Microsoft's ever-evolving rollout of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) continues as the company releases the update to XP Home Edition users who have enabled Automatic Updates. XP Professional Edition users will have to wait until next week to get the long-awaited update through Automatic Updates.

Microsoft this week released public previews of the 64-bit editions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 as it changed the official names of the high-end operating systems.

Confusion still abounds over the long anticipated and much beleaguered launch of Microsoft XP SP2.

'New' XP systems arrive after customer complaints.

Vendor to support XP Home and Media Center Edition for an extra five years.

The lifespan of a poorly protected PC connected to the internet is a mere four minutes, research released this week claims. After that, it's owned by a hacker.

OEMs continue to offer 'downgrades' to XP.

Silent update leaves restored users stranded.

Customers not convinced by Windows Vista.

Two new vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer 6.0 were unveiled by a security firm this week that hackers could exploit to bypass security features even in Microsoft's most secure OS, Windows XP SP2.

Consumer PC receive discounted upgrades where premium systems can update at anominal fee.

Vista systems only from then on.

Service Pack 3 release moved to first half of 2008.

Windows XP Service Pack 3 has been cropping up on numerous file sharing and developer sites over the weekend.

Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) has 10 unpatched vulnerabilities, a US security firm said this week. Microsoft, however, ardently disputed the claims and said that they were "potentially misleading and possibly erroneous."

Linux enthusiast gets a cheque to cover the costs of not using Windows.