One user reports issues with opening files with long filenames, or files that are embedded several layers deep in the directory structure, resulting in a long path name. The reader writes: "Post ...

I just installed Win2k SP2 and Windows File Protection has come back on and refuses to turn off. Has anyone else had this problem, and can it be fixed?

Here's the situation: Windows XP, Service Pack 2 with latest hotfixes. Certain files, in this case printer drivers, are listed under their attributes as being blocked. The exact message on the ...

Microsoft has slapped threats of legal action against a web site after it offered Microsoft's new service pack through the BitTorrent file sharing network.

The SP2 update for Windows XP was being used by file-swapping activists to show how such systems can help get large, important files to lots of users. But legal warnings from Microsoft have forced the ...