When it comes to adopting new operating systems and applications, common practice among system administrators is to delay adoption until the release of the first service pack. Admins found plenty of ...

As part of its May 14 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft is releasing a security fix for several older versions of Windows, including Windows XP and Windows Server 2003-- neither of which is supported by ...

Microsoft has again painted a grim picture for customers who remain on Windows XP and Office 2003 after it ends support for the old OS and suite in early April, but it’s unclear if the company is ...

I never have bothered to look into this issue because it never was an issue to me--XP Pro is the workstation, 2003 is the server. I always thought it was crazy to use a server OS for a workstation and ...

On Friday evening, Microsoft released patches for Windows XP, Server 2003, and Windows 8, after those systems were infected with Ransomware on Friday. WannaCrypt, a variant of WannaCry ransomware, ...

The security bulletin, which affects Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, is available for download from the company's Windows Update site. The impact of the flaw--if ...

How Microsoft hopes it will happen: "I hope everyone upgrades before April 8, 2014!!!" How it will actually happen: "So XYZ big corporation just got hacked using a Windows XP exploit and Microsoft isn ...

If you feel like cracking into nearly 20-year-old operating systems for what we'll describe as "various and sundry" reasons, the source code for both Windows XP and ...

Microsoft Corp. said yesterday that in some cases, Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003 systems don’t update to daylight-saving time (DST) after the proper patch is installed. Users must manually change ...

Just days after a Patch Tuesday that saw both Microsoft and Adobe Systems Inc. issuing urgent patches for multiple products, a new vulnerability in the Server Message Block (SMB) component of ...

Microsoft will stop patching Windows Server 2003 in just over 100 days, and a recent survey found that a lot of people aren't even aware that the end of support is coming. There are now just a little ...

Individuals and businesses sticking with the OS and suite after support ends in April face security risks, technical obsolescence, it warns Microsoft has again painted a grim picture for customers who ...