Microsoft Corp. will change how users activate Windows XP when Service Pack 3 launches in the first half of 2008, a company white paper said. New installations of Windows XP SP3 will give users the ...

Users who install Windows XP Service Pack 3 will not be required to enter Microsoft's product activation key before they use the operating system, according to a Microsoft whitepaper. Instead they ...

Microsoft Corp. did yet another turn-about on Tuesday and opened the newest version of Windows XP SP3 to the public. It’s not final, this last service pack, but it’s close. And it’s the first time ...

While there's not a lot of big news or fanfare surrounding the imminent release of Windows XP Service Pack 3, there are a number of interesting security enhancements.It's been awhile since the release ...

Following its decision earlier this month to drop Vista's "kill switch," which puts Vista in reduced functionality mode if the license key fails to validate with the WGA system, Microsoft will also ...