Microsoft Corp. updated the componentized version of Windows XP this week with the delivery of Windows XP Embedded with Service Pack 1. The SP1 release brings expanded foreign-language support, the ...

Microsoft posted a security advisory to warn customers using "Simple File and Print Sharing" on systems running Windows XP Service Pack 1 that they are at increased risk for the flaw patched two weeks ...

Microsoft is recommending that all customers still running Windows XP SP1 immediately upgrade to Windows XP SP2, as the company’s support for SP1 will end next week. The Microsoft Support Lifecycle ...

Microsoft is recommending that all customers still running Windows XP SP1 immediately upgrade to Windows XP SP2, as the company’s support for SP1 will end next week. The Microsoft Support Lifecycle ...

Microsoft officially released Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) this week. Available as a free download or on a CD-ROM for $9.95 (list), SP1 includes all of Microsoft's Windows XP security patches as ...

The clock is ticking on the demise of some downgrade rights for Windows 7, an analyst said Thursday. Last year, Microsoft said that customers could downgrade new machines purchased with Windows 7 ...

[UPDATE 02/18/08: Some people are concerned that in order to get an accurate measurement of boot time the system needs to be booted many times. Let me assure you that the systems here under testing ...

While most of the attention of the tech world is focused today on the Steve Jobs keynote at Apple’s WWDC event, Microsoft is hosting its own major event this week–TechEd. At TechEd, Microsoft revealed ...

Following the benchmarks I carried out last week, I decided that the PC Doc HQ lab rats needed to pull a few all-nighters and carry out some more benchmarking tests on Vista SP1 and XP SP2. Is it ...

Microsoft’s new Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) browser will require Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1), a not-yet-released major update to the operating system, the company said today. According to a FAQ ...

Windows 2008 is scheduled to begin shipping in the next few weeks. When it does, business customers and IT staff who are interested in the OS, but who don't have plans to deploy it until its first ...