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 ...

After a week-long delay to take care of a last-minute compatibility bug, Microsoft Tuesday gave the green light to Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3). The service pack, undoubtedly the last for the aged ...

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 ...

I cannot get SP3 to install on my computer. Every time I try installing the system locks up. This happens at various points in the install, sometimes during the file extraction, sometimes while ...

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 ...

I've had this happen to me the last 3 or 4 times I installed SP3 on WinXP pc's. It seems other people are experiencing the same problem, but nobody has a solution. I even uninstalled the Antivirus on ...

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 ...

The latest service pack for Windows XP will be pushed to Automatic Update at 7a.m. EDT on July 10 The vague timetable that Microsoft gave Monday for pushing out Windows XP SP3 to most users got ...

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 ...

User can manually download and install XP SP3 today, and Microsoft will begin automatically distributing Windows XP SP3 through Automatic Updates "sometime in the next few months," according to a ...

But after looking at XP's most recent upgrade, here's a logical conclusion: It's too bad the Fat Lady can't push back her operetta for at least a while longer. While mostly focused on security ...