Windows Vista, the OS that everyone loves to hate. Despite its enhanced security, improved CPU scheduler and excellent stability, it's still the flawed gem in many critics' eyes. But can Microsoft win back the XP crowd with its upcoming Windows 7 offering? The fact is, they have to.
Microsoft and some independent security researchers had the blogosphere buzzing Wednesday over a series of denunciations after one company claimed that Vista was more vulnerable to malware and other exploits than previous operating systems.
Microsoft said that users of Windows XP can now gain access to Service Pack 3 through Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center.
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 today. Distribution of the service pack through Automatic Updates will be available "in the next few months," the announcement added.
Microsoft releases three new exams for its newest network operating system in March.
Windows 2008 Exams Go LiveThe Microsoft Learning Group has released three new exams for Windows Server 2008. All three are available worlwide at Prometric testing centers. The release comes quickly on the heels of the official release of Microsoft's newest network operating system software in Los Angeles at the end of February.
Many in IT won't adopt a new Microsoft OS until its first service pack (in Vista's case, it might take a few).
Well, bucko, here's your chance to take the plunge. It seems that Vista SP1 could ship as soon as the middle of next month.
Following reports that Microsoft recently released the "Milestone 1" code for Windows 7 -- its next desktop operating system following Vista - to several partners, TG Daily is reporting that a new roadmap for the software shows a release during the second half of 2009.