Using a Windows XP upgrade CD The Boot Camp installation instructions claim that a valid full Windows XP SP2 disc is required and that upgrade discs cannot be used ...

Microsoft has been showing off its Service Pack 2 offering and dropping some serious hints as to what users can expect from the security-focused, soon-to-be-ubiquitous offering. The message from the ...

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 amounts to a major “life event” for companies using the Windows platform. The update represents a major step forward in security, and many organizations will ...

Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for July 2010–revealing a relatively light month for patching. This coming Patch Tuesday will have only four security bulletins ...

Windows XP Service Pack 2 - it's Microsoft's stab at patching its security reputation and three years' worth of work for Redmond. With one million CDs on their way and the Microsoft website prepped ...

This article, "Microsoft to end support for Windows 2000, XP SP2 on July 13," was originally published at InfoWorld.com. Follow the latest developments in business technology news and get a digest of ...

Hello, I'm writing a program and now trying to find a way to check to see if a Windows XP CD-Key is valid. Obviously the algorithm is not known, but is there an API call in Windows that could do this ...

The release candidate of Windows XP SP2 offers several new features not offered in the first beta that shipped in December, including the Windows Security Center accessible from the Windows Control ...

A friend gave me their laptop to fix. It is loaded with all sorts of malware and assorted badness. It's a Dell Inspiron 1505 with Windows XP Media Center Edition installed.<BR><BR>Unfortunately, Dell ...

Can we disable delivery of Windows XP Service Pack 2 through Automatic Updates and Windows Update without blocking the delivery of other critical security updates? Microsoft disabled XP SP2 updates ...

Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for July 2010--revealing a relatively light month for patching. This coming Patch Tuesday will have only four security ...

Windows XP users can extend support at no cost by upgrading to SP3, but Windows 2000 users have no such option Microsoft offers support for its products for five years and extended support for another ...