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Microsoft has yet to comment about rumors of yet another extension for Windows XP that first started circulating late last week, but that now seems to have changed, with a spokesperson for the company reportedly confirming in an email to InformationWeek that it is in fact pushing the end date back six months, all the [...]

Can’t wait until March for Windows Vista SP1? Microsoft isn’t expected to officially release the update to users until March. But on their OEM partner site there is a full copy of SP1 ready for you to download, its a bit slow at the moment, due to everyone downloading copies. The 1.2GB disc image requires [...]

We don’t know if these screenshots are legitimate or not but as you can see they don’t really show anything new… sadly. The only thing that we see is Windows 7 Ultimate pasted onto the about windows window. We just hope it will be better than Vista.

We told you about the registry hack that made it possible to download SP1 and now it is now publicly available. Here it is only 11 months over due. On Microsoft’s website you can download a document listing “notable changes”, which includes improvements in application compatibility, hardware ecosystem support, reliability, performance / power consumption, security, [...]

Many windows users are waiting for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 before upgrading from Windows XP to Vista, it looks like Microsoft has managed to sell a few copies of its latest operating system. In fact, Microsoft reports that it’s sold 88 million copies since launching Vista in January.
Microsoft has apparently seen a 20 percent [...]

If you’re wanting to install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 but are not planning to be anywhere near Redmond on October 27th, you may be in luck. A couple of hackers have posted a registry setting that will reportedly allow you to download Vista SP1 through Windows Update.
A little “evaluation copy” watermark will show up [...]