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a Savin 7570 printer with scanner worked well with Win2K. with Win2008, printer works fine BUT attempts to get scanner feature set up fails. It uses SMB to validate path and subsequently transfer scanned documents to folder on server. Printer technician does not know Win 2008 server. I believe that it is additional security or new level of SMB that needs modification to be able to recognize and respond to printer attempt to validate storage folder. anyone got suggestions?
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There have been a lot of silly rumors about an Apple tablet device lately. But if you're in the market for such a thing, it already exists. Here in the real world, we call it "a PC". View the full article
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Hi! I have recently moved to the windows server 2008. My 32 bit com+ application used to have configuration file located at: system32 directory. When I had copied the config file to the system32, it was copied automatically to syswow64. I have read somewhere that an application reading system32 directory is automatically and transparently redirected to syswow64 directory. So here goes my questions: 1) Is it enough to copy the config file only to syswow64, should it also been copied to system32? 2) I think, that once when I copied the file to system32 it was copied to the syswow64 and deleted from system32, why? 3) Is it possible the situation that the con…
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After upgrading my AD and 5 of my 6 DC's to Windows Server 2008 I cannot find my login scripts. The folder is empty now. Any ideas on where they might have gone?
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I have a HP Proliant running Windows 2008 Server . I have presented the FC SAN luns from two HP EVA storage arrays. I was using (bus/target/lun) details available in disk drive properties in windows to uniqly identify the luns. I have obserevd bus/target/lun id's are unique for luns from the same storage array. But i have read the trio (bus/target/lun) will be duplicate for the luns from other EVA storage. ie: two luns from differnt storage arrays can have the same (bus/target/lun) in windows Is the trio(bus/target/lun) reliable to uniqly identify the FC SAN luns from different storage arrays in windows?
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Hello. I have just setup a new Windows Server 2008 Standard at the office.I have also created a new user in our domain which we have here. I want to make this user administrator of the new server in order to perform a TeamFoundation Server installation. Although I have declared that user in the administrator group it seems that I cannot do anything when I am logged in as that user because I take a message that all that I am doing is restricted by policy. I found informations about User Account Control and hidden administrator enabling but I am even more confused. Can you please help? Thank you.
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Hi, we have a Windows 2008 R2 Server and a 500GB external LAN HDD. I want to run a Backup on the external HDD. So I connected the Shared Folder on that drive with "net use" and created an ".vhd" on it. This I used as Target for the Backup. The backup worked well for approximately one week. After a reboot I was able to connect the image anymore. I always get this Error: "Die Version unterstützt diese Version des Dateiformats nicht." If I copy the vhd Image to an internal drive and try to connect this, it works. Thanks and sorry for my English.
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MS09-074 - Critical: Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Project Could Allow Remote Code Execution (96
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Bulletin Severity Rating:Critical - This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Office Project. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Project file. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability 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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MS09-073 - Important: Vulnerability in WordPad and Office Text Converters Could Allow Remote Code Ex
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Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft WordPad and Microsoft Office text converters. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a specially crafted Word 97 file is opened in WordPad or Microsoft Office Word. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same privileges as the user. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer privileges on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative privileges. View the full article
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Bulletin Severity Rating:Critical - This security update resolves four privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Internet Explorer. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views 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 user rights. An ActiveX control built with Microsoft Active Template Library (ATL) headers could also allow remote code execution for more information about this issue, see the subsection, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Related to This Securit…
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MS09-071 - Critical: Vulnerabilities in Internet Authentication Service Could Allow Remote Code Exec
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Bulletin Severity Rating:Critical - This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. These vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if messages received by the Internet Authentication Service server are copied incorrectly into memory when handling PEAP authentication attempts. An attacker who successfully exploited either of these vulnerabilities could take complete control of an affected system. Servers using Internet Authentication Service are only affected when using PEAP with MS-CHAP v2 authentication. View the full article
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MS09-070 - Important: Vulnerabilities in Active Directory Federation Services Could Allow Remote Cod
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Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The more severe of these vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if an attacker sent a specially crafted HTTP request to an ADFS-enabled Web server. An attacker would need to be an authenticated user in order to exploit either of these vulnerabilities. View the full article
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MS09-069 - Important: Vulnerability in Local Security Authority Subsystem Service Could Allow Denial
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Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow a denial of service if a remote, authenticated attacker, while communicating through Internet Protocol security (IPsec), sends a specially crafted ISAKMP message to the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) on an affected system. View the full article
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In previous versions of windows, moving a folder (with many subfolders/files) to a different path on the same drive would simply update the location of the folder in the file table and not require any action or calculation on what was actually in the folder. When I perform this on windows server 2008, it first calculates the size of everything in the folder, then performs the move and this can take quite a long time for folders with lots of content. Does anyone know if this is expected behavior and/or if there is a fix?
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Windows 7 is seeing success in the marketplace which I am very happy about from a security perspective. The Microsoft Security Intelligence Report has shown us again and again that the more up-to-date a PC is, the less likely it is to be infected by malware and other potentially dangerous software. So Windows 7 making strides is helpful to the ecosystem overall from a security standpoint. Success comes at a price though, through greater scrutiny and misinterpretation of some of the technologies. One of those technologies is BitLocker. I've seen numerous claims the past few weeks about weaknesses in BitLocker and even claims of commercial software that "breaks" BitL…
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Here's the December 2009 update to "What I Use". Changes include a return to the iPod platform after months of dabbling with Zune HD, my favorite iPhone apps, Office 2010, a broader mix of web browsers, Modern Warfare 2, and some Mac virtualization solutions. View the full article
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I've started building out my support page for "Windows 7 Secrets," starting with some errata, additions, and notes to the initial printing of the book. I'll be adding more over time, including some reader-submitted errata and some major content updates. View the full article
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In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Leo and I discuss Windows Weekly video, the MIA Windows 7 USB/DVD tool, ATT vs. Verizon, web browser usage share, Office 2010 release date, the (fake) Black Screen of Death, and much more... View the full article
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Switching to the Mac doesn't mean you have to give up on Windows 7. In fact, over 80 percent of Mac users run Windows too. Here's how to make it happen, either with dual boot or via a virtualization solution. View the full article
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Ready for some World War II-era nostalgia? Then check out Call of Duty Classic for the Xbox 360, an Xbox Live Arcade title that brings the original game in the series to the console for the first time. View the full article
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As we rush to the cloud computing future, it's important to remember that the computing platforms of today will continue forward. Microsoft's success creating today's platforms should help going forward. View the full article
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I appeared on the most recent episode of the This Week in Tech (TWiT) podcast with Leo Laporte, Jerry Pournelle, and Dwight Silverman. Topics include the truth about Windows 7 market share, why B Dalton's was good for literacy, and the fate of Ezekiel the Z80... View the full article
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The Xbox 360 product lineup drops down to just two models for this holiday selling season, the low-end Xbox 360 Arcade and the recently price-reduced Xbox 360 Elite, which features a 120 GB hard drive. View the full article
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In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Leo and I discuss more Office 2010 Public Beta news, Windows Home Server PP3, Google Chrome OS, captioning in digital video, and much more... View the full article
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Upgrading Active Directory Domains To Windows Server 2008 And Windows Server 2008 R2 Ad Ds Domains
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This guide explains the process for upgrading Active Directory domains to Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, how to upgrade the operating system of domain controllers, and how to add domain controllers that run Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 to an existing domain. Overview Upgrading your network operating system requires minimal network configuration and typically has a low impact on user operations. The upgrade process is straightforward, efficient, and allows your organization to take advantage of the improved security that is offered by the Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems. This guide covers the process …
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