Microsoft is going with a simpler name for the versions of Windows that will support the AMD64 and Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology processors.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 19, 2004
Official and anecdotal reports of commercial applications broken by Windows XP Service Pack 2 are stretching into the triple digits as the staged rollout of the service pack continues.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 19, 2004
Microsoft also split its legacy platform interoperability server into standard and enterprise editions for the first time.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 18, 2004
Hefty system requirements for Windows "Longhorn" could create a drag on PC buying in 2006, a financial research firm warned.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 18, 2004
Users generally like what they see in Windows XP Service Pack 2 and are planning aggressive rollouts of the major security overhaul of Microsoft's flagship client operating system. At the same time, Microsoft's new tool to prevent client systems from automatically installing SP2 and the latest delay on Automatic Update deployments dovetail nicely with users' plans to continue thorough testing of SP2 before deploying it.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- August 18, 2004
Microsoft has pushed back the general rollout of Windows XP Service Pack 2 over its Automatic Update delivery channel. Widespread distribution of the critical, security-focused service pack had been planned to begin on Monday.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 17, 2004
Three top executives were replaced at HP after a disappointing quarter for the company's enterprise servers and storage business unit.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 12, 2004
Microsoft is moving ahead with plans to introduce a stripped-down, low-cost version of Windows XP in countries where economic realities make the full release of Windows with its hefty price tag a hard sell.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 11, 2004
Microsoft will begin distribution of Windows XP Service Pack 2 to individual PCs through the Automatic Update feature of Windows Update on Aug. 16, company executives said Wednesday.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 11, 2004
Microsoft this week publicly posted the network installation version of Windows XP Service Pack 2, making the critical service pack available for IT administrators to download and begin rolling out.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 10, 2004
A newly discovered flaw in the Outlook Web Access service of Exchange 5.5 Server could allow a remote attacker to take partial control of the Exchange server. Microsoft released a patch for the vulnerability on Tuesday.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 10, 2004
Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft's important service pack delivering key security improvements to its flagship client operating system, was released to manufacturing on Friday, the company said.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 06, 2004
The TerraServer project that began six years ago as a proof point for the scalability of the then-unreleased SQL Server 7.0 is live and still growing, serving up free aerial images of neighborhoods, stadiums and harbors at half-meter resolution.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 05, 2004
Virtual Server 2005 is released to manufacturing, a Microsoft spokesperson said Thursday. RTM marks the final development milestone in the server virtualization software's odyssey from a third-party beta version to an official Microsoft product.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 05, 2004
Windows enthusiast sites are abuzz this week with rumors that Windows XP Service Pack 2 is minutes to days from release.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 04, 2004
OEMs thundered out of the gate with new servers based on Intel's Xeon processors with 64-bit extensions as Intel formally launched the server platforms for the long-awaited chip this week.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- August 03, 2004
More than a month after the Download.Ject vulnerability began exploiting a flaw in Internet Explorer, Microsoft fixed the underlying critical security vulnerability with a cumulative security patch over the weekend. The software giant urged customers to apply the update immediately.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 02, 2004
Microsoft vowed to release an out-of-cycle patch next week for Internet Explorer, its embattled browser that was shown to be so vulnerable by the recent Download.Ject problem that many security experts recommend that users stop using the product.
- By Joe McKendrick
- July 29, 2004
Microsoft has given up on delivering Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2003 for 64-bit Extended Systems and Windows XP 64-bit for 64-bit Extended Systems this year.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 28, 2004
On occasion, Microsoft publishes a great white paper with little fanfare. That's the case with a document called the "Windows Server Product Roadmap," which the company published in mid-June. Anyone in charge of buying or influencing the purchase of Windows servers ought to print out a copy.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 28, 2004