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 ...

Windows XP users who install the operating system's third service pack will not be able to roll back their versions of Internet Explorer, Microsoft's deployment manager for Internet Explorer 8 has ...

Update: Before you try all of this, you may want to try using WinToFlash, a utility designed to create a bootable Windows flash drive for Windows XP/Vista/7/Server. If this works for you, you can skip ...

The Windows Vista and Windows 7 DVDs come with System Recovery Options, a comprehensive set of recovery tools used to restore the operating system. While Windows XP SP3 CD doesn't offer the same ...

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 ...

As per the unofficial timeline, Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) has been uploaded to Microsoft's servers. Currently, the final build is only available on the download.windowsupdate domain in the ...

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 ...

Last week, an XP SP3 issue that causes an endless reboot loop with certain AMD-based computers came to light. There are two causes for the endless reboot issue, but the main one involves an Intel ...

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 ...

The missing security patch is the reason why some Windows XP SP3 users have critical vulnerabilities in their Flash software Microsoft Tuesday confirmed that Windows XP SP3 (Service Pack 3) omits a ...

Users who have installed the Windows XP SP3 will not be able to downgrade from Internet Explorer 7 to IE6 without uninstalling the service pack Microsoft has warned users updating to Windows XP SP3 ...