If you've experienced either of the following issues when installing Service Pack 1, follow the links below to find your fix on the Mactopia Help and How-To pages:  ...

If you’re an XP user used to using the /console switch to manage your servers, be aware that going to Service Pack 3 will alter your Remote Desktop options a bit....

The Microsoft Mac Business Unit on Tuesday announced the release of Microsoft Office 2008 Service Pack 1, a major update that provides increased stability, security, and...

We are very excited to announce that Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta is now available for download. We encourage you to go ahead and try out this release. Please...

It came out in January, but Microsoft is already releasing the first service pack (SP1) for its Office 2008 for Mac. It will give increased stability...

It came out in January, but Microsoft is already releasing the first service pack (SP1) for its Office 2008 for Mac. It will give increased stability...

Microsoft has released the first service pack to Microsoft Office:Mac 2008. The company also said that sales of Office:Mac 2008 have "soared", and that it is "selling...

If you have not heard about it already, many people are having big problems with Windows XP SP3. I just want to remind everyone that we have had a tool out since January...

Windows XP SP3, the final service pack for Windows XP, was released to manufacturing a few weeks ago, and popped up on Windows Update about a week later. Even though the...

I'm happy to report that my colleagues at MacBU shipped the first service pack to Office 2008 (2008 SP1) today; you can get the bits directly from the "downloads" section...

Yesterday the WPF team shipped some major horsepower features in the vastly understated preview Service Pack to .NET Framework 3.5. It is an exception to the rule for an...

I just noticed that Windows XP Service Pack 3 is available from Windows Update — or you can download it directly. I build a lot of machines for both home and work...

If you are thinking to upgrade your Windows XP to Service Pack 3, you should hold on a moment there and think twice, because once Service Pack 3 is installed you are...

In an effort to fix the most pressing issues found by customers of Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac, Microsoft's Macintosh business unit has released the applications'...

From my inbox this morning: Jonathan, My name is xxx, and I’m a Program Manager here at the Macintosh Business Unit at Microsoft. I work on Excel. I’m a regular...

While Apple is clearly slowly eating into Microsoft’s dominance of the corporate desktop Microsoft isn’t smarting too much for many reasons. One reason is that...

Microsoft has had a bit of a rough patch with its service packs lately, but the software giant on Tuesday plans to release the first service pack (SP1) for Office 2008...

Microsoft is making available to testers a first beta release of Service Pack (SP) 1 for Visual Studio 2008 and the accompanying .Net Framework 3.5. On May 12, Microsoft...

On April 21, as rumored, Microsoft released Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 3 to manufacturing. Here’s the official word, via a post to the TechNet XP Forum:...

Microsoft has decided not to release Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 3 to Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center as planned on April 29. The reason? A last-minute...