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After having a chance to play with the Google Cr-48 Chromebook prototype, I’m stymied as to who the real Chromebook user is supposed to be. So far, I don’t see myself in that category. View the full article
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Supersite Amahi makes a home server solution of sorts, which I had never heard of previously, but it looks interesting. And now they're throwing out a bone to Windows Home Server users who are disgruntled over Microsoft's decision to axe Drive Extender in "Vail". ... View the full article
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Hi all I ve recently installed windows 2008 in my Domain controller One user's laptop (logs in as default user) running windows vista is asking for credentials when opening a winrar file. Is this due to the default domain policy? when running server 2003 this problem didnt occur Can you help me?
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Windows IT Pro Yahoo! played the role of the Grinch this week, confirming that it has let go more than 600 employees, or about 4 percent of its workforce. ... View the full article
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Microsoft Windows - Microsoft to Extend Office 2010 Security Feature to Older Office Versions
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Windows IT Pro As part of its regularly scheduled Patch Tuesday event this week, the software giant also announced that it will be backporting an Office 2010 security feature called Office File Validation to Office 2007 and 2003. ... View the full article
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Hi all, I have a Windows 2008 R2 Server Standard installation. The problem is that IPMI device is not listed under the 'System devices'. The Microsoft IPMI driver is installed by default. I have been trying to get this fix for last one week, till now I haven't succeeded. I am really frustrated. Can any one please advice me?. Any help will be appreciated!!!.
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Windows IT Pro Depending on who you talk to, the launch of Windows Phone 7 this past fall has either gone quite well or has been a complete and utter disaster. Of course, I'm presenting this like it's some kind of debate, but if you've been paying attention to the news, it's been all bad. ... View the full article
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MS10-106 - Moderate: Vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server Could Allow Denial of Service (24071
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Bulletin Severity Rating:Moderate - This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server. The vulnerability could allow denial of service if an authenticated attacker sent a specially crafted network message to a computer running the Exchange service. Firewall best practices and standard default firewall configurations can help protect networks from attacks that originate outside the enterprise perimeter. Best practices recommend that systems that are connected to the Internet have a minimal number of ports exposed. View the full article
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MS10-105 - Important: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Graphics Filters Could Allow for Remote Co
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Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update resolves seven privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user viewed a specially crafted image file using Microsoft Office. An attacker who successfully exploited any of these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the local user. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. View the full article
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MS10-104 - Important: Vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint Could Allow Remote Code Execution (24550
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Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution in the security context of a guest user if an attacker sent a specially crafted SOAP request to the Document Conversions Launcher Service in a SharePoint server environment that is using the Document Conversions Load Balancer Service. By default, the Document Conversions Load Balancer Service and Document Conversions Launcher Service are not enabled in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. View the full article
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MS10-103 - Important: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Publisher Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2292
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Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update resolves five privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Publisher that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Publisher file. An attacker who successfully exploited any of these vulnerabilities could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs view, change, or delete data or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. View the full article
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Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V. The vulnerability could allow denial of service if a specially crafted packet is sent to the VMBus by an authenticated user in one of the guest virtual machines hosted by the Hyper-V server. An attacker must have valid logon credentials and be able to send specially crafted content from a guest virtual machine to exploit this vulnerability. The vulnerability could not be exploited remotely or by anonymous users. View the full article
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MS10-101 - Important: Vulnerability in Windows Netlogon Service Could Allow Denial of Service (22075
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Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Netlogon RPC Service on affected versions of Windows Server that are configured to serve as domain controllers. The vulnerability could allow denial of service if an attacker sends a specially crafted RPC packet to the Netlogon RPC Service interface on an affected system. An attacker requires administrator privileges on a machine that is joined to the same domain as the affected domain controller in order to exploit this vulnerability. View the full article
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MS10-100 - Important: Vulnerability in Consent User Interface Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (24
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Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Consent User Interface (UI). The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker runs a specially crafted application on an affected system. An attacker must have valid logon credentials and the SeImpersonatePrivilege and be able to log on locally to exploit this vulnerability. The vulnerability could not be exploited remotely or by anonymous users. View the full article
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MS10-099 - Important: Vulnerability in Routing and Remote Access Could Allow Elevation of Privilege
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Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update addresses a privately reported vulnerability in the Routing and Remote Access NDProxy component of Microsoft Windows. This security update is rated Important for all supported editions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. All supported editions of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2 are not affected by the vulnerability. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logs on to an affected system and runs a specially crafted application. An attacker must have valid logon credentials and be able to log on locally to exploit this vulnerability. The vulnerab…
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MS10-098 - Important: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation of Privil
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Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update resolves one publicly disclosed vulnerability and several privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logged on locally and ran a specially crafted application. An attacker must have valid logon credentials and be able to log on locally to exploit these vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities could not be exploited remotely or by anonymous users. View the full article
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MS10-097 - Important: Insecure Library Loading in Internet Connection Signup Wizard Could Allow Remo
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Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability in the Internet Connection Signup Wizard of Microsoft Windows. This security update is rated Important for all supported editions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. All supported editions of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2 are not affected by the vulnerability. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a .ins or .isp file located in the same network folder as a specially crafted library file. For an attack to be successful, a user must visit an untrusted remote file system location or WebDAV share and…
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Windows IT Pro Eleven years after it led the charge for slate PC computing, Microsoft is in an awkward place: Apple, a newcomer to this market at least, has seized the hearts and minds—if not yet the pocketbooks—of consumers with a new type of slate PC computer called the iPad. ... View the full article
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The New York Times is reporting that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer may show off some new slates and tablets from various PC partners at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2011 in January. View the full article
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On December 13, Microsoft released to manufacturing two of its upcoming small-business-focused servers: Windows Small Business Server 2011 (codenamed SBS 7). View the full article
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Microsoft has joined a coalition consisting primarily of travel sites that is lobbying to block Google’s pending acquisition of ITA Software. View the full article
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Windows IT Pro A federal judge on Friday dismissed a vaguely worded patent infringement lawsuit against 11 tech firms because it didn't specify which of the company's products or technologies infringed on the patents. The suit was filed against Apple, Facebook, Google, and other tech firms ... View the full article
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Supersite Tech news and tidbits of the day, from around the web, including some holiday stress, sending a card to our troops overseas, the final death knell for KIN, more ... View the full article
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Supersite Google's Chrome OS is the most credible threat yet to Microsoft's dominance on the PC client, and a system that answers all of the key problems with Windows. How Microsoft responds to this threat will largely determine how Windows performs going forward. My worry is that the software giant won't move quickly enough. ... View the full article
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Supersite In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Tom Merritt and I discuss why the Dell Inspiron Duo is a dud, what happens when you call out Microsoft on its bad behavior, a new feature for the ever-in-beta IE 9, a big week for Google news, and a second round of holiday tech gift picks. ... View the full article
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