Windows XP users who install the operating system's third service pack will not be able to roll back their versions of Internet Explorer, Microsoft's deployment manager for Internet Explorer 8 has ...

Windows XP SP3 includes all security updates, out-of-band releases, and hotfixes released since Windows XP SP2 hit Microsoft's servers back in August 2004. At the same time though, every service pack ...

Users of Windows XP can now gain access to Service Pack 3 through Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center, according to an announcement issued by Microsoft Tuesday. Distribution of the ...

The missing security patch is the reason why some Windows XP SP3 users have critical vulnerabilities in their Flash software Microsoft Tuesday confirmed that Windows XP SP3 (Service Pack 3) omits a ...

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 ...

Microsoft’s having a tough year with reboots. First it was a reboot ad infinitum in February, brought on by a flawed update to Windows Vista. Now the same thing’s happening to some users who have ...

Editor’s note: The person quoted in this story as “Craig Barth” is actually Randall C. Kennedy, an InfoWorld contributor. Kennedy, who presented himself as the CTO of Devil Mountain Software, no ...

Poor Windows XP. Vista gets all the attention, including focus on its service pack. But hey, there is going to be a Windows XP SP3 - however, it's just a rollup of all the fixes since SP2. Although ...

Those who believed that Windows XP Service Pack 3 would provide the aging OS with a performance boost may well be disappointed. My benchmark tests show that the application of XP SP3 makes negligible ...

Officially, Microsoft has been saying "the first half of 2008" whenever the company is asked to put a date for the release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3). However, various sources have been ...

After a week-long delay for flaw fixing, everyone gets a shot at Windows XP SP3 and its ehhanced security features. After a week’s delay because of a compatibility bug in the point-of-sale software it ...

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