Following on to my post a couple of days back, Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) has now been released to manufacturing (RTM). Chris Keroack, Microsoft Release Manager for Windows Service Pack 3 posted this information to the Technet forums just today. Chris goes on to say that XP SP3 will be available via the [...]
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Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3)
Microsoft is preparing for the release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) to mainstream users. It should be released very soon, but no official release date statement has yet been made by the company. Since August 2004 when SP2 was released, Microsoft has released hundreds of updates for Windows XP. Windows XP SP3 is [...]
Microsoft Security Updates For April 2008
Here is the list of security updates that Microsoft released in April 2008. Please ensure to patch your software as required. Here are the new security updates: MS08-018 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Office (KB 950183) MS08-019 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Office (KB 949032) MS08-020 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows [...]
How To Uninstall Microsoft Vista SP1 Pre-release Version
To be able to install Microsoft Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) you first need to uninstall any pre-release version of SP1. But how? I’ve tried going to Uninstall Programs but it isn’t listed. Here’s the answer. Click Start Control Panel Uninstall a Program View Installed Updates (on the left menu) Scroll down to the heading [...]
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) Released Today
Microsoft has today released Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) for download via Windows Update or from the Microsoft download center. Windows Vista Service Pack (434.5 Mb) Windows Vista Service Pack 1 for x64 based Systems (726.5 Mb) If you don’t want to download and install it yourself, it will automatically be installed using Windows [...]
Microsoft Security Updates For March 2008
Here is the list of security updates that Microsoft released in March 2008. Please ensure to patch your software as required. Here are the new security updates: MS08-014 – addresses a vulnerability in Excel (KB 949029) MS08-015 – addresses a vulnerability in Outlook (KB 949031) MS08-016 – addresses a vulnerability in Office (KB 949030) MS08-017 [...]
Microsoft Security Updates For February 2008
Here is the list of security updates that Microsoft released in February 2008. Please ensure to patch your software as required. Here are the new security updates: MS08-003 – addresses a vulnerability in Windows (KB 946538) MS08-004 – addresses a vulnerability in Windows Vista (KB 946456) MS08-005 – addresses a vulnerability in Windows, including Vista [...]
Microsoft Announces Windows Vista SP1 RTM
Microsoft have today released Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows Vista to manufacturing (RTM). They are claiming great progress in performance, compatibility and reliability. I certainly hope this will be the customer experience. Whilst I haven’t personally had any issues with the “Gold” release of Vista, there are some performance aspects that I hope have [...]
Microsoft Takeover Bid For Yahoo US$44.6 Billion
Microsoft has for many years been buying up smaller companies, typically software vendors. But this one’s a big fish. In what would be one of the biggest internet buyout deals, Microsoft announced that it has made a proposal to the Yahoo board of directors for US$44.6 billion. Let’s see, that’s US$44,600,000,000. That’s a lot of [...]
