Nearly a year after the official release of its latest operating system last October, Microsoft has released the first service pack, or major update, for Windows XP. Service Pack 1 bundles all the ...

Artwork: Chip Taylor Bug fixes and security patches don’t make for the most exciting Windows update, but they’re the high points of Windows 7 Service Pack 1, now widely available for download. * ...

Not every bit of news needs to be exciting or sexy. Sometimes it can simply be important. Today’s friendly Public Service Announcement applies specifically to Windows 7 users: Microsoft has released ...

So you're a Windows 7 user and you thank Microsoft every day for creating something that has gotten you off Windows Vista. Almost 18 months on and loads of little updates later, we finally find ...

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 users rejoice! Service Pack 1 is now available for both flavors of Windows and is available via Windows Update any hour now as Microsoft are rolling it out now.

Anyone who’s installed Windows 7 any time in the last, oh, five years or so probably didn’t enjoy the experience very much. Service Pack 1 for the operating system was released in 2011, meaning that a ...

Service Pack 1 for Windows XP, which will be available publicly as a release candidate this summer and completed later this year, won't contain many surprises, according to Microsoft. We can expect a ...