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 ...

Microsoft on Friday internally released a long-anticipated update to Windows XP, but delayed public availability until next month. As previously reported by CNET News.com, Microsoft had been expected ...

Windows XP users, your favorite operating system is a decade old, and if you’re still using it, you’re not cool anymore, at least according to Microsoft. That’s the software giant’s recent take on its ...

There are two main types of Windows users in the world. Which kind are you: Windows XP or Windows Vista? The recent news that testers at Devil Mountain Software found Microsoft’s beta of Windows XP ...

The update will be the first for Windows XP since the operating system was launched last October. The Windows XP Service Pack 1 includes traditional bug fixes plus important security patches and code ...

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 ...

Update: It appears that Microsoft is continuing to play games with the SP3 release schedule. First they make it available via MSDN, then they tease everyone with general availability (via Windows ...

Once upon a time, someone (sorry, can't recall who) posted a really great post outlining in detail which Windows services can be safely disabled to conserve resources. Unforutnately, the search is ...

The service pack incorporates Windows XP SP1, including the .Net Framework and changes to the user interface as required by the company's antitrust settlement with the government. The SP1, announced ...