With the release of Vista's Service Pack 1 and XP's Service Pack 3 PC gamers can finally obtain the same speeds in performance for each operating system.

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Now that Vista has had some time to establish itself in the marketplace and receive a fresh boost of energy with SP1, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is now reflecting on the operating system.

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Though we originally expected (read: hoped) that Microsoft would dish out Service Pack 3 for Windows XP late last month, it seems the deed may actually get done before May dawns.

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Others were upset at being forced to root through their PCs to find out why they couldn't update. "I have just spent 1-2 hrs figuring out that I have one of the problem drivers hence why windows update isn't offering me SP1," said someone pegged as "scoobie" on the same blog.

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This is a extremely good free software list. No trash or tricks. While there is no way to personally download & test each one. But am familiar with and using a large group of them and know that they are as good as they get.

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At any rate, as I've advised many times, it's best for you Vista users to wait and see what kinds of problems crop up. Don't be in a big hurry. Service Pack 1 is important in the long term, but in the short term it holds few benefits: almost nothing visible has changed.

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Microsoft is warning Windows Vista users that a forthcoming service pack for the operating system may stop some third-party programs working. The software giant has released a list of programs that may be broken by the SP1 update for Vista.

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Microsoft has wrapped up development of two major products, Windows Server 2008 and the Service Pack 1 update to Windows Vista, CEO Steve Ballmer told financial analysts Monday.

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Microsoft has addressed one of the OS's big problems—but what about everything else? There is a broad consensus among corporate technology managers—shared by many consumers—that new Microsoft (MSFT) products should never be installed until they have had their first major u …

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Windows Vista was released almost a year ago. Here is the review where Vista security stands right now. Moreover it's interesting to see how the first upcoming release of Service Pack 1 improves the current product in terms of security.

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I'm not one of those people who believes in supernatural events. If I turn on my TV, and my team starts to lose, I know it's probably just a combination of coincidence and Cleveland.

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"After pronouncing Windows Vista SP1 a "performance dud" two weeks ago, Devil Mountain Software, a Florida-based software development firm, reported that an upcoming update for Windows XP will offer substantial performance gains."

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After a disappointing showing by Windows Vista SP1 (see previous post), we were pleasantly surprised to discover that Windows XP Service Pack 3 (v.3244) delivers a measurable performance boost to this aging desktop OS.

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Microsoft is making the third service pack for Office 2003 available for free download Sept. 18, which the company says strengthens the product's defenses against malicious software.

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For the past few years the AutoPatcher service had been giving users what was believed to be a simpler and more intuitive front end and a monthly digest for downloading and installing updates. But it was redistributing Windows code

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Microsoft's first service pack for Vista will apparently increase system performance considerably. Hallelujah.

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Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2c resolves a shortage of product keys caused by the longevity of Windows XP Professional,

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Microsoft is set to release not only Windows Server 2008, but also Windows XP Service Pack 3 later this year, according to a recent press release on Microsoft PressPass.

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Ethan Allen, owner of the blog The Hotfix blog, dedicated to software patches, has posted online more than 100 fixes he said are expected to be included in Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Microsoft's first major update to its latest Windows client OS.

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Novell will soon release a major upgrade to its SUSE Enterprise Linux 10 line. The enhancements, announced at the company's annual "BrainShare" tradeshow, will be rolled out in the form of the operating system's first service pack: SP1.

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Most of the features at Windows XP Professional are not included in Windows XP Home as Internet Information Service IIS, Remote Desktop, Domain membership, Fax, Roaming Profiles and etc. As the conclusion, Windows XP Professional is the superset of Windows XP Home Edition.

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Reckon you won't upgrade to Vista until the first service pack is released? That's looking likely to be the second half of this year, according to Microsoft's latest email blast.

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Windows XP is turning five years old, but will anybody want to celebrate the occasion?

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