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IE flaw puts Windows XP SP2 at risk

News A flaw has been discovered in Microsoft's Internet Explorer that could launch a remote attack on systems running Windows XP with Service Pack 2, according to an advisory issued on Thursday by security firm eEye Digital Security.

19 September 2005, 8:34

Microsoft antitrust case leads to XP tweaks

News Microsoft has agreed to make modest changes to Windows XP in response to criticism from an antitrust compliance committee. Also, the filing said, disabling Internet Explorer in XP does not automatically delete user-created shortcuts pointing at the...

2 June 2005, 9:53

Microsoft to trial XP on OLPC laptops

News Software giant Microsoft has said it rejected plans to develop a dual-boot iteration of Windows XP to run on One Laptop per Child XO machines, and instead is developing a version of XP specifically for the XO.

14 January 2008, 9:02

Microsoft confirms next XP service pack

News Microsoft has revealed plans to release a third service pack for its Windows XP operating system. There will be a Service Pack 3 for Windows XP," Bernard Ourghanlian, technical and security director at Microsoft France, confirmed, revealing that...

3 October 2005, 10:10

Microsoft readies XP SP2 giveaway

News At a reviewers' workshop in London yesterday, Microsoft revealed more information about its plans for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), which is currently available for download as a 200MB Release Candidate 1.

11 May 2004, 13:30

Vista not selling as well as XP

News Sales of boxed copies of Windows Vista continue to significantly trail those of Windows XP during its early days, according to a soon-to-be-released report. Standalone unit sales of Vista at US retail stores were down about 60 per cent compared...

12 September 2007, 11:15

Next XP release slips back

News Microsoft has delayed the planned release date of its next update to Windows XP by about a month, ZDNet UK sister site CNET News.com has learned. The software maker had originally said that Windows XP Service Pack 2 would be released in its final...

29 April 2004, 7:35

Microsoft patches 'important' XP, Windows Server 2003 flaw

News Microsoft detailed on Tuesday a new vulnerability in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 that could enable an attacker to remotely execute malicious code. First, Microsoft removed a feature in Windows XP that gave users the option to upgrade a DVD...

12 May 2004, 7:35

Windows XP Starter Edition won't run on faster chips

News When Microsoft said that Windows XP Starter Edition, the cut-rate version of Windows for emerging markets, was for beginning computer users, the company wasn't joking. Selective incompatibility appears to be to prevent Starter Edition from...

13 May 2005, 9:01

News.blog: Mac running Windows XP performance tested

News The News.com reader response to Apple's new Boot Camp utility, which lets you install Windows XP on a MacBook Pro or an iMac Core Duo, has been mixed so far. The Acer TravelMate 8200 was also running Windows XP Pro and was equipped with a 2.0GHz...

10 April 2006, 10:16

XP and Vista's new media player

News Microsoft has been uncharacteristically tight-lipped about the XP incarnation. Microsoft has said the XP version won't have all the features of its Vista sibling, but the company won't say which features will be excluded.

18 April 2006, 9:50

Microsoft lifts shackles on IE 7 for XP

News Microsoft is to allow users of Windows XP to download Internet Advantage validation and will be available to all Windows XP users. Explorer 7 (IE 7) without having to gain Windows Genuine Advantage authentication.

9 October 2007, 9:50

News.blog: OLPC to get XP?

News The chairman and founder of the One Laptop Per Child initiative said in an interview on Tuesday that the XO laptop may switch from using Linux to eventually running Windows XP, according to several reports.

Tags: operating system, laptop, source, linux

24 April 2008, 9:13

Microsoft lifts the bonnet on XP SP2

News Paul Randle, Windows XP product manager, said that SP2 is intended to keep users "one move ahead" of the malware mischief makers but would never outfox all of them. Reveal its targets for how many XP users the Redmond giant wants to get SP2-ed?

14 May 2004, 15:45

Microsoft gives XP new life on low-cost desktops

News Microsoft has announced that manufacturers will be able to sell Windows on so-called 'nettops' -- that is, low-cost desktops -- in another move that looks set to keep XP alive for several years yet. The company would not further specify which...

Tags: pcs, desktops, xp, laptops

5 June 2008, 9:28