Microsoft on Wednesday announced the release to manufacturing of Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 and MOM 2005 Workgroup Edition, a new edition that the company previously called MOM 2005 Express.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/25/2004
Microsoft took the final major online step in distributing Windows XP Service Pack 2 on Wednesday by posting the service pack to Windows Update and starting the distribution to Windows XP Professional customers via Automatic Update.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/25/2004
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- By Michael Domingo
- 08/25/2004
Microsoft's decision to drop Windows XP Service Pack 2 on the world just a few weeks before the start of classes has some higher education IT departments overworked and agitated.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/24/2004
Intel announced price cuts of as much as nearly 35 percent this week that cut across seven of its processor lines and encompassed 28 individual processor models.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/24/2004
From the business wires this week: Updated installation, compression tools, plus products that support new Sender ID specifications to battle phishing scams and spam.
- By Michael Domingo
- 08/20/2004
Official and anecdotal reports of commercial applications broken by Windows XP Service Pack 2 are stretching into the triple digits as the staged rollout of the service pack continues.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/19/2004
Microsoft is going with a simpler name for the versions of Windows that will support the AMD64 and Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology processors.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/19/2004
An updated version of the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer that brings support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 is now available for download from Microsoft's site.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/19/2004
Hefty system requirements for Windows "Longhorn" could create a drag on PC buying in 2006, a financial research firm warned.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/18/2004
Microsoft also split its legacy platform interoperability server into standard and enterprise editions for the first time.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/18/2004
Users generally like what they see in Windows XP Service Pack 2 and are planning aggressive rollouts of the major security overhaul of Microsoft's flagship client operating system. At the same time, Microsoft's new tool to prevent client systems from automatically installing SP2 and the latest delay on Automatic Update deployments dovetail nicely with users' plans to continue thorough testing of SP2 before deploying it.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 08/18/2004
Microsoft has pushed back the general rollout of Windows XP Service Pack 2 over its Automatic Update delivery channel. Widespread distribution of the critical, security-focused service pack had been planned to begin on Monday.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/17/2004
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From the business wires this week: Two companies put support behind Microsoft's Virtual Disk Service; high-availability tool and a slew of security tools get updated.
- By Michael Domingo
- 08/12/2004
Three top executives were replaced at HP after a disappointing quarter for the company's enterprise servers and storage business unit.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/12/2004
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Microsoft provides guidance for those planning to roll out major Windows security update immediately.
- By Michael Domingo
- 08/11/2004
Microsoft will begin distribution of Windows XP Service Pack 2 to individual PCs through the Automatic Update feature of Windows Update on Aug. 16, company executives said Wednesday.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/11/2004
Microsoft is moving ahead with plans to introduce a stripped-down, low-cost version of Windows XP in countries where economic realities make the full release of Windows with its hefty price tag a hard sell.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/11/2004