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 ...

Microsoft claims that XP can run more Windows or DOS applications, including games, than any prior version of Windows. This assertion actually holds true for most programs, which you can run in one of ...

Users who have installed the Windows XP SP3 will not be able to downgrade from Internet Explorer 7 to IE6 without uninstalling the service pack Microsoft has warned users updating to Windows XP SP3 ...

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 ...

Whether due to cost or other reasons, I need to support some programs that can only run on Windows XP. I've worked to get them running on Win7, but my efforts and the comments of many random people on ...

Nearly three weeks after security vendor Symantec released a free tool to clean up PCs crippled by the Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) update, Microsoft issued a fix that should reestablish lost ...

Although Microsoft gave no reason for the delay in its revised Windows Service Pack Road Map, which was updated Tuesday, it effectively pushed back SP3 by at least six months. SP3 for both the Home ...

Microsoft Corp. today finally slapped a “Done” sticker on Windows XP Service Pack 3 and pushed it out the door. The designation of SP3 as RTM, short for “release to manufacturing,” wasn’t much of a ...

According to Microsoft's recently updated service pack road map, Windows XP Service Pack 3, or SP3, will release sometime after June 2007. The date, which Microsoft says is preliminary, is about a ...

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 users, your favorite operating system is a decade old, and if you’re still using it, you’re not cool anymore, at least according to Microsoft. That’s the software giant’s recent take on its ...