows XP is here. Should you immediately download and install it? What if you don't want XP SP2 but still want to continue to receive critical updates through Automated Updates?

While XP SP2 is a huge step forward for Microsoft, there are important caveats. For example, don't expect the new Windows Firewall to prevent keystroke-logging Trojans from stealing your credit card ...

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 bulletins ...

July 13, 2010. It is less than a month away, and it is the date that Microsoft will end support for Windows XP SP2. That means that Microsoft will no longer be testing newly discovered vulnerabilities ...

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 will stop supporting Windows 2000 and Windows XP Service Pack 2 next week – on Tuesday, July 13 – meaning that customers have to either upgrade to newer versions of the software or stop ...

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 ...

Microsoft posted the second release candidate for Windows XP Service Pack 2, but the software giant is refusing to say when it hopes to ship the final version of the service pack, which amounts to a ...

Microsoft has issued a reminder this week that it will stop providing support for Windows 2000 and Windows XP Service Pack 2 on July 13, 2010. After this date, public support for these products ends ...

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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 ...