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I lied. I read in a press release that they were doing this. I went and filled out the 15 minute form to find out the only free software I get is the spyware that collects information about my computer usage.Originally you could apply to the Windows Fe…
Written by Steve Wiseman on December 12th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Windows Vista Team Blog : Windows Vista SP1 RC now available for public download
Additional info about the SP1 RC release.
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Written by Joe on December 12th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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We’re making available today the RC release of Windows Vista SP1, found here on MSDN and here on TechNet , with an FAQ here . I invite you to download, install and use the SP1 RC and let us know about your experience by providing your feedback here . Read More……(read more)
Written by Windows Vista Team Blog on December 12th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Microsoft has released the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) ‘Release Candidate’ (RC). This is the last step before the official SP1 is released in the first quarter of 2008. Note that this is still not official code, so there could still be bugs (but hey, there will still be bugs in the official release [...]
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Description: This critical security update resolves four privately reported vulnerabilities. The most serious security impact could allow remote code execution if a user viewed a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative [...]
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Description: This critical security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Windows Media File Format. This vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user viewed a specially crafted file in Windows Media Format Runtime. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who [...]
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Description: A security issue has been identified in ALPC that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. This important security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Windows kernel. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could [...]
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Description: This critical security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft DirectX. These vulnerabilities could allow code execution if a user opened a specially crafted file used for streaming media in DirectX. If a user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of [...]
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Description: This important security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Server Message Block Version 2 (SMBv2). The vulnerability could allow an attacker to tamper with data transferred via SMBv2, which could allow remote code execution in domain configurations communicating with SMBv2.
Update type: Important
Release date: December 11, 2007
Applies to: All versions
Knowledge base: support.microsoft.com/kb/942624
Download link: [...]
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Here’s a question that came in from a customer: Is there a way to view all the Windows color schemes at once?
We want to display text in the COLOR_BTNTEXT color
against a background of COLOR_INACTIVECAPTION ,
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Written by The Old New Thing : Code on December 12th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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