Microsoft&#39;s Service Pack 2 drives some users buggy
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Seattle -- There&#39;s only one problem with Microsoft&#39;s Service Pack 2, a key upgrade to the popular Windows XP operating system: It turns some computers into large, expensive doorstops.
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Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Service Pack 2 for Windows XP is one of the company's most ambitious operating system updates ever, and -- as expected -- some experts already have discovered security vulnerabilities in the giant patch.
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Windows XP Service Pack 2 promises to raise the security bar for the sometimes beleaguered operating system. Unfortunately, one of the new features could be spoofed so that it reports misleading information
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A week after releasing Windows XP Service Pack 2 to enterprises, Microsoft is trying to quell confusion over an apparent security flaw and applications that won&#39;t work without adjustments.
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College students returning to school this fall will find that many of their information systems departments - like business operations - are taking a go-slow approach to Microsoft&#39;s big anti-hacker upgrade, Windows Service Pack 2.
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Despite being released to manufacturing last week, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is not being made available to all customers because Microsoft is trying to resolve an issue in which hardware devices may stop functioning after SP1 is installed.
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Microsoft has published a list of nearly 50 applications -- including developer and backup tools, antivirus software and an FTP client -- that may not work correctly after installing Service Pack 2 for Windows XP.
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Microsoft on Monday debuted an almost-finished version of the first service pack for its Windows Server 2003 software, and like October&#39;s SP2 for the desktop Windows XP OS, stressed security in the update.
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Over a month and a half after completing Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), Microsoft has finally released the first patch that fixes a problem with that release.
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Security researchers found two software flaws in the Windows XP Service Pack 2 that could allow virus writers and malicious hackers to sidestep new security features in the operating system.
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Some users of the new operating system are having a tough time connecting to the virtual world.
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Security researchers believe they have discovered a weakness in the new security given to Windows XP by the recently unveiled Service Pack 2 (SP2).
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Software update patches bug in wireless drivers that left systems vulnerable.
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Two months after the heavily hyped release of Microsoft&#39;s Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), the company has exceeded its delivery projections for individual users and small businesses.
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Microsoft Corp. has quietly released a &quot;critical&quot; Windows XP Service Pack 2 update to fix a serious flaw in the Windows Firewall utility.
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Microsoft began rolling out SP2 last week, claiming that the software offers the latest security &#39;innovations,&#39; fixes several major security holes, and provides new protective features.
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Microsoft's Web site lists about 40 software programs that may be hampered when its Service Pack 2 is installed and 50 that don't seem to be compatible at all -- these aren't obscure titles, either.-The Washington Post