While there's not a lot of big news or fanfare surrounding the imminent release of Windows XP Service Pack 3, there are a number of interesting security enhancements.It's been awhile since the release ...

Microsoft said last Thursday that it will put filters in place to make sure AMD-powered PCs susceptible to an “endless reboot” problem can’t receive Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) from the Windows ...

Microsoft has begun rolling out to testers a near-final Release Candidate (RC) build of Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 3. Testers said they began pulling down the bits from Microsoft's private download ...

But after looking at XP's most recent upgrade, here's a logical conclusion: It's too bad the Fat Lady can't push back her operetta for at least a while longer. While mostly focused on security ...

Those of you still on Windows XP (quite a few of you) are probably on XP because you don’t feel the need to upgrade to Vista. But if you’re still into getting some new features and bug fixes for your ...

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 ...

Those who believed that Windows XP Service Pack 3 would provide the aging OS with a performance boost may well be disappointed. My benchmark tests show that the application of XP SP3 makes negligible ...

Microsoft’s having a tough year with reboots. First it was a reboot ad infinitum in February, brought on by a flawed update to Windows Vista. Now the same thing’s happening to some users who have ...

Microsoft has made XP Service Pack 3 available to Windows users. And as Don Reisinger points out, it's a worthy upgrade to Vista. Don Reisinger CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a technology columnist ...

Update: It appears that Microsoft is continuing to play games with the SP3 release schedule. First they make it available via MSDN, then they tease everyone with general availability (via Windows ...

Apple on Thurday released an update to Boot Camp, its software that enables Intel-based Macs to run Windows operating systems in addition to Mac OS X. The update is available for download from Apple’s ...