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 Service Pack 3 officially hit Microsoft servers this morning, and although it won't be available through Windows Update today, it should be sometime soon. Your desire to stay on the cutting ...

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 ...

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 ...

I've just carried out my first Windows XP SP3 install and I'm pleased to report that things went just fine. I downloaded the XP SP3 bits from TechNet (if you're a ...

Windows XP SP3 includes all security updates, out-of-band releases, and hotfixes released since Windows XP SP2 hit Microsoft's servers back in August 2004. At the same time though, every service pack ...

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 ...

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 ...

As many of you would now be aware, Microsoft are working on a third Service Pack to further support Windows XP and keep it in good health for a while to come. Though it's been mentioned that upon ...

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 ...