By way of the User Account Control feature, company set out to force independent software vendors to make their code more secure, says manager.
Software giant says it will give free support until March 18, 2009, to those experiencing difficulty installing Service Pack 1.
(By Suzanne Tindal of
ZDNet Australia)
At the CeBit technology show in Hannover, the chief executive says the software giant is focusing on lowering energy consumption.
The software giant's chief operating officer says he is pleased with SP1's progress, despite it breaking some third-party programs.
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