After a weeks delay, Microsoft yesterday (Tuesday 6 May) finally made available Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) for web download and has resumed the automatic updates to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1).

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Microsoft finalized the code for Windows XP SP3 last week and had planned to make it broadly available through Windows Update yesterday, 29 April. However automatic updates of both Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3 has been halted in the wake of a newly discovered glitch

The problem prevents the Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System from working with either operating system update.

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At last more Windows Vista Ultimate extras have been released according to a recent post on the Windows Vista Team Blog (April 22). The extras will be available through Windows Update and include:

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Microsoft is investigating a newly reported flaw that could put websites at risk of attack, affected operating systems include Windows XP Professional SP2, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. For a full list visit the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 951306

Microsoft has warned that companies that make extensive use of user-provided code, such as site hosts, are especially vulnerable.

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After the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) last month in five languages, Microsoft yesterday announced that they have now finally made available through Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center the remaining supported languages (36 in total)

DVD images of Windows Vista with SP1 in some languages is now available for download to TechNet Plus and MSDN subscribers. For more details on notable changes in Windows Vista SP1, click here.

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Microsoft’s director of program management for Windows security David Cross, was the group program manager in charge of designing the User Account Control (UAC). UAC is an annoying feature in Windows Vista designed to limit a program’s access to the rest of the system, software by default will not have administrator level access to the entire system.In the early days of Vista’s release this was a problem because a lot of the software at the time (which was designed for Windows XP) would have a fit if it did not have the appropriate access and UAC would ask to “allow” or “deny” it or to simply “cancel” the action.

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The prerequisite Servicing Stack update (SSU) KB937287, required to install Vista SP1 that sent some systems into an endless reboot cycle, has now been fixed by Microsoft according to a recent post on the Microsoft Update Blog

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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates seems to believe that Windows 7 the codename for the next major version of the Windows client operating system, is closer to release than anyone else expects.Initial reports have previously stated that Microsoft could release Windows 7 by the middle to late 2010.

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