A collection of software fixes and enhancements that is applied to an installed version of an operating system. Always a major update, service packs are typically downloaded from the Web as part of an ...

If you’re running Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or even Service Pack 3, what happens if you have to perform a system recovery using your original XP CD? Hassles, that’s what. Reader Ralph recently ...

Microsoft regularly releases major updates to its Windows operating systems. Formerly, those updates pushed through comprehensive service packs, but more often these days, they're semi-regular and ...

As Microsoft moves toward shorter and shorter release cycles -- meaning a new version of Windows and other server products every 12 to 18 months, in all likelihood -- I'm wondering if their marketing ...

Are there any real reasons -- other than psychological ones -- to wait for a first service pack (SP) of Windows Vista before deploying? But some say service packs still do matter. Over on the Windows ...

The forthcoming Service Pack 2 for Windows XP is actually a significant upgrade for Microsoft's OS, delivering much-needed security enhancements. We highlight the key changes. Service Pack 1 (SP1) for ...

True to previously announced dates, the first service pack for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is now available via Windows Update. For Windows 7 users, the service pack offers little more than a ...

Everybody who has used Windows probably remembers installing service packs on their favorite version of Windows. For those who don't know, Windows service packs (or SPs) are packages that include a ...

Windows Vista Service Pack 2 is now available for download. The Vista SP2 update includes new support for recording Blu-ray discs straight from the Vista OS, updated support for Bluetooth v2.1, and ...

With Windows XP, service packs were significant upgrades; XP SP2 was practically a new version of Windows. Even Vista SP1 was a major update, improving power management, network speed, search speed ...

I'm trying to set up a Windows NT 4.0 server on a dual PII from scratch. I've installed 4.0 server and everything looks good. When I got the SP6 cds from Microsoft it said to install service pack 3 ...

The engineering team responsible for building and releasing service packs has reportedly been told there won't be another service pack for Windows 7. It marks the first time in multiple releases that ...