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 ...

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 ...

Coming soon: Windows XP Service Pack 3 featuring, network access protection, which is Microsoft’s answer to NAC. It’s been a long time coming. Microsoft initially issued the NAP client for XP last ...

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 ...

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 ...

While there's not a lot of big news or fanfare surrounding the imminent release of Windows XP Service Pack 3, there are a number of interesting security enhancements.It's been awhile since the release ...

Window’s XP Service Pack 3 has gone to manufacture, according to its release manager, who posted the news on Microsoft’s forums. And April 29 is the date that we’ll be able to get our unwashed paws on ...

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 is good, it's very good. In fact, it's so good that most users don't see the need to switch from tried and tested XP to new and confusing Vista. XP has shown no signs of moving over anytime ...

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 ...