While Microsoft is pleased with robust sales of new PCs that come loaded with Windows XP, the company has been less than satisfied with the rate at which large companies are installing its latest operating system.
Microsoft has again delayed a long-awaited update to Windows XP, citing quality concerns.
Microsoft is set to release a test version of the next update to Windows XP, which adds security features as well as improved support for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi networks.
Microsoft is considering an update of Windows XP before the release of Longhorn, its next scheduled overhaul of the operating system still in early development stages.
Although Microsoft recommends that consumers turn on Automatic Update to get the latest version of Windows, the company is offering to let companies temporarily block such upgrades.
Microsoft said on Friday that it is aiming to release Longhorn in the first half of 2006--a move that will require the company to scale back some of its more ambitious plans for the next version of Windows.
Security researchers say they're starting to find flaws in Microsoft's latest major update for Windows XP.
After five years without a major update to Windows, Microsoft will find plenty of willing buyers for Longhorn next year. Or will it?
Microsoft's extended support for the 7-year-old workstation version of the operating system ceases at the end of the month.
As it had promised, Microsoft on Wednesday said it will add support in Windows for the recently approved iSCSI storage standard, which allows storage networks to be built using existing Ethernet networks.
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Microsoft on Wednesday warned of three new security gaps in its software, including one "critical" Windows flaw that could allow a hacker to run unauthorised code on victims' PCs.
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