I was reading some blog postings over at Microsoft and some interesting stats were posted about automatic updates: 20% of them were done manually 80% Were automatically installed Of that 80%, 34% were done via scheduled install, and 46% of them were installed at system shutdown. The more interesting part is that applications like Office […]
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It is patch Tuesday again, and Microsoft has released six major patches. Most noteably is the fix for the XML component that is used within all versions of IE, including 7.0. The vulnerability would enable an attacker to create a specially crafted website that could install malicious software on your system – and only Symantec […]
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This has to be one of the most annoying “features” of windows: I don’t think there has ever been a time when it has been useful to me. It is one of those things you put up with, but never find how to disable it. I got tired of it today, and I will share […]
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Not sure if this one is going to be put out in automatic updates, but this new wireless hotfix for XP SP2 from Microsoft has some nice additions:Changes for nonbroadcast networksIn Windows XP with Service Pack 2, Wireless Auto Configuration tries to match preferred wireless networks to wireless networks that broadcast their network name. If […]
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It seems that CompUSA here in the states has struck an exclusive deal with Microsoft to start selling Office 2007, and Vista on November 30th. This is two months before any other retailer will have it on their shelves. There is a catch. In the press release sent out by Microsoft today it is clear […]
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I am sure many of you have used at least one of the utilities made by Sysinternals (http://www.sysinternals.com). They have some of the best windows administration utilities on the net. A few months ago they were bought out by Microsoft, and many worried it spelled the end to the free programs that they produced. Not […]
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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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