Microsoft has released an updated version of Windows XP Service Pack 1 without the company's version of Java, complying with a court order that was stayed just hours later.
Microsoft is beefing up the peer-to-peer capabilities for its Windows XP operating system.
Microsoft hosted a celebration on Friday marking the release of Windows XP to PC manufacturers, but the big question is whether the public will take to the software.
Though it is still too early to tell how the final version of Windows XP will perform, Beta 2 provides a good glimpse at the design and features of this eagerly anticipated upgrade for both home and office.
Microsoft issued Windows XP Release Candidate 1 (RC1) last week, and although it looks like XP's far from finished, the candidate does give us a better sense of Windows XP's hardware requirements.
The company issues a software patch to reanimate notebooks that freeze when running Windows XP.
IT managers have expressed fears that extra functionality in Microsoft's upcoming Windows XP operating system will make it harder to manage the product, while doing little to enhance the operating system's security.
Microsoft handed out details about its upcoming Windows XP Service Pack 1 this week. The free download will apparently show the first signs of the company's antitrust settlement with the Justice Department.
What, specifically, can end users and organisations expect from Windows XP and Office XP? Microsoft went a long way toward answering these questions recently, showing off early versions of the software at an event in Seattle.
If the state of application compatibility for Windows XP clients is in its infancy, app compatibility for the various Whistler server betas is embryonic. That fact, more than almost anything else, is a guarantee that Microsoft won't ship the 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows 2002 until 2002, according to testers working with the beta builds of the product.
Smart Tags - probably the most important new feature in Office XP - may give the software giant some control over your Web browsing habits
Microsoft has released to manufacturers an update that would add Bluetooth support to Windows XP.
Buyers of new PCs will have to grapple with Microsoft Product Activation - the most controversial feature ever to appear in Windows. Users who buy PCs with Microsoft Windows XP could find their machine disabled if they change or upgrade as few as four components.
Eric Knorr says the release of Windows XP raises the most important question in computing today: The Internet may be a nice place to visit--but do you really want to live there?
Just months after Microsoft said it would not build USB 2.0 support into Windows XP, Adaptec has said it will ship drivers for older versions of the operating system.
Megaphone: Windows Mobile 6.5
Take a closer look at Windows Mobile 6.5, including the new interface and improved IE web browser.… Watch it now
Having problems with complex data center? Simplify your data center now.
| Apple iPhone 3GS 32GB | 33 plans |  2% |
| Apple iPhone 3GS 16GB | 33 plans | 2% |
| Apple iPhone 8GB | 33 plans |  4% |
| Nokia N97 | 37 plans | 1% |
| Nokia E63 | 33 plans | 1% |
| Apple mobile phones | 1% |
| Nokia mobile phones | 1% |
| Sony Ericsson mobile phones | 2% |
| Samsung mobile phones | 2% |
| LG mobile phones | 1% |
Can the Telco Reform Act be win-win?
Has New Zealand's smiling assassin delivered?
The long-awaited separation of Telstra
What makes you click?
Tell us for a chance to win a $1,000 GAME gift voucher.
Click here for more.
Win an iPhone 3GS!
Sign up as a ZDNet Australia member during November and you'll go in a draw to win an iPhone 3GS!
Click here to sign up!
Best Laptops
Check out the best laptops here!
Click here for more.
