Just when you thought you finally started to get the upper hand on spam in your inbox the insidious spammers have come with a new twist. Calendar Spam, unwanted meeting requests that popup in your calendar. If it hasn’t happened to you yet, O-boy it will. Here’s what happens.
Microsoft’s Baseline Security Advisor is is free download from Microsoft that will scan your computer for vulnerabilities and identifying common security misconfigurations in your operating system and present you with a detailed report for what if anything it finds and how to fix it. It will also scan computers across your network.
Yep, Its back. after a short delay to add filtering for (MDR) Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System. Windows update is offering SP3 for you download pleasure. get it while it hot.
According to Chris Keroack [MSFT] moderator on the Microsoft TechNet forms SP3 will be delayed because of a compatibility issue with Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System (RMS)
Looks like there’s a bug in the ointment.
According to reliable sources Windows XP service pack 3 will be available for download starting 4-29-08. There will be a few improvements included, but its mostly just a wrap-up of hot fixed and security updates Read the whole story from C/Net here.
Vista SP1 was released to manufacturing today 2-4-08 Expect to see a customer release in early March.
From Microsoft:
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) was released to manufacturing today and will start being available to customers in March, starting with Microsoft Volume Licensing customers. Windows Vista SP1 includes quality improvements that help enhance reliability, security [...]
Service pack 3 is now available for download form Microsoft, get it here if you dare, is it a craps shoot, probably, I don’t think I’d install it on a production machine but that’s up to you. its about a 340 mb download. I have it installed on one of my test machines and [...]
The easy to use, customizable application that helps you copy, move, rename, and delete files between folders and computers, has been updated to version 2.0.
Pick it up for free here
There are files from all kinds of sources that we want to store and manage. Files are created by our digital cameras, e-mail, cell phones, [...]
Isn’t it bad enough when your computer programs crash, freeze or just becomes unstable requiring you to restart them. Then a new window pops up asking you to send an error report to Microsoft. Now I don’t know useful this is because I’ve been sending them for years and never got any feedback until [...]
The Network Diagnostics for Windows XP tool can help troubleshoot some of the most common connection problems that you may encounter in a home networking environment.
The Network Diagnostics for Windows XP tool analyzes information about your network connectivity to help you troubleshoot network-related problems with your computer.To diagnose network connectivity status, the Network Diagnostics [...]
