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The sixth edition of the Security Intelligence Report (SIR), Microsoft’s semi-annual report on the state of computer security was published on April 8, 2009. Using data derived from hundreds of millions of computers worldwide and some of the busiest online services on the Internet, this report provides an in-depth perspective on trends in: [*]Software vulnerabilities (both in Microsoft software and in third-party software)[*]Software exploits[*]Security and privacy breaches[*]Malicious and potentially unwanted software[*]E-mail, spam, and phishing When I say 'in-depth', I mean it. At 184 pages in length, the report is extremely comprehensive and data driven. If yo…

Open-source companies log impressive growth CNET News, CA - Matt Asay He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure. by bman_den May 1, 2009 9:10 AM PDT While I'm nuetral on the open source debat, it seems to be aconflict of interest for you since you advise open source companies. by ... More...

TrustedReviews Windows 7 In October? Acer Says Yes InformationWeek, NY - Paul McDougall Publicly, Microsoft has said only that Windows 7 will be available about three years after Vista's debut. Vista launched in January 2007. Beyond blog reports, there are other signs that Windows 7 is ahead of schedule. Microsoft on Friday released a ... Report: Acer To Launch Windows 7 PC On Oct. 23 ITvoir all 50 news articles More...

Death to Windows AutoRun! ZDNet - Adrian Kingsley-Hughes OK, but what about all those Windows XP and Windows Vista users out there? Well, there's good news for them too, as Microsoft has promised to backport the changes in Windows 7 to XP and Vista. However, there's no timeline as to when XP and Vista users ... More...

I am facing a weird problem. Any pointers are much appreciated. I am using SSPI for authentication on Windows 2003 machine. On my server side I am checking whether my SSPI context user is part of the backup operators (BO) group. Now the check always returns me false even though the user is present in the BO group on that machine. Strange thing is if I do logonuser using the same username and password (with which the client is running) on the server side and try to check whether the logon user token is part of the BO group it returns me TRUE ! Have also tried with administrator group but there the functionality is as expected (both the times it returns me true…

XP to be available after Windows 7's release Computerworld, MA The continued availability of Windows XP during a transition period after Windows 7's release will reassure users who have avoided upgrading to Windows Vista and may be wary of the new operating system. MIcrosoft declined to say when Windows 7 will be ... More...

Windows 7 Ultimate on Nehalem Mac Pro InfoWorld, CA - Tom Yager Whereas the maximum Windows Experience score is 5.9 in Windows Vista, it's 7.9 in Windows 7. (See "Engineering the Windows 7 'Windows Experience Index'" on Microsoft's Windows 7 team blog to learn why.) It bears noting that with AMD's Radeon 4870 HD ... More...

Personal Tech: Gadget News and Reviews Washington Post, United States - Carolyn Hax Rutland, VT: You recently said that with Windows XP it's better to not have a password if your computer is physically secure. Is this true of Vista also? And should Vista users follow your advice to have both an administrative user and a standard user, ... More...

Hey there, I am loading up a new dell server, have license for 2008 enterprise x64. Loaded up at office, using dhcp and only one nic. worked great. Took to client site, hooked up both nics. Windows shows local network only. cant get on internet, can join domain. cant update, or register. i can map a drive to other server, i can ping inside network, but nothing outside. other machines work fine just the new 2008 server not workin. I have tried static ips and dhcp no change. Microsoft knows its a problem .... The network connectivity status incorrectly appears as "Local only" on a Windows Server 2008-based or Windows Vista-based computer that has more th…

ITProPortal Windows 7 In October? Acer Says Yes InformationWeek, NY - Paul McDougall Publicly, Microsoft has said only that Windows 7 will be available about three years after Vista's debut. Vista launched in January, 2007. Beyond blog reports, there are other signs that Windows 7 is ahead of schedule. Microsoft on Friday released a ... Report: Acer To Launch Windows 7 PC On Oct. 23 ITvoir all 37 news articles More...

Microsoft gives more details on Windows 7 XP Mode InfoWorld, CA As we discussed earlier this week, Microsoft is going to use desktop virtualization technology from its Virtual PC software to help Windows 7 users run programs that operate fine within Windows XP but not in Windows Vista or Windows 7. ... More...

End to End Trust and Windows 7 SecuObs, France Windows 7 enhances the smart card infrastructure advances made in Windows Vista through support of Plug and Play. This eases deployment of smart card infrastructures because drivers for both smart cards and smart card readers are automatically ... More...

Windows 7 RC and XP given extensions on life well into 2010 engadget, CA - Ross Miller I hope this launch goes much smoother than vista's. Their world will come crumbling down if Apple ever releases a netbook. M$ is garbage. This is awesome, I actually just barely downloaded it and now I plan on installing it soon to see how it is, ... More...

TweakTown About-face: Microsoft disables Autorun San Francisco Chronicle, USA Now, however, Microsoft will disable Autorun in Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP soon, according to another company blog. Microsoft did not return calls asking for details, but more information on the change and on the amount of malicious code ... Microsoft doctors AutoRun in Windows 7 to stymie Conficker Computerworld Windows 7 Autoplay Improvements Windows 7 News AutoRun neutered in Windows 7 11:52AM, Thursday 30th April 2009 PC Pro Technologizer all 48 news articles More...

Save energy with a good power plan for a Vista notebook TechRepublic, KY My Windows Vista laptop bit the dust last week due to an unfortunate accident, and I was forced to make a decision about my next portable system. As I mentioned in last week's article, I have been toying with the idea of getting a netbook. ... More...

Report: Acer To Launch Windows 7 PC On Oct. 23 ChannelWeb, NY Bobby Watkins, country general manager for Acer UK, told Pocket-Lint that Acer's recently unveiled Aspire Z5600 all-in-one PC will be available with Windows 7 pre-loaded starting on Oct. 23. Watkins also said that customers that buy Windows Vista-based ... More...

Windows 7 RC Released to Microsoft's Subscribers Redmond Developer News, CA The system requirements for Windows 7 are similar to those described for Vista above Vista Home Basic. The recommended processor clock speed, RAM and DirectX 9 graphics support are all the same. However, Windows 7 requires less disk space than Vista: ... More...

Boston Globe Microsoft gives users Windows 7 free for 13 months Computerworld, MA By Gregg Keizer April 30, 2009 (Computerworld) Microsoft Corp. will let users run Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) for more than a year, giving them free use of the new operating system for a significantly longer time than it did Vista's previews. ... Windows 7 'Release Candidate' Debuts for Some InternetNews.com Microsoft Windows 7 Release Candidate Arrives for Some – Most Must ... eWeek Windows 7 - It's like Vista, only less annoying Register CNET News - New York Times all 399 news articles More...

Linux: How much does it not suck? IT World Canada Blogs, Canada The work-around is to dual-boot…have both XP and Linux on the same machine, and choose how you want to start your day with (Linux or Windows). No issues, and Ubuntu installed like a champ. Video drivers and wireless all worked flawlessly. ... More...

Telegraph.co.uk Windows 7 'Release Candidate' Debuts for Some InternetNews.com, NY By Stuart J. Johnston: More stories by this author: Microsoft began limited distribution of the final test version of Windows 7 on Thursday -- putting final release of the planned replacement for Windows Vista that much closer to reality. ... Microsoft Windows 7 Release Candidate Arrives for Some – Most Must ... eWeek Windows 7 - It's like Vista, only less annoying Register Keep Windows XP secure and trouble-free CNET News New York Times - Wall Street Journal all 391 news articles More...

Verdict: Windows 7 - Like Vista, just a bit easier to use and less ... ZDNet I've been running Windows 7 on a selection of systems for over four months now, so I've had plenty of time to become acquainted with the OS. During that time I've written a lot about Microsoft's latest OS on this blog but there's one question that ... More...

Ars Technica Win7 on my 12th Seattle Post Intelligencer Windows 7 RC is now available to TechNet/MSDN subscribers. In just a few days on May 5th, it'll be available to just about anyone to download from http://www.microsoft.com/windows7 To make sure this version doesn't suffer from Vista's device driver ... Microsoft Windows 7 Release Candidate Arrives for Some – Most Must ... eWeek Windows 7 - It's like Vista, only less annoying Register Keep Windows XP secure and trouble-free CNET News New York Times - Wall Street Journal all 373 news articles More...

Hi! Since we enabled Object auditing on domain controllers, security event logs are flooded with these events: Event Type: Failure Audit Event Source: Security Event Category: Object Access Event ID: 560 Date: 4/30/2009 Time: 1:20:21 PM User: DOMAIN\USERID Computer: SERVER Description: Object Open: Object Server: SC Manager Object Type: SERVICE OBJECT Object Name: ServiceName Handle ID: - Operation ID: {0,126766685} Process ID: 388 Image File Name: C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe Primary User Name: SERVER$ Primary Domain: DOMAIN Primary Logon ID: (0x0,0x3E7) Client User Name: USERID Client Domain: DOMAIN Client Logon ID: (0x0,0x78E4E51) …

Boston Globe Microsoft Windows 7 Release Candidate Arrives for Some – Most Must ... eWeek, NY NEWS ANALYSIS: Microsoft is preparing the developer, OEM and other partner channels for Windows 7, which release candidate marks an important developmental milestone. The company claims stronger “partner engagement†than Windows Vista at same ... Windows 7 - It's like Vista, only less annoying Register Keep Windows XP secure and trouble-free CNET News The Many Lives of XP New York Times Wall Street Journal - ChannelWeb all 320 news articles More...

Thank you in advance for any guidance! style_emoticons//smile.gif Vista Ultimate (32bit SP1) system is corrupted enough to not boot but accessing the HD from another system seems to have virtually everything intact. One single file was encrypted using EFS on the system. I'm wondering if there is a way to manually transfer over the certificate/s from the old hard drive into the new system. I am aware of ElcomSoft's Advanced EFS Data Recovery software but the problem is that the file that is encrypted is actually another file that is encrypted using another encrypted software (basically the file is encrypted twice, the outside container is Vista EFS and the ins…