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Forty-four research projects are to be funded, including a technique for video detection of abnormal behavior in crowds. Link To Original Article

InfoWorld - Canonical, the company that supports Ubuntu Linux, is trying to work out a deal with hardware vendors such as Dell to make Ubuntu available preinstalled on servers. Link To Original Article

Bulletin Severity Rating:Critical - This critical security update resolves three privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability. The vulnerability with 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 user rights. Link To Original Article

HP ProCurve says continued growth means it has to compete with Cisco. Link To Original Article

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Bulletin Severity Rating:Critical - This critical security update resolves one privately reported vulnerability. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution due to an incorrectly handled malformed NNTP response. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted Web page. Link To Original Article

Fraud information group Early Warning creates a map of the United Kingdom, showing the worst-offending regions. Link To Original Article

InfoWorld - More than three-quarters of British Internet users regularly visited social networking sites in August, outpacing their peers in Germany, France, Spain, and Italy, according to figures Wednesday from comScore Networks. Link To Original Article

Bulletin Severity Rating:Critical - This critical security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability. A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Kodak Image Viewer, formerly know as Wang Image Viewer, handles specially crafted images files. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to remotely execute code on the affected system. 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. Link To Original Article

Learn about and download the latest computer security updates for October 2007. Read tips on protecting your computer by using anti-spyware and anti-spam programs. Link To Original Article

Nearly 45 percent of the world's infected sites originate in China, with the U.S. and Russia a distant second and third, according to Sophos. Link To Original Article

Microsoft today released its October 2007 security bulletin, which includes six updates: four are designated as Critical by the software giant; two are deemed Important, and one previously announced patch was dropped. On the Windows side there is a cumulative update for Internet Explorer, a patch for Outlook/Windows Mail, ... Link To Original Article

[/url]AFP - Couch potatoes beware: Wii owners will be able to get an even more vigorous workout from December when Nintendo launches a new fitness balance board for its hit video game console. Link To Original Article

"cedrichiu" wrote: > Hi, > > I recently started encountering a '0x8024400A' error after trying to install > updates from the Microsoft Update site. I am unsure how to correct > this problem. > > I had carried out update and sucessfully installed 2 Windows Genuine > Advantage Notification (KB905474) and Windows XP Update for Windows XP > (KB913670) on > 4/7/2006. > > Please assist me... > >

hi, i'm a newbie, so be gentle with me! i'm trying to compose a text document using wordpad but it's typing and printing as white text on a black screen n i can't see anything to do to change it back to black text on white paper. anyone got any ideas cos it's driving me mad!!! thanks -- fi

Hi Guy’s, Can someone please advise if FSMC is available on Windows Standard Edition Server 2003 (SP2). As I have the above server and going into: 1. Open the Control Panel. 2. Open the Add/Remove Programs applet. 3. Choose Windows Components. 4. Select the Management And Monitoring Tools component. 5. Click the Details button. 6. Check the box for the File Server Management console and click OK. 7. When the install completes, close the Windows Components wizard and the Add/Remove Programs applet. However cannot see File Server Management Console, already has the role of the file server. Thanks EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice http:…

Hi Guy’s, Can someone please advise if FSMC is available on Windows Standard Edition Server 2003 (SP2). As I have the above server and going into: 1. Open the Control Panel. 2. Open the Add/Remove Programs applet. 3. Choose Windows Components. 4. Select the Management And Monitoring Tools component. 5. Click the Details button. 6. Check the box for the File Server Management console and click OK. 7. When the install completes, close the Windows Components wizard and the Add/Remove Programs applet. However cannot see File Server Management Console, already has the role of the file server. Thanks EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice…

Hello, Sorry to have to ask but I wonder if someone can help. I am trying to connect to a Windows Server 2003 via either Windows XP Home or Windows 2000 Professional. I have configured the client with PPTP. I can connect to the server ok and using the \\server command can view all of the servers resources. What I cannot do is to login to the roaming profile and all I get is the local profile. I have made the changes as suggested by Microsoft regarding potential slow connections but to no avail. I have also tried logging in using the Windows 2000 Professional "Login using Dial up" but again, it only shows the local profile. How do I login to m…

Hello, Sorry to have to ask but I wonder if someone can help. I am trying to connect to a Windows Server 2003 via either Windows XP Home or Windows 2000 Professional. I have configured the client with PPTP. I can connect to the server ok and using the \\server command can view all of the servers resources. What I cannot do is to login to the roaming profile and all I get is the local profile. I have made the changes as suggested by Microsoft regarding potential slow connections but to no avail. I have also tried logging in using the Windows 2000 Professional "Login using Dial up" but again, it only shows the local profile. How do I login to m…

"Thai Berry (U.S.)" <Thai@Berry.us> wrote in message news:470c9707$1@newsgate.x-privat.org... > There is only one thing I know of that is worse than Vista.. its called > > ****Frankenvista***** > > A genetically engineered techonological terror. > > A mesh between the stupidest user (for those who dont know, Frank is our > resident clown) and the stupidest OS ever made: Vista. > > Brrrrr thats creepy! :-) > > Sing along with me the MJ tune... Thriller: > > 'Cause This Is Thriller, Thriller Night > And No One's Gonna Save You From The Beast About Strike > You Know It's Thriller, Thriller Night &gt…

Hi, I'm using the printmig (3.1) application in order to backup all of the printers in our printer cluster. The backup takes place every week with a script. In the pm.log of the printmig I see "2007:10:06 17:00:41 243 print queues enumerated", which are the exact number of printers that we have. I took the CAB file and used the restore option in the lab, in the pm.log I see "2007:10:08 15:29:01 172 print queues enumerated", so basically I have 71 printers missing... The printer cluster name in the lab is different than the one in the production environment, but as far as I know it does not matter since the printmig application is for migrations of this…

Hi, I'm using the printmig (3.1) application in order to backup all of the printers in our printer cluster. The backup takes place every week with a script. In the pm.log of the printmig I see "2007:10:06 17:00:41 243 print queues enumerated", which are the exact number of printers that we have. I took the CAB file and used the restore option in the lab, in the pm.log I see "2007:10:08 15:29:01 172 print queues enumerated", so basically I have 71 printers missing... The printer cluster name in the lab is different than the one in the production environment, but as far as I know it does not matter since the printmig application is for migrations of this…

Hello, I noticed that when I mouse over an icon in my system tray, a small comment box is supposed to pop up and give me additional information (for example, mousing over the time will give you the date). However, when I mouse over anything, it pops up behind the taskbar, so I cannot read what the comment are. I checked multiple forums and people have discovered that the problem is in the way the "Keep the taskbar on top of other windows" option works. It seems it steals priority over the comments, making them almost invisible. If I uncheck that option, it fixes the problem, but then the entire taskbar disappears. This effectively replaces one inconvenience wi…

Out of nowhere today, my 'Documents' folder has become hidden. I can't uncheck the "Hidden" option in the folder properties - it's ticked but greyed out and cannot be clicked. It's the same for my user folder at C:\Users\<User>. Just seems to be these two folders. Anyone know how I can unhide these? -- sphere

Can anyone tell me how I can access raw devices in vista. Currently vista is stopping me doing legitimate work on my PC that I could do with ease under windows XP. The things I am trying to do is. Use syslinux to make a USB attached compact flash card bootable. Access the said USB stick through vmware as a raw physical disk. Both of these are valid things, and I dont see why I get access denied all the time. I have tried it with elevated privileges and through the administrator account with no success. I'd just like to turn this feature off. Graham