Today Microsoft shipped an update to Windows Search . Windows Search 4.0 includes the following improvements: Support for indexing encrypted documents of local file systems Reduced affect on Microsoft Exchange when you index e-mail in online mode, and there is no local cache (.ost) Support for indexing...
On 11 December 2007 Microsoft is planning to release seven new security bulletins. Below is a summary in order of severity. For more information on affected software, see the Affected Software section of the Advance Notification page, linked below. Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer can detect whether...
On September 13, 2007, Scott Dunn of Windows Secrets reported "Windows Update (WU) started altering files on users' systems without displaying any dialog box to request permission. The only files that have been reportedly altered to date are nine small executables on XP and nine on Vista that...
Further to Aubrey's post , Nate Clinton (Program Manager, Windows Update) explained the problem as " the latest version of Windows Update includes wups2.dll that was not originally present in Windows XP. Therefore, after the repair install of the OS, wups2.dll remains on the system but its registry...
The August Microsoft Security Bulletins are now posted and available for download. MS07-042 - Vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services Could Allow Remote Code Execution (936227) MS07-043 - Vulnerability in OLE Automation Could Allow Remote Code Execution (921503) MS07-044 - Vulnerability in Microsoft...
Nick White announced at the Windows Vista Team Blog that the final compatibility update is available for Windows Vista users of the Apple iPod. The update is available at the Microsoft Download Center now and will be available via Windows Update on Tuesday 22 May 2007. "The release is for users worldwide...
This article by Michael Niehaus in the latest issue of TechNet Magazine is a great summery of the most important deployment advances in Windows Vista: 10 Things You Need to Know about Deploying Windows Vista The is a good starting point if you have not yet seen these technologies.
In a press pass release yesterday Microsoft unveiled what it is calling the Windows Software Protection Platform. It sounds like a really long name for an anti-virus program, but it is in fact an umbrella of technologies that Microsoft’s is going to use to protect Windows Vista, and over time other...
Continuing with the Windows Vista Tips here is another quick one. The “Send To” menu is displayed when you right click on a file of folder. As an IT person, but I am sure anyone might do this, I often find that I want to look at a file in notepad that is associated with something else. For...
Do you find yourself navigating to the same folders over and over again? Do you have a folder that you want to have quick access too from the open dialog of most applictions? This is a quicker way to get to that folder (or any location) that wasn’t included in the default "links" pane...