As Service Pack 1 for Windows XP goes out to beta testers, new details are emerging about its most prominent feature: The ability to remove user access to Internet Explorer and other Microsoft ...

REVIEW--For a big package of bug fixes, the first Windows XP Service Pack (SP1) has certainly drummed up a lot of interest in the media--and rightly so. Not only does Service Pack 1, released on ...

Nearly a year after the official release of its latest operating system last October, Microsoft has released the first service pack, or major update, for Windows XP. Service Pack 1 bundles all the ...

Microsoft will end support for Windows XP Service Pack 1 and SP1a on Tuesday, leaving people no option but to upgrade to Service Pack 2 if they wish to continue to receive crucial components, ...

Microsoft Corp.’s legal team sent a cease-and-desist e-mail to a Web site owner who has posted more than 100 hot fixes he expects to be in the first Windows Vista service pack (SP1). The operator of ...

Windows Vista users who have been chomping at the bit to join the beta test of its first service pack (SP1) can now download the software thanks to an apparent reversal late last week by Microsoft.

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 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 ...

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 ...

What is Windows Vista SP1? Windows Vista Service Pack 1, or SP1, is a collection of updates for Microsoft's flagship operating system, Windows Vista. The software update, released to customers on ...