The forthcoming Service Pack 2 for Windows XP is actually a significant upgrade for Microsoft's OS, delivering much-needed security enhancements. We highlight the key changes. Service Pack 1 (SP1) for ...

Microsoft regularly releases major updates to its Windows operating systems. Formerly, those updates pushed through comprehensive service packs, but more often these days, they're semi-regular and ...

There was a time, not so long ago, when a Windows service pack amounted to a major overhaul of the company's PC operating system -- <a href="http://technet.microsoft ...

CNet has a pre-release review of Windows XP Service Pack Two, and while a lot of the details don’t really interest us that much, there are some nuggets that users of Tablet PCs and Windows Media ...

After a lengthy development cycle that included delays and furious testing, Microsoft has finally given the public Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server ...

The second service pack to Microsoft's Windows 2000 operating system has been available since early May. Over the past two weeks, I've installed it on several Windows 2000 Servers, one Advanced Server ...

I’ll get right to it: anyone using a mature copy of Windows 7 (as opposed to a new computer or a newly installed copy) should not install Service Pack 1 (SP1). This is not a knock on Microsoft, ...

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 ...

Microsoft announced that Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 has been finalized, with availability from next week. Desktop users won't find too much to excite them, however; the only ...

The next major update to Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system could arrive as late as May or June 2009, months later than originally expected. News site TechArp is reporting an unnamed but ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is releasing its latest Windows 10 November 2019 Update to ...