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Found a list of anti-virus products that are supported by Vista (From the Microsoft website). I am sure Symantec, and McAfee will eventually show up on this list, but it sure is interesting that the two top anti-virus vendors are not on this list Free Trial Subscription from CA CA Anti-Virus 2007 helps provides comprehensive […]
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Once and a while I have the need for Windows to automatically login after a reboot. For example, I have a Windows XP Media center machine, and I have a few custom cleanup and compression programs that run as desktop applications – so they don’t run if the machine is rebooted while I am gone. […]
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While I am not busy ripping the new license terms apart I have been testing out everything I can within Vista, mostly to get our applications up to speed before the November 30th release. I found a cool feature when you go to the properties of a USB drive: It allows you to reserve part […]
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I was digging through some Vista Documents on the MS website. I came across this interesting document: Software Protection WP.doc It lays out the software protection within Vista, and the supposed reasons for it. They try really hard not to say the truth: We automatically assume you are a thief, and have no respect for […]
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Microsoft released vista to Manufacturing on Wednesday, and confirmed the consumer release of January 30th for the consumer edition of the operating system. This starts the initial step to getting the software on store shelves by the release date. This means that any bugs found now will need to be fixed in a service pack, […]
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In an interesting twist to all of the new things Microsoft is working on they are now becoming an ICANN accredited registrar. You can see them now on the ICANN list – It is really long so you might need to use your browsers search feature to find it down the list. This means that […]
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A serious flaw in the ActiveX XMLHTTP component within IE is still active, and without a patch from Microsoft. This includes the latest from Microsoft, IE 7. Microsoft released an advisory on Friday From the website, here are some of the mitigating factors: - In a Web-based attack scenario, an attacker would have to host […]
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Microsoft has started its virtual hard drive program. It allows potential customers to demo software without the pain of installation. From the Microsoft website: “Using the power of virtual machines, you can now quickly evaluate Microsoft and partner solutions through a series of pre-configured Virtual Hard Disks (VHD). You can download the VHDs and evaluate […]
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Microsoft has confirmed today that the latest version of the Office suite will be delivered to corporate customers on November 30th “We’ve crossed the development finish line, and the team deserves to celebrate,” said Jeff Raikes, president of the Microsoft Business Division. “The 2007 Microsoft Office system RTM completes the most significant improvements to the […]
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I read something interesting over at the MSDN blogs at Microsoft. They are delaying the automatic push for IE 7 in Japan for more than three months. Now here is an interesting response to the wave of anger from users inside and outside of Japan: I just wanted let people know regarding the delay of […]
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