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Descriptions of security and auditing related events that appear in Vista’s security log.
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In a few situations, you’ll need to download the specific help file for your language.
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The latest Realtek AC 97 Audio Driver
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Windows Live Messenger accounts for the largest community for any IM client worldwide. At the end of 2007, in November, as Microsoft was unveiling Windows Live 2.0, the next generation of its suite of software and services in the cloud, the company estimated that Windows Live Messenger had an install base of approximately 300 million users. In this context, it failed to come as a surprise the fact that Windows Live messenger was the most attacked instant messaging platform in 2007, according to statistics provided by FaceTime Communications. And with such a high profile, it is bound that the trend will continue into 2008. (more…)
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You can turn the 32-bit SKUs of Windows Vista into the 64-bit editions of the operating system. But it will cost you… Vista is the first client platform that features both the x86 and x64 flavors simultaneously, on the market since the moment of launch. Although Microsoft delivers the operating system on a single DVD, the media only contains either all the 32-bit editions, or all the 64-bit SKUs, but not all of them.
In this context, jumping from the 32-bit version of the platform to the 64-bit one is not as streamlined a process as it might seem. (more…)
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You’ve got to give credit to Microsoft for at least coming up with new ways to communicate the effects of counterfeit software, if not, producing these wicked illustrated short movies. For just under a year now, Microsoft has been producing a series of these animated movies, “Genuine Fact Files“, aimed at demonstrating how counterfeit software can have devastating effects on the life of those who purchase them.
The latest of these comic-style movies is called “Dangerous Descent”. It features the story of a pilot who has been pressured by a friend to purchase some Microsoft software from street shops in Shanghai - a story most of us can relate to. Unknowingly, he puts himself, his friends and even his marriage on the line. This suspense thriller will put you on the edge of your seat until the very last second. Rated M for mature.
In case you were wondering, this is the wonderful of creative agency DDB Seattle and illustrator Charlie Griak. Charlie’s work has been officially selected in two international film festivals and featured in many animated commercial. He’s also worked on one other movie in the Microsoft campaign called “Suspicious Cargo” and features a similar tone and illustration style. You can view that on YouTube here.
You can find wallpapers and videos for more of these “Genuine Fact Files” at the Microsoft website.
Written by Long Zheng on January 29th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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In the beginning, there was one control library,
namely USER ,
the window manager itself,
which provided buttons, static controls, edit controls,
scroll bars, list boxes, and combo boxes.
These controls were under the purview of the window manager team. Read More......(
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Read an interesting piece of information about the most likely security threats in 2008 - read it here!
Top Ten Cyber Security Menaces for 2008:
- Increasingly Sophisticated Web Site Attacks That Exploit Browser Vulnerabilities - Especially On Trusted Web Sites
- Increasing Sophistication And Effectiveness In Botnets
- Cyber Espionage Efforts By Well Resourced Organizations Looking To Extract Large Amounts Of Data - Particularly Using Targeted Phishing
- Mobile Phone Threats, Especially Against iPhones And Android-Based Phones; Plus VOIP
- Insider Attacks
- Advanced Identity Theft from Persistent Bots
- Increasingly Malicious Spyware
- Web Application Security Exploits
- Increasingly Sophisticated Social Engineering Including Blending Phishing with VOIP and Event Phishing
- Supply Chain Attacks Infecting Consumer Devices (USB Thumb Drives, GPS Systems, Photo Frames, etc.) Distributed by Trusted Organizations
The ranked list is created by Stephen Northcutt, Ed Skoudis, Marc Sachs, Johannes Ullrich, Tom Liston, Eric Cole, Eugene Schultz, Rohit Dhamankar, Amit Yoran, Howard Schmidt, Will Pelgrin, and Alan Paller.
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Written by Jakob H. Heidelberg on January 29th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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Every year since Microsoft has held the MIX conference in Las Vegas, it has also held a CSS web design competition. This year it’s called ReStyle. The premise of the competition is identical to most CSS competitions out there - most notably css Zen Garden. Designers are given a HTML template filled with content to work with, they are limited to only CSS and images linked via CSS to come up with creative ways to style the static content.
Microsoft’s ReStyle competition is ending soon on February 7. A panel of judges will pick three winners based on quality, creativity, and usability of the designs. The winners are awarded with a paid registration to MIX, hotel stay and up to $1000 in travel allowance. Unfortunately that means most visitors outside of the United States will still have to contribute a portion of the travel by themselves, or paddle on a small raft across the ocean.
Last night I had an idea pop into my head. My head’s fine, thanks for your concern. At approximately 11pm I started with this sample template. Spent four hours to end up with this.
Tested for compatibility only in Firefox 2 and IE7. Yep, that is real transparen-see as you can see with the alternative background here (thanks to Squidfingers for the patterned background). It wasn’t easy, but it was well worth it.
Check out some of the other submissions already at the ReStyle Gallery. There’s bound to be more great designs submitted in the next few days since the submission form hadn’t been working for a while. In the chance I do win, I’m hoping to give away the opportunity to attend MIX to a lucky somebody because it looks like I’ll be attending anyway as a guest of Microsoft Australia. Don’t hold your breath.
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A while back we released a
IE 7 blocking tool. It uses a registry key that Automatic update checks. If it is present, IE 7 will not automatically install.
Starting February 12th, IE 7 will begin showing up on Automatic updates, and ignore the special registry key. It will be up to the user to continually reject the install.
It is unfortunate that Microsoft has not decided to extend this date. I know quite a few companies with third party apps - that simply will not work with IE 7.
Beyond the compatibility issue, I personally dislike IE 7 in its present form. It is a slow and clunky interface. Every time I come across a machine that has it - I find myself downloading Firefox.
I will be sad to see IE 6 to go. Even with all of its quirks, it was still far better than IE 7.
The same could be said about Vista and XP :)
At the end of February we will be deleting the IE 7 blocking tool from our website, and removing it from
Network Administrator.
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Microsoft is giving users who don't want Office 2003 Service Pack 3 automatically downloaded to their systems a month to opt out.
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