Service Pack 2 for Windows XP can easily be classified as the most important update Microsoft has made to its flagship operating system. It comes at a time when Windows is being hammered by viruses, ...

After a nine-day postponement, Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday plans to start pushing out Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) to PCs running Windows XP Professional Edition. Taken off guard by the large ...

After a nine-day postponement, Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday plans to start pushing out Windows XP Service Pack 2 to PCs running Windows XP Professional Edition. Taken off guard by the large number of ...

A special tool that blocks the download of Service Pack 2 on Windows XP PCs expired last week, ending an eight-month reprieve from SP2 for some users who rely on the Automatic Updates feature in ...

Microsoft made SP2 available to business customers via download on Aug. 9, and by the end of the month, company officials said more than 1 million copies of the superpatch had been downloaded by ...

Companies are taking their time before installing Service Pack 2 on Windows XP machines, with slightly less than a quarter currently upgraded, according to a new study published on Monday. In a survey ...

Microsoft on Tuesday officially retired Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), the company's most significant service pack, several security experts said. "Windows XP SP2 was a game changer," said Wolfgang ...

While eager to take advantage of the enhanced security features of Microsoft’s long-awaited SP2 update, many corporate users of Windows XP will be cautious in activating it. Microsoft did extensive ...

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 ...

The survey of 136,000 PCs at 251 companies in North America found that Windows XP SP2 had been deployed on only about 9% of those computers. Modest uptake of SP2 might be expected in the broad context ...

We only purchase HP equipment and all new equipment comes pre-loaded with WinXP SP2. I can not connect/see the NetWare server (NDS 7 with all service packs). I’ve tried all versions of NetWare client ...

After a nine-day reprieve, Microsoft plans to start pushing out Windows XP SP2 (Service Pack 2) this week to PCs running Windows XP Professional Edition. Caught off guard by the large number of ...