After a week-long delay to take care of a last-minute compatibility bug, Microsoft Tuesday gave the green light to Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3). The service pack, undoubtedly the last for the aged ...

I haven't seen this really talked about much elsewhere, so I thought I'd share my experience. I just did a fresh install of Windows XP SP3 on my Boot Camp partition, and installed Boot Camp 2.0 (then ...

Users of Windows XP can now gain access to Service Pack 3 through Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center, according to an announcement issued by Microsoft Tuesday. Distribution of the ...

Windows XP SP3 includes all security updates, out-of-band releases, and hotfixes released since Windows XP SP2 hit Microsoft's servers back in August 2004. At the same time though, every service pack ...

I've just carried out my first Windows XP SP3 install and I'm pleased to report that things went just fine. I downloaded the XP SP3 bits from TechNet (if you're a ...

Here comes yet another SP3 lament. As an individual end user, I try to keep my laptops up to date via Windows Update, or Microsoft Update, as appropriate. As I have mentioned previously, both my S6510 ...

The latest service pack for Windows XP will be pushed to Automatic Update at 7a.m. EDT on July 10 The vague timetable that Microsoft gave Monday for pushing out Windows XP SP3 to most users got ...

Microsoft Corp. today finally slapped a “Done” sticker on Windows XP Service Pack 3 and pushed it out the door. The designation of SP3 as RTM, short for “release to manufacturing,” wasn’t much of a ...

Microsoft said Monday that it would begin pushing Windows XP SP3 (Service Pack 3) to most users “shortly.” The announcement, made by Nick MacKechnie, a senior manager for Microsoft’s New Zealand ...

"I checked with the resources I have and it seems that we have not had any issues with any manufacturer other than HP," the Microsoft customer service rep wrote Monday in an online chat in which ...