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

I’ll get right to it: anyone using a mature copy of Windows 7 (as opposed to a new computer or a newly installed copy) should not install Service Pack 1 (SP1). This is not a knock on Microsoft, ...

Microsoft yesterday modified its support policy on service packs, and will now take calls from customers running outdated editions of Windows. The move coincided with the company pulling the plug on ...

I swear some of you suck the d**ks of microsoft, and you say apple users are in a distortion field. Sorry, but I feel MS has f-ed up so much in updates in a ...

One year after its release, Windows Vista receives its first refresh. We put the upgrade through its paces to test its promised improvements As CNET's former resident security expert, Robert Vamosi ...