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Windows XP SP 2... ready at last!
News The update should be distributed to approximately 100 million PCs through automatic updates during the next two months, Microsoft said. The timing of when customers will get the software via the automatic update feature depends on several factors... [09 Aug 2004]
Microsoft to make patches automatic
News Some security experts, even those normally suspicious of Microsoft, said automatic updates might be the best way to secure users' PCs - particularly those of home users and small businesses. Microsoft is considering changing the way that Windows... [21 Aug 2003]
Microsoft to push IE 7 onto XP users
News IE 7 will be delivered in the fourth quarter as a "high priority" update via Automatic Updates in Windows XP, Gary Schare, Microsoft's director of IE product management, said in an interview on Tuesday. [27 Jul 2006]
Microsoft set to lift XP SP2 block
News Microsoft is alerting customers that it will soon start delivering Windows XP Service Pack 2 to all customers using Automatic Update, whether they want it or not. In response to requests from businesses, Microsoft last year released a tool that... [28 Feb 2005]
Microsoft agrees to disable XP Service Pack 2
News 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. The tool, which is posted on Microsoft's website, allows companies... [12 Aug 2004]
Microsoft tees up anti-piracy tool update
News The updated WGA Notifications tool will be gradually pushed out via Automatic Updates during the next weeks and months, according to Microsoft. Lazar said: "We received a lot of feedback that people wanted more information when the package came... [29 Nov 2006]
Microsoft issues alert on two "critical" Windows flaws
News The vulnerability has been publicly known since late last month, and Microsoft last week offered a fix for the problem but did not send it out via its automatic patching services. The patch will now go out on Automatic Updates and on other services... [13 Jul 2005]
Next SQL Server database and Visual Studio.Net delayed
News The company has been encouraging customers to purchase an automatic upgrade licence for its desktop Windows operating system and Office application suite, the company's most profitable businesses. Disgruntled customers might then shy away from the... [11 Mar 2004]
Windows XP security update hits file-sharing networks
News The software maker declined to comment specifically on Downhill Battle's action but reiterated that it feels the best way for consumers to get SP2 is to turn on the Automatic Upgrade feature in Windows and wait for the update to be pulled down... [11 Aug 2004]
Windows XP SP2 finally hits the shops
News Microsoft has a goal of delivering 100 million downloads via automatic update in the first two months. The company first started offering SP2 for automatic update on 18 August, but Pilla said it may be the end of October before it hits the 100... [06 Oct 2004]
Glitch delays Windows XP SP3 release
News Microsoft started pushing out Vista SP1 last week via Automatic Updates. Microsoft has said it is delaying the release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 because of a newly uncovered glitch. The software maker said there is a "compatibility issue... [30 Apr 2008]
Microsoft pulls plug on XP SP2 after users say they're not ready
News Service Pack 2 was meant to be available via Microsoft's Automatic Update section on Monday but has now been delayed for several days. Microsoft said in its note: "Since some of our customers… utilise Automatic Update for a collection of your PCs... [17 Aug 2004]
Microsoft - halted Vista, XP updates resumed
News The software maker said it is releasing XP Service Pack 3 for web downloads, and resuming automatic updates to Vista Service Pack 1, after developing a filter that will prevent machines running Dynamics RMS from getting either update. [07 May 2008]
Microsoft to issue patched patch
News The updated patch will be made available on Microsoft's online updating service, Microsoft Update, and pushed out to users via the Automatic Updates feature in Windows, a Microsoft spokesman said in an emailed statement on Friday. [24 Apr 2006]
Microsoft hails "real progress" on improving security
News There has been a 400 per cent growth in consumer use of Windows Automatic Update in the last 10 months, and 112,000 unique servers now connect to Microsoft's website for software update services. Microsoft claims it has made "real progress" in the... [14 Jul 2004]
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