Microsoft releases to manufacturers an update that would allow PCs running Windows XP to connect to peripherals, handhelds and cell phones without wires.
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Mcrosoft Watch's Mary Jo Foley takes the wraps off of Microsoft's future plans for Windows -- complete with the addition of Yukon, an interim release to cover for increasing delays in Longhorn, the next iteration of Windows XP.
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This article describes how to change the Windows XP product key in a Volume Licensing installation.
Because of changes in Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1), Windows XP-based computers that use a leaked product key that is known to be available to the general public may not be able to install SP1 or automatically obtain updates from the Windows Update Web site. For example, you may experience the symptoms that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article when you install SP1:
Q326904 Error Message: The Product Key Used to Install Windows Is Invalid
There are two methods that you can use to change the product key with volume licensing media after installation. You can use either the Windows Activation Wizard graphical user interface (GUI) or a Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) script.
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This article describes how to change the Windows XP product key in a Volume Licensing installation.
Because of changes in Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1), Windows XP-based computers that use a leaked product key that is known to be available to the general public may not be able to install SP1 or automatically obtain updates from the Windows Update Web site. For example, you may experience the symptoms that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article when you install SP1:
Q326904 Error Message: The Product Key Used to Install Windows Is Invalid
There are two methods that you can use to change the product key with volume licensing media after installation. You can use either the Windows Activation Wizard graphical user interface (GUI) or a Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) script.
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eWeek has put up a review on Windows XP Service Pack 1
Microsoft has posted Windows XP Service Pack 1 on their download server.
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Microsoft has released the Symbol packages for Windows XP SP1. Old links to SP1 Beta Symbols have been removed.
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NeoSeeker has posted a Windows XP Tweaking Guide.
ActiveWin reports that Microsoft has released the first Windows XP service pack on their Premier Support site
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The Windows XP Service Pack 1 is officially released, but will be available to the public on Sept. 9, the company says.
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Microsoft is set to deliver Windows XP Service Pack 1, a set of bug fixes, feature upgrades, and technical tweaks, to manufacturers sometime "in the next 10 days," said Charmaine Gravning, product manager with Microsoft's Windows division. Users will eventually be able to download it or purchase it for $9.95 on a CD, soon after manufacturers get their hands on it, Gravning said.
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Microsoft Corp. is expected to release the first service pack for Windows XP sometime next week.
Sources close to the Redmond, Wash., software company told eWEEK on Wednesday that SP1 could be made available as early as next Tuesday, immediately after the Labor Day weekend.
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Sources close to the Redmond, Wash., software company told eWEEK on Wednesday that SP1 could be made available as early as next Tuesday, immediately after the Labor Day weekend.
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Saw over ActiveWin that Microsoft has posted informations about Service Pack 1 changes to product activation
The Swiss government authority, Bundesamt für Informatik und Telekommunikation (BIT), has received the source code for Microsoft Windows XP as part of the shared source initiative.
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