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- Corporate Acceptance of Windows XP Service Pack 2
- AssetMetrix Research Labs conducted an analysis of over 130,000 Windows XP PCs from 251 corporations ranging in size from 20 to 9,000 employees. On average, Windows XP Service Pack 2 is deployed on less than 25% of all Windows XP PCs. Smaller companies are more likely to have more PCs...
- Tags: AssetMetrix, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2005-04-04
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- Microsoft System Center gets the services treatment
- Microsoft officials weren't kidding when they said they were working on a services complement to just about every one of the company's software products. The latest to get a Software+Services (S+S) makeover: System Center. System Center is Microsoft's uber-brand for its systems-management software and encompasses...
- Tags: Software, Microsoft Corp., Service, System Center, Tools & Techniques, Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-10-01
- Out of the mouths of Redmond watchers
- Sometimes, Microsoft watchers say the darndest things. And many times, I am right there with them. Here are a few favorite sound bites on some of Microsofts recent strategic moves on the spending and licensing fronts: R&D: Its not rocket science. Or is it? Microsoft CEO...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Software Assurance, Microsoft Corp., Microsofts, Ed Bott, Microsoft Windows Vista, software, R&D
- Blog posts 2006-10-18
- Windows 2000 moves to the back burner
- Windows 2000 moves to the back burnerWho cares!No need to upgrade to XP. Service packs? HABeen using Windows 2000 w/ Service pack 1 forever and yet to experience a worm, virii, or spyware.Want to know my secret? I installed Firefox and Thunderbird. Completely turned all the...
- Tags: Operating systems, longhorn, Microsoft Longhorn, REAL Reason Microsoft, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2005-06-28
- In Q1 2005 48% of business PCs ran Windows 2000, 38% ran Windows XP, 10% ran Windows NT
- A study of corporate operating system usage by AssetMetrix shows that Windows XP use surged to 38% by Q1 2005, up from 6.6% in Q3 2003. However, the popularity of Windows 2000 has remained high, with 48% of business PCs running it in Q1 2005, down 4% from Q3 2003....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows
- Blog posts 2005-06-15
- Windows XP installed-base still trailing that of Win2K
- Windows XP installed-base still trailing that of Win2KThey'll have little choiceAccording to the MS's own Life-cycle policy, by the time Longhorn is released (late 2006), Mainstream Support Retired by be retired for windows 2000 Pro (30-Jun-2005) and about to expire for XP Pro (31-Dec-2006).Large IT organisations will have little choice...
- Tags: Operating systems, Nothing, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2005-06-14
- Microsoft's SP2 gets pushy
- Microsoft's SP2 gets pushyYou can disable ......Windows Update using GP. Nobody at my org. will have SP2 until we want them to.I just block their update siteYou have to be authorized to even get there.It is about time...I for one am glad the corporate world will be force fed...
- Tags: Service Pack 2, Microsoft Software Update Services, FUD, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, global information security, information security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SP2
- Discussion threads 2005-04-12
- Only 7% of companies officially run Service Pack 2
- AssetMetrix Research Labs released the results of a survey of 251 North American companies, measuring the adoption of Windows XP Service Pack 2. Only 7% of companies had actively embraced Windows XP Service Pack 2, according to the New York Times.
- Tags: Service Pack 2, Windows XP Service
- Blog posts 2005-04-10
- Only 7% of companies officially run Service Pack 2
- AssetMetrix Research Labs released the results of a survey of 251 North American companies, measuring the adoption of Windows XP Service Pack 2. Only 7% of companies had actively embraced Windows XP Service Pack 2, according to the New York Times.
- Tags: Service Pack 2, Windows XP Service
- Blog posts 2005-04-10
- Businesses slow to move to SP2
- Businesses slow to move to SP2Meanwhile I have to verify my OSThis is truly a tragedy.Aww... Microsoft is worried about the common user and forcing SP2 down their throats. Perhaps the answer to why isn't because they don't want to. It's because they can't with the current OS...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Operating systems, Service Pack 2, operating system
- Discussion threads 2005-04-03
- PC makers: Look before taking SP2 leap
- PC makers: Look before taking SP2 leapWhy aren't the Driver Updates being...Provided by Windows Update itself?There IS a section for this, though it has been woefully underused by Microsoft since WU's inception.Microsoft needs to use their OWN tools to help customers!In other news, SP2's weaknesses are slammedHave a look at...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, SECURITY, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., MSFT, RPC
- Discussion threads 2004-09-02
- Windows 98 support shifts to CD
- Windows 98 support shifts to CDso if you coughtWin98 in 2000, that gave you a total of 3+ years of support - niceRun Windows Update, then burn OS image where permitted by lawNow is the time for all good Windows 98 users to ideally:1. Reinstall a fresh Windows 98 setup...
- Tags: CD, Microsoft Windows 98, W98, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2004-01-09
- 49% of PCs run Windows 95/98, 6.6% run Windows XP
- The study, released this week by technology consultant AssetMetrix, found that more than 80% of companies still have some machines using Windows 95 or Windows 98. Of those companies still using the older operating systems, an average of 39% of desktops were running either Windows 95 or Windows 98. "We...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows
- Blog posts 2003-12-14
- Continuing Education Provider Saves Labor, Improves IT Efficiency With SAM Program
- In 2005, the Interactive Network for Continuing Education INCE wanted to automate its process for tracking software and licenses and keeping licenses up to date. INCE turned to Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Softchoice for advice. Softchoice helped INCE deploy AssetMetrix and TechCheck services as a first step in a comprehensive...
- Tags: Solution, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Help Desk, Strategy, It Operations, Management
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