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If you are not aware yet, there is a serious vulnerability in the Windows 2000/2003 DNS server service. Current solutions involve changing a registry key so the DNS service can no longer be managed over TCP. Before you get in a panic – This flaw only affects 2000, and 2003 servers that have had the […]
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Many times we see this error reported by customers when trying to use one of our programs to update a remote machine. It has taken us a while to find the source of the error, but it seems that it is an issue with 3rd party applications http://support.microsoft.com/kb/177078 A registry change needs to be made […]
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The Windows Vista resource kit was released this week. I know many administrators have been waiting for it as the previous resource kits have been an invaluable resource. Like the previous resource kits it will include tools, utilities, and vital information all in one package. It is currently retailing for $59.99 US. I think I […]
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I have been catching up on some reading this weekend. A few weeks back I bought Raymond Chen’s book “The New Old Thing“. It is an excellent walk through windows history, and why windows does the things it does. One of the things I came across in the book was about how the Windows XP […]
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Normally I would not post about development issues here, but while taking a break from working on the latest version of our remote control software I began daydreaming a theory about .NET and its impact on Windows. We are avoiding .NET like the plague. This is because we want our executables to be small with […]
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This problem seems to getting worse by the minute. If you have not heard about it yet there is a mouse cursor vulnerability in just about every version of windows. Currently it can be exploited by creating a specially crafted website and trick a user into visiting it. Any version of IE is vulnerable. Let […]
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Microsoft has had about 400,000 downloads of SP2 for 2003 so far, and they are starting to get a number of reports from customers running ISA server. Here are the specifics from a MS Blog on the subject: 1. If you run ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Edition with or without the ISA Server SP2, you […]
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On Tuesday Samsung Electronics unveiled a 64 gigabyte flash drive at its Mobile Solution Forum in Taipei, Taiwan. The Korean company says it plans to start mass production of the 1.8 inch drive in the second quarter of 2007. A 64 GB flash drive is twice the size of any flash drive used in laptops […]
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VMWare has announced the release of Beta 2 for Mac. Code named Fusion. It can utilize multiple CPU cores, and even allow you to host 64 bit windows based operating systems on your Mac. It has been designed from the ground up using Cocoa, so the interface works well with other Mac applications. A few […]
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If you are not familiar with it yet. Microsoft is working on a new server version of windows that is aimed at the home user. It is called Windows Home Server. When I first heard of it I was highly skeptical. I thought that for my needs it would be too simple. On the other […]
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