Month: December 2010

Microsoft preps XP push, mulls Longhorn ‘priorities’

With a long-awaited security update to Windows XP now complete, Microsoft is preparing a holiday season push for the 3-year-old operating system–and is set to revisit ambitious plans for the next major revision, News.com has learned. That revision, code-named Longhorn, one of the most difficult and complicated in the company’s history, has fallen further behind […]

Microsoft fixes remote code execution flaw in Exchange 5.5 OWA

For its regular monthly security announcement in August 2004, Microsoft released only a single Security Bulletin, MS04-026, “Vulnerability in Exchange Server 5.5 Outlook Web Access Could Allow Cross-Site Scripting and Spoofing Attacks.” This vulnerability, which could allow a remote attacker to run arbitrary code on a compromised system, has also been assigned the MITRE candidate […]

Sun-Microsoft integration plan to improve server communication

Cooperation between Sun Microsystems and Microsoft probably won’t drastically alter the information technology landscape, analysts and IT professionals say, but it should eliminate some integration headaches. Last month’s historic agreement between the two computing giants is most likely to create near-term progress in two areas: identification and directory services, and Web services. Further down the […]

The facts behind Microsoft’s ASN.1 security vulnerability

Recently, Microsoft announced yet another security vulnerability. Yes, I know that Microsoft announces new security vulnerabilities every week, but this one requires your immediate attention. It’s a critical vulnerability that allows remote code execution on quite a few different Microsoft operating systems. I will explain the component affected by this vulnerability and show you how […]

Microsoft MCDST Training 70-271

If you are the one who is planning to succeed in the 70-271 Microsoft training course then there are lot of help that are on offer for you if you search online. It will be of tremendous help for you as you will be able to educate yourself about some of the troubleshooting that is […]

Microsoft releases six critical security bulletins for October

For October’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released 10 security bulletins, six of which it’s rated as critical. (The remaining four updates address two moderate threats, one important threat, and one low threat.) In addition, several of the bulletins affect Office applications for the Mac. Details Redmond released 10 security bulletins for October’s Patch Tuesday, rating six […]

New Netsh Commands in Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2

Wireless LAN (WLAN) Commands One new feature of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is Wireless Hosted Networks. It lets you create a virtual wireless access point (AP) with your wireless adapter, even when connected to a wireless network. Once you enable Internet Connection Sharing (ICS), others can connect to your virtual AP with […]

Points You Need to Know For Becoming MCTS Certified

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) is one of the most popular certifications awarded by Microsoft. This certification will help you demonstrate your range of expertise, practical skills, and a thorough knowledge of Microsoft technologies. The Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) credential endorses the knowledge and skills of an IT professional with respect to performing a […]

Why Microsoft doesn’t need a stand-alone security cert

There’s talk that Microsoft may introduce new certifications for desktop support and security. The discussion began last month at CompTIA’s 2002 Strategies conference. Microsoft’s Judith Morel announced that a worldwide Job Task Analysis survey of MCPs showed that MCSAs and MCSEs don’t spend much time working with client OSs. She added that there’s also strong […]

Microsoft’s new policy sets firm support life cycle schedule

Microsoft recently introduced a new product support life cycle policy designed to make support availability more predictable and consistent. This will allow customers to better plan their upgrades, instead of relying on announcements about the retirement of products or the discontinuation of support for them. Under previous policies, customers couldn’t effectively plan upgrades. This had […]

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