This software package will install the client portion of Remote Desktop on any of the following operating systems: Windows 95, Windows 98 and 98 Second Edition, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, or Windows 2000. (This is the same version of the client software as in Windows XP Service Pack 2.) When run, this software allows older Windows platforms to remotely connect to a computer running Windows XP Professional with Remote Desktop enabled.

This download installs Microsoft Windows Script containing Visual Basic® Script Edition (VBScript.) Version 5.6, JScript® Version 5.6, Windows Script Components, Windows Script Host 5.6, and Windows Script Runtime Version 5.6.

Microsoft has released a Windows Media 9 Series Codec Installation Package for IT Professionals

This package can be used as an alternative to automatically downloading Windows Media Codecs, or to correct problems experienced with previously-downloaded codecs.

Paul Thurrott Windows SuperSite have thrown up their Windows Media Player 10 Review!

As an evolutionary product, WMP 10 is immediately recognizable as a member of Microsoft's Windows Media Player product family, and yet it also offers a fresh face to what has always been an overly complicated product. WMP 10, if you can believe it, actually offers a lot more functionality than previous versions of the player, but it presents much of that functionality in far simpler ways.

Join Microsoft Experts in an online chat to discuss Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). Learn what you need to know about deploying SP2 for Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional.

Date: September 1, 2004: Time: 3:00 P.M. Pacific Time / 11:00 P.M UK

Thanks to Tim @ Majorgeeks.com for the Heads up! Microsoft has never released a service pack for Windows98 SE. But I made a Service Pack for Windows98 SE users. It contains all Windows98 SE updates from WindowsUpdate site and more.

The primary focus of Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is improved security. In addition, the service pack includes roll-ups of all reported customer issues found after the release of the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1. Of particular note, SP1 provides better support for consuming WSDL documents, Data Execution prevention and protection from security issues such as buffer overruns.

Microsoft Corp., world's largest software maker, announced yesterday that it will release the next version of Windows operating system, code-named Longhorn, in the second half of 2006. The company was unsure about Longhorn's release for quite some time, but seems to have reached a goal due to end-customer inquires.

BetaConnect.com reports If you haven't noticed yet, the Microsoft MSN team seemed to have implanted a new system on the way a user downloads from the MSN Messenger website. Unlike before, the user automatically just presses a link and "bam" your downloading MSN Messenger.

After you install Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), your computer repeatedly restarts. You do not receive an error message.

This issue occurs if all the following conditions are true:

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) is the new update for Windows XP. It provides an enhanced security infrastructure, increased manageability and control and an improved experience for users. Microsoft has revised its plans to deliver Windows XP SP2 through the Automatic Updates (AU) delivery mechanism in Windows to give customers more time to plan the roll out of this critical update, or temporarily block the download of Windows XP SP2 to those machines using AU. Revised delivery schedule of Windows XP SP2... Read More @ Neowin.net Thanks Daniel Administrator Neowin.net

Download the complete DirectX 9.0 SDK - (Summer 2004), which contains the FINAL release of the DirectX 9.0c Runtime and all DirectX software required to create DirectX 9.0 compliant applications in C/C++, and C#.

Install this update if you receive the"String is too long" error when trying to open a Group Policy object from a computer running Windows Server 2003. Once you have installed this item, it cannot be removed.

A denial of service vulnerability exists in the implementation of the IDirectPlay4 API of Microsoft DirectPlay due to a lack of robust packet validation.

We Posted this Info back in July, but as some of you guy's are stilling having problems! Here it is again.

The idea of MS is not bad to reduce the spreading of worms and other harmful programs. But 10 half-open connections is a little bit too less. With a higher (e.G. 25-100) number of waiting for connection connections the benefit would be almost the same, but less normal users would feel disturbed by this. The download and the instructions provided here are only for education purposes, how to set a higher limit. After the successful implementation, the user commits oneself to change it back to the original state!

Users of Windows XP Service Pack 2 will need to update their MBSA to version 1.2.1 for compatibility with SP2 security improvements. Windows XP SP2 users who are running MBSA 1.2 will be automatically notified when they run the tool from the Start menu with an Internet connection.

Recently Microsoft has released a new version of their messenger software: the web messenger. Although still in its beta stage, it looks very promising..... Read more

Welcome! If you have a 64-bit ready PC, you now have the option to receive trial software for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition via CD or download. Read below about the different options for obtaining the pre-release software. Please note that in either case, the pre-release software is time-limited and will expire in 360 days.

This article contains a list of Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) articles that describe the fixes and updates that are contained in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2).

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) introduces a number of new features that help increase the performance and the security of your system. These changes also affect the operations and functionality of some programs.