Windows XP Security Update Delayed
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Microsoft Corp. has delayed automated distribution of a major security upgrade to its Windows XP Professional operating system, citing a desire to give companies more time to test it.
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A problem in the Service Pack 2 update for Windows XP may keep owners of AMD-based computers from using the long-awaited security package, according to Microsoft.
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Faced with concerns from IT professionals, Microsoft Corp. gave users more time to prepare for Windows XP Service Pack 2 by doubling the time a special registry key will prevent PCs from automatically downloading and installing the mammoth update.
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Barely hours after home users started securing their PCs with a key update for Windows XP, security experts have found ways around it.
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Users of Microsoft&#39;s Windows XP computer operating system should be on the lookout for the latest round of updates and patches, which fix several security problems but lack any real security advancements.
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Microsoft is giving customers a little more time to test Windows XP Service Pack 2 by extending the time that a download-blocking mechanism will be in effect.
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Â Microsoft Corp. is giving users more time to prepare for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) by doubling the time a special registry key will prevent PCs from automatically downloading and installing the mammoth update.
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It could take months for many businesses to test and deploy Microsoft&#39;s most-secure operating system. By John Foley. Despite the promise that Microsoft&#39;s Windows XP Service Pack 2 release will make PCs more
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Last week Microsoft finally released the much-anticipated Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP. This update represents a fundamental change in many aspects of Windows XP security and could reasonably be called the next release of Windows XP as much as a ...
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Microsoft is making a major push to get Windows users to embrace the security-focused overhaul to its XP computer operating system.
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Microsoft has confirmed that it will deliver Windows XP Service Pack 2 to users via Automatic Update starting tomorrow. The company previously delayed including SP2 as an automatic update due to concerns from businesses that their infrastructures were not prepared for the significant operating system changes. Users who cannot download the hefty 100MB service pack will be able to find the update on CD bundled with numerous computer magazines, according to Microsoft. An official SP2 end-user Web site will also launch tomorrow.
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(InfoWorld) - Microsoft is not planning to release any security updates on Tuesday, one of only a handful of times the company won't have security patches available since its monthly security updates began in 2003, Microsoft said Thursday. Microsoft is currently working on patches for known vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer 7, Office 2007's Publisher 2007, and the Windows Vista OS, but they are not ready for release at the moment, said a spokesman from Microsoft's public relations firm Thursday. The last time Microsoft had no security updates on "Patch Tuesday" was September 2005, he said. Patch Tuesday is the name researchers use for Microsoft's monthly updates, which come on the second Tuesday of the month. Though there will be no security updates, Microsoft will release two nonsecurity high-priority updates for Windows Update and Software Update Services and four nonsecurity, high-priority updates on Microsoft Update and Windows Server Update Services. Microsoft also will release an updated version of the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool on Windows Update, Microsoft Update, Windows Server Update Services, and the Download Center. The tool will not be distributed using Software Update Services. More information can be found on the Web site for Microsoft security updates. Because there are no security updates for March, the company will not hold its usual news conference next Wednesday.
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Microsoft has been reticent to commit publicly on how, when and whether it would make the browser-specific security fixes that it delivered as part of Windows XP Service Pack 2 available to users of older versions of Windows.
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Just one day after Microsoft delayed the delivery of its Windows XP Service Pack 2 (XP SP2) update for the Professional Edition, a German research firm announced the discovery of two security flaws in the application.
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REDMOND, Washington Microsoft has delayed the automated distribution of a major security upgrade to its Windows XP Professional computer operating system, citing a desire to give companies more time to test it.
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Windows update doesn't play well with all applications, even Redmond's. Also: CNET Reviews on security work still to be done.
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Microsoft has quietly released an update to Windows XP to fix a potentially serious configuration problem in the firewall that ships as part of Windows XP Service Pack 2. Users who installed SP2 on their Windows