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Saturday, Nov 14
Microsoft Security Advisory 977544 Released
Today we released Security Advisory 977544 to provide information, including customer guidance, on a publicly reported Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability affecting Server Messaging Block (SMB) Protocol. This vulnerability, in SMBv1 and SMBv2, affects Windows 7 and Windows S...
Friday, Jun 13
Security Garden: Fixing Windows Vista File Associations
Monday, May 26, 2008 Fixing Windows Vista File Associations One of the most viewed Security Garden pages is Ad-Watch Setting Can Kill .LNK and .EXE File Extensions. Although published in 2006, it still receives a dozen or more hits daily. That being the case, I can only suspect that users are s...
Wednesday, Jun 11
Ten Top Tweaks for Windows Vista
He recently completed a five-part series on "Fixing Windows Vista" (bookmarked in the Features and Tutorials section of Windows Vista Bookmarks). Today, Ed published the first part of 10 top tweaks for Windows Vista, described by Ed as ...
Monday, May 12
Windows Vista and Malware
Is Windows Vista more susceptible to malware than Windows 2000? I do not believe that it is and neither does Austin Wilson and members of the Microsoft security team. Austin explains why Microsoft rejects that claim in Windows Vista and Malware.
Thursday, May 8
Security Garden: Windows Vista SP1 Prerequisites Delivered
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 Windows Vista SP1 Prerequisites Delivered If you have been following the information being provided on the release of Windows Vista SP1, you should have noticed that there are prerequisites that Microsoft indicated would be made available via Windows Up...
Security Garden: Windows Vista SP1 Update Information
Sunday, February 24, 2008 Windows Vista SP1 Update Information KB937287 -- "configuring updates stage 3 of 3. 0% complete" A few people have run into a problem after installing KB937287, of the pre-requisite updates for SP1. The solution for this issue is available in KB949358. If you have...
Tuesday, May 6
Windows XP SP3 Released
Remember - "A day without laughter is a day wasted." May the wind sing to you and the sun rise in your heart... Computer security news & information, help, tips and more, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Monday, Dec 3
Patch: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Overview
Concurrent with working on the beta Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows Vista, Microsoft is preparing Service Pack 3 (SP3), Microsoft released an overview of SP 3 for the Windows XP operating system. The paper is available in PDF or XPS format from the link below the description:
Sunday, Aug 19
Opinion: How to secure a wireless network
Here's a great tip via Josh at Windows Connected: Join the fun at Windows Connected. I'm connected, are you? Computer security news & information, help, tips and more, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Thursday, Jul 5
MSRC Security Bulletin Release, July 2007 Advance Notice
Bulletin 1 Affected Products: Microsoft Office, Excel Bulletin 4 Affected Products: Microsoft Windows Bulletin 5 Bulletin 2 Affected Products: Microsoft Office, Publisher Bulletin 6 Affected Products: Microsoft Windows XP Bulletin 3 Affected Products: Microsoft Windows Vista
Tuesday, Jun 5
Security Garden: Vista and Kodak EASYSHARE Printers
Vista and Kodak EASYSHARE Printers Not long ago I wrote about the new Kodak EASYSHARE Printers, particularly the Kodak EasyShare 5300 All-in-One Printer that I saw demonstrated. I had been having problems with the old deskjet printer I got when I bought the Windows 95 machine quite some y...
Security Garden: Windows Vista Search
Windows Vista Search I started writing this the other day when Nick White posted the first segment in the Windows Vista Team Blog highlighting advanced searching in Windows Vista. Knowing he was going to add another part to the piece, I held off publishing. Now that Part II has been posted, b...
Security Garden: Parental Guides for Child Safety
Parental Guides for Child Safety As parents (grandparents, aunts, uncles, older siblings), we have reason to be concerned about child safety on the internet. It is no longer merely a concern about the child installing a software that includes a trojan, browser hijack or other malware. An...
Sunday, Jun 3
Windows Vista Experiences
I am still experimenting as well as discovering "must have" files from my old XP box. My first reaction, however, is that Windows Vista is much more intuitive than previous Windows operating systems. So far, I like it a lot! Computer security news & information, help, tips and more from...
Thursday, May 17
Windows Vista Security Blog Returns
User Account Control, System Integrity Team, Anti-Malware Team, BitLocker™ Drive Encryption, SmartCard Infrastructure, Windows Authentication Team, Network Access Protection Security Enhancements in Windows Vista™ (Microsoft Whitepaper)Security Best Practice Guidance f...
Monday, May 7
"You've Got Mail"
Read about all of the new Windows Live Hotmail features in the announcement, Microsoft Launches Windows Live Hotmail Worldwide. Windows Live Mail To help you keep track of these pages plus the Beta mail programs, a new Windows Mail page has been added to Windows Vista Bookmarks.
Monday, Apr 30
Windows Vista Tips & Tricks
After learning about Vista Made Easy: 50 Tips And Tricks at PC Magazine from Andre Da Costa, I realized I was also missing Andre's Windows Vista RTM FAQ and Quick Start Guide - March 2007 Edition in Windows Vista Bookmarks. That omission has now been remedied with the addition of both refere...
Sunday, Apr 29
Vista Screensavers, Wallpapers, Gadgets . . .
No Windows Vista bookmark update would be complete without checking to see what Joe has been up to at ITsVISTA. Sure enough, I found a posting by Joe describing a "little utility that turns off Vista's Speech Recognition (SR) after a few minutes with no activity." This sounds like a useful to...
Friday, Apr 27
The Windows Experience
I am excited about this additional resource available for learning more about Windows Vista. You and my readers can be certain that The Windows Experience Blog has been added to Windows Vista Bookmarks! You will be able to find it with the Microsoft Blogs and Websites bookmarks.
Saturday, Mar 31
ReadyBoost to the Extreme
Of particular interest for anyone considering ReadyBoost is the bookmarked Microsoft Windows Help and How-To topic which indicates that the recommended amount of memory to use for ReadyBoost acceleration is one to three times the amount of RAM installed. The example provided there is...
Wednesday, Mar 28
Optimizing ReadyBoost in Windows Vista
WinHelp2002 posted a tip for systems with 2GB Memory or less that will result in an improvement with ReadyBoost. You should dedicate a (approved) USB Flash Drive and just leave it plugged in ... in other words there is no need to use the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the system tray, even thou...
Tuesday, Mar 27
Windows Vista Microsoft Updates Available
Update for Windows Vista (KB932649) Update for Windows Vista (KB933824) Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB933824) Update for Windows Vista (KB932988) Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB932988)
Friday, Mar 23
Security Garden: What's New in Vista Bookmarks?
What's New in Vista Bookmarks? I have been doing more bookmark "remodeling", including many new additions. As much as I would like the authors to know I have created links to their work as well as provide appropriate "hat tips", I was making so many changes that I will apologize up front if I m...
Security Garden: Kodak EasyShare Printers Vista and Mac Compatible
Friday, March 23, 2007 Kodak EasyShare Printers Vista and Mac Compatible I saw a demonstration of the Kodak EasyShare 5300 All-in-One Printer yesterday and, let me tell you, it is sweet! For a home or small business printer it is hard to beat $199.99 to get 32 ppm (pages per minute) for black...
Sunday, Mar 18
Microsoft Updates Added to Windows Vista Bookmarks
Via Sidebar Geek, The Wow: Microsoft Windows Mobile Device Center Driver for Windows Vista (64-bit) Hardware Brief Description: The Microsoft Windows Mobile Device Center enables data synchronization between Windows Mobile-powered devices and Windows Vista."
Saturday, Mar 17
How To: Outbound Rules List for Windows Vista Firewall
Last month I added Donna's tutorial, “Vista’s Windows Firewall with Advanced Security” to Windows Vista Bookmarks. Donna's tutorial includes illustrated instructions on how to create an outbound rule for Windows Vista Firewall.
Tuesday, Mar 13
Installation Resources for Windows Vista 32-bit and 64-bit Systems
The Windows Vista Support Team has published two Knowledge Base (KB) articles with helpful information on upgrading and/or installing Windows Vista from a Windows 2000 or Windows XP machine. Reference: Installation Resources for Windows Vista 32-bit and 64-bit Systems
Patch: Windows Vista DreamScene Content Pack
Please note, however, that the preview version is an pre-release and, thus, unsupported. If Windows DreamScene Preview is installed, go to Windows Update and "Check for updates". The Content Pack is listed as an Ultimate Extra. Windows Vista Bookmarks, Customizing Vista, has been updat...
Friday, Mar 9
Black Viper is Back!
For many years, a favorite resource for computer users the world over has been Black Viper. Black Viper turned off his web server almost two years ago but has now brought it back up and will be getting back into it. Yes, that includes Windows Vista. Black Viper reports that he has been using Wind...
Tuesday, Mar 6
Vista and UAC (User Account Control)
For in depth look at User Account Control for Windows Vista, tune in to the Channel 9 interview of Jon Schwartz, UAC Architect, and Chris Corio, UAC Technical Program Manager, where they tackle UAC from various angles: 2) How does UAC actually work? 4) How will UAC evolve? UAC - What. How. Why.
Monday, Mar 5
Opinion: More Vista Bookmarks Added
Windows Vista RTM FAQ and Quick Start Guide - March 2007 Edition While you are at Windows Vista User Guide, check out the collection of Windows Vista Screenshots, a gallery of all the applications within Windows Vista Windows Vista Customizations Desktop Wallpaper
Thursday, Mar 1
Security Garden: Rant Re:
Rant Re: "Microsoft probes IE 7, Vista bug reports" I have seen so many blog posts the past couple of days incorporating the title Microsoft probes IE 7, Vista bug reports, copied from a ZDNet article, that I am beginning to wonder if people are reading what they are copy/pasting or even giv...
Monday, Feb 26
Security Garden: Important for Vista Users -- WGA Activation Issues
Important for Vista Users -- WGA Activation Issues Having just finished reading a series of articles by Ed Bott's Microsoft Report regarding Vista WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage) problems, I am hoping others will spread the word to Vista users to install update 931573, described in Mi...
Security Garden: Windows Vista Bookmarks
I have been collecting some favorite links and references on Windows Vista. Rather than keeping them to myself, I created a special blog just for Windows Vista Bookmarks. Windows Vista Bookmarks is and will remain a "work in progress". I haven't quite decided on the layout, whether I will us...
Saturday, Feb 24
Vista Compatible Antivirus Software Bookmarks Added
Although I have continued adding bookmarks to Windows Vista Bookmarks, I realized today that I had not included Vista compatible antivirus software. That omission has been corrected. The list includes both 32-Bit and 64-Bit compatible software.
Saturday, Feb 17
Spring Ahead March 11, 2007 - Computer Clock Update
Home users who wish to confirm the update has been applied can follow the steps in the Daylight Saving Time Update Guide at the Microsoft Daylight Saving Time Help and Support Center. In addition to checking the system, with Windows XP, a restore point will be created. I did create my own rest...
Thursday, Feb 8
Opinion: Security Garden: Windows Live OneCare Failed VB100 Test
Windows Live OneCare Failed VB100 Test In a report by BetaNews, it was indicated that a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed that Windows Live OneCare antivirus failed a test conducted by Virus Bulletin. Windows Vista Business Edition was the operating system used in the test. The BetaNews...
Tuesday, Jan 30
Security Garden: The
Microsoft Websites: Internet Explorer 7 MSDN Office 2007 TechNet Windows Vista Home Microsoft Windows Vista Blogs: Windows Vista Team Blog Windows Vista Security Windows Ultimate Windows Vista Gadgets, Tips, and More: ActiveWin Vista Review Free Vista Drivers IE-Vista TweakVist...
