If you’re running Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or even Service Pack 3, what happens if you have to perform a system recovery using your original XP CD? Hassles, that’s what. Reader Ralph recently ...

A collection of software fixes and enhancements that is applied to an installed version of an operating system. Always a major update, service packs are typically downloaded from the Web as part of an ...

As Microsoft moves toward shorter and shorter release cycles -- meaning a new version of Windows and other server products every 12 to 18 months, in all likelihood -- I'm wondering if their marketing ...

Last week, Microsoft released Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. I’ve been monitoring the release in online forums and via individual reports since then. I’ve also talked, ...

The engineering team responsible for building and releasing service packs has reportedly been told there won't be another service pack for Windows 7. It marks the first time in multiple releases that ...

I'm trying to set up a Windows NT 4.0 server on a dual PII from scratch. I've installed 4.0 server and everything looks good. When I got the SP6 cds from Microsoft it said to install service pack 3 ...

Everybody who has used Windows probably remembers installing service packs on their favorite version of Windows. For those who don't know, Windows service packs (or SPs) are packages that include a ...

The forthcoming Service Pack 2 for Windows XP is actually a significant upgrade for Microsoft's OS, delivering much-needed security enhancements. We highlight the key changes. Service Pack 1 (SP1) for ...

Microsoft today announced Service Pack 2 for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010. Microsoft also released SP2 for Office Web Apps on July 21, which can be downloaded here. SP2 contains stability and ...

With Windows XP, service packs were significant upgrades; XP SP2 was practically a new version of Windows. Even Vista SP1 was a major update, improving power management, network speed, search speed ...

True to previously announced dates, the first service pack for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is now available via Windows Update. For Windows 7 users, the service pack offers little more than a ...