by wwarren | Jul 20, 2010 | Microsoft, SBS 2008, Security, Security Alerts, Server 2008, Vista, Windows, Windows 7
I am going to provide you with the summary from Ars Technica as it’s the clearest explanation of the problem I have seen: The attack uses specially crafted shortcut (.lnk) files, which trick Windows into running code of an attacker’s choosing. Any Windows...
by wwarren | Jul 13, 2010 | Microsoft, Security, Security Alerts, Windows, Windows 7
If you are running 32-bit xp you can install service pack3 and continue with support. If you are running 64-bit XP this operating system is now “dead”. No more patches of any kind. All versions of Windows 2000 are also now End Of Life. You need to move...
by wwarren | Jun 24, 2010 | Microsoft, Server 2008, Vista, Windows, Windows 7
Synchronizing Roaming Profiles Between a V1 & V2 Profile. The news is..you can’t. So if you want to move to server 2008 and keep your profiles you have to stick with either xp and below(not a good long term solution) or have all vista and above machines. ...
by wwarren | Apr 11, 2010 | Microsoft, Open Source, Vista, Windows, Windows 7
Microsoft has put out a winner this time. I have been running Windows 7 since the first beta. It runs perfectly on my old 1.6 ghz celeron notebook with 2 gigs of ram. Vista on the same machine was a horrid experience(yes Vista is that bad). The conventional wisdom...
by wwarren | Jan 19, 2010 | Microsoft, SBS 2008, Security, Security Alerts, Vista, Windows, Windows 7
Computer Security Research – McAfee Labs Blog. This is an expansion of the most recent IE exploit. Now comes the analysis. Allowing a system level file for windows(in this case a dll) be executable without any kind of security context is a really bad idea. ...
by wwarren | Jan 15, 2010 | Microsoft, SBS 2008, Security, Security Alerts, Vista, Windows, Windows 7
This was an exploit form back in ie6. It is present in all version up to 8. mshtml.dll once again has a major issue that allows remote sites to take over your machine. If you are running ie6, ie7, or ie8 you are vulnerable. HOWEVER if you have DEP turned on for ie...
