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XP deathwatch: Your key questions answered

The following FAQ list appeared on Computerworld U.S.: Even though it has had its own problems of late, Windows XP remains the most-used version of Windows. The newest data from Web metrics vendor Net Applications Inc., for example, pegs XP as driving...

Published Tue, May 27 2008 5:44 PM by Shane Schick

Filed under: Upgrade issues

Symantec pins blame for XP SP3 registry corruption on Microsoft

The finger-pointing is getting ugly. Gregg Keizer reports: Symantec Corp. Thursday said it was Microsoft’s code that crippled some PCs after upgrades to Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) emptied Device Manager, deleted network connections, and packed...

Published Fri, May 23 2008 5:43 PM by Shane Schick

Filed under: Developments

XP SP3 update corrupts Windows registry, users claim

An update from Computerworld U.S.: Symantec Corp. today denied that its consumer security software, including Norton Internet Security and Norton 360, is to blame for wreaking havoc on some users’ PCs after they upgraded to Windows XP Service Pack...

Published Wed, May 21 2008 5:42 PM by Shane Schick

Filed under: Upgrade issues, Developments

More than 200,000 sign InfoWorld petition

InfoWorld, our affiliate in the U.S., has collected more than 200,000 names on its petition asking Microsoft Corp. to continue supporting Windows XP The publication posted this report. Since InfoWorld launched its petition at SaveXP.com four months ago...

Published Fri, May 16 2008 5:47 PM by Greg Meckbach

Software developers ignore Vista

Most respondents to a Computerworld survey said they prefer environments such as .NET to the Windows Presentation Foundation of the Vista operating system. Eric Lai of Computerworld wrote this article today Windows developers are confirming the results...

Published Thu, May 15 2008 5:46 PM by Greg Meckbach

XP SP3 cripples some PCs with endless reboots

More from Gregg Keizer of ComputerWorld U.S.: Installing Windows XP Service Pack 3 sends some PCs into an endless series of reboots, according to posts to a Microsoft support forum. Jesper Johansson, a former program manager for security policy at Microsoft...

Published Fri, May 09 2008 5:42 PM by Shane Schick

Filed under: Upgrade issues

If you don’t like Internet Explorer 7 you’re gonna hate XP Service Pack 3

First, the problem was compatibility with retail point of sale systems. Now that Microsoft has released released Service Pack 3 for the soon-to-be-phased out Windows XP operating system, users have found another problem. Greg Keizer of Computerworld US...

Published Wed, May 07 2008 5:45 PM by Greg Meckbach

SP3 rollout snarled by Windows XP change

Gregg Keizer of Computerworld U.S. filed this report: Microsoft confirmed Wednesday that it delayed the rollout of Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) because changes to the operating system can corrupt data in the company’s retail point-of-sale and...

Published Thu, May 01 2008 5:41 PM by Shane Schick

Filed under: Upgrade issues, Developments