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New Security Bulletins
New Security Bulletins Microsoft is releasing the following three new security bulletins for newly discovered vulnerabilities: Bulletin ID Bulletin Title Max Severity Rating Vulnerability Impact Restart Requirement Affected Software MS11-015 Vulnerabilities in Windows Media Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2510030) Critical Remote Code Execution May require restart Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista...
Active Directory Users and Computers Saved Queries
Does anyone use the Saved Queries with in the ADUC? I do, and I love them. Here are some that might help you out. Just Right Click on Saved Queries and Choose New and then Query. Name the Query accordingly and then click on Define Query... Then Find the Custom Search and click on the Advanced tab. Paste each of these in the <add criteria from above to this list> area and then click OK. Locked...
New IIS.net redesign
Take a look at the new look of the site. IIS.net : Home : Microsoft Internet Information Services
Notable changes in Windows Vista SP1
Overview This document provides more detail about the notable changes made to Windows Vista in Service Pack 1, which were focused on addressing specific reliability, performance, and compatibility issues, supporting new types of hardware, and adding support for several emerging standards. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d69c4e1b-c81a-41be-b1f5-66e615ba5912&DisplayLang=en
RTM of Windows Vista SP1
http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2008/02/04/announcing-the-rtm-of-windows-vista-sp1.aspx
Windows Internet Explorer 7 to be distributed via WSUS February 12, 2008; May require administrator action to manage the rollout
Windows Internet Explorer 7 to be distributed via WSUS February 12, 2008; May require administrator action to manage the rollout On February 12, 2008 Microsoft will release the Windows Internet Explorer 7 Installation and Availability update to Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) marked as an Update Rollup package. Windows Internet Explorer 7 Installation and Availability Update is a complete installation...
Deploying Windows in a Virtual World
TechNet Magazine Blog : Deploying Windows in a Virtual World An AWESOME post on Deploying Windows in a Virtual World!!
Windows Server 2008 RC1
Windows Server 2008 RC1 Windows Server 2008, which is scheduled to release to manufacturing (RTM) by the Feb 27 launch event, has reached the RC1 milestone and is available for customers to download. With RC1, Microsoft is enhancing Group Policy with Group Policy Preferences, formerly known as PolicyMaker Standard Edition and Policy Share Manager. As the code approaches final signoff, RC1 is one of...
Update Package for Windows XP Service Pack 3 - Release Candidate
Download details: Standalone Update Package for Windows XP Service Pack 3 Overview This is the self-extracting executable that contains the update package for Windows® XP Service Pack 3. Windows® XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system. This update also includes a small number of new functionalities, which do not significantly change customers’ experience...
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC1 vs. Shipping Vista vs Windows XP - Preformance
Battlemodo: Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC1 vs. Shipping Vista Why are the Network copy and Hard Disk Speeds so SLOW on Vista? I really like Vista, but I'm running Vista 64Bit on a beefy machine...but the numbers don't lie above. I wonder how fast my machine would be if I loaded Windows XP on it?
Microsoft IT by the Numbers
Some interested numbers posted on bink.nu . Microsoft internal IT: 600k connected devices 10,000 Servers 3 Datacenters 1 operations center 11% is virtualized in Microsoft Datacenters 330 of 385 servers run Windows Server 2008 (RC0) plus all 85 Microsoft.com servers 11 clustered systems 30,000 users in redmond domain (50,000 with vendors) NAP reporting 140K clients, 90 clients deferred mode The Redmond...
Vista64 and 4 Gig of RAM
If you have ever tried to setup Vista 64 bit on a system with 4 gig of RAM and you get a stop error of 7E or 0A...try this: Remove two gig of RAM and run the install for Vista64. Once you get the Vista installed and working... Grab the patch outlined in this article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929777/en-us Direct link -> Download the KB929777 package now for Vista 64 Bit. Now you should be...
$10k hack challenge winner says Vista's code more secure than Mac's
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9018138&pageNumber=1 April 27, 2007 (Computerworld) -- Dino Dai Zovi , the New York-based security researcher who took home $10,000 in a highly-publicized MacBook Pro hijack on April 20, has been at the center of a week's worth of controversy about the security of Apple Inc. 's operating system. In an...
On Tuesday 8 May 2007 Microsoft is planning to release:
On Tuesday 8 May 2007 Microsoft is planning to release: Security Updates • Two Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows. The highest Maximum Severity rating for these is Critical. These updates will require a restart. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer. • Three Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Office. The highest Maximum Severity...
April 10th Patches
Microsoft is planning to release o n 10 April 2007: Security Updates . Four Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows. The highest Maximum Severity rating for these is Critical. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer. These updates will require a restart. . One Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Microsoft Content Management Server. The highest...
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