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IE 7 is now available for download.  Early last night, Yahoo quietly sneaked out an OEM/rebadged release of the new browser.  During the night, Microsoft released 3 editions of the browser:   Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (x86) Windows 2003 Server (x86) Windows 2003 Server and Windows XP (x64) You can find out about the … Continue reading “New Release: Internet Explorer 7”

You can now deploy Windows Vista using SMS 2003 thanks to an updated release of the OS deployment feature pack.  This image based solution is ideal for replacing solution such as Ghost.  It is superb for client OS upgrades and clean domain migrations.

The following updates will be available from Microsoft Update in the following few hours.  As usual, you should test them before deploying onto a production environment. Critical MS06-057: Vulnerability in Windows Shell Could Allow Remote Code Execution – Windows MS06-058: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft PowerPoint Could Allow Remote Code Execution – Powerpoint MS06-059: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel … Continue reading “Microsoft Updates: October 2006”

I’ve just completed a whitepaper on this feature pack that is included in SMS 2003 R2.  It is a pretty simple feature pack and I like the power it adds to an SMS network to do an otherwise nasty task, i.e. scanning the network for insecure configurations. In the late summer of 2006, Microsoft released … Continue reading “SMS 2003 R2 Scan Tool for Vulnerability Assessment”

The Beta for Office 2007 is now over.  It is expected to RTM very soon with it probably hitting the shelves around the same time as Windows Vista.  What can you expect? The user interface is much different.  Menus are a thing of the past.  Instead you have a series of … panels?  Each panel (?) … Continue reading “Office 2007 Beta Ends”

A blank page has appeared on Connect that informs us a Beta for Virtual PC 2007 is on the way.  It will be publicly available on the 11th of October.  No other details are available. Virtual PC 2004 is now a free product and one that any self respecting sys admin should aim to use.  … Continue reading “Virtual PC 2007 Beta”

The October edition of TechNet Magazine is out.  You can read the free web edition online.  This months theme is "Connect".  In it you’ll find articles on: Mirosoft Office Groove and Sharepoint. Small Business Server. Automated Deployment Services. Using Windows PE

Microsoft has just launched the beta for Forefron Security for Sharepoint.  It’s Microsoft’s antivirus solution for this key Office System product.  Microsoft aims to launch it at the same time as Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 and Sharepoint Services 3.0.  This could be relatively soon, i.e. early 2007.  Microsoft says this new product will deliver … Continue reading “Forefront Security For Sharepoint Beta”

Microsoft has posted an updated version of the SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Dell Updates.  This is necessary in order to download the latest catalogs from Dell.  This free feature pack will enable administrators to report on, manage and update BIOS, firmware and drivers on their Dell servers.  It works pretty simiarly to the SMS … Continue reading “Update for the SMS 2003 Inventory Tool For Dell Computers”

The Register has an article that claims that 29% of directors say they steal corporate data when they leave a company.  24% of thefts were done using USB devices (sticks, MP3 players) and 18% used email.  There are no excuses for this … this is just plain theft of company data to bring to a … Continue reading “Corporate Data Theft … By Directors!”