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Microsoft provides guidance for those planning to roll out major Windows security update immediately.
- By Michael Domingo
- 08/11/2004
Microsoft will begin distribution of Windows XP Service Pack 2 to individual PCs through the Automatic Update feature of Windows Update on Aug. 16, company executives said Wednesday.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/11/2004
Microsoft is moving ahead with plans to introduce a stripped-down, low-cost version of Windows XP in countries where economic realities make the full release of Windows with its hefty price tag a hard sell.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/11/2004
Microsoft this week publicly posted the network installation version of Windows XP Service Pack 2, making the critical service pack available for IT administrators to download and begin rolling out.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/10/2004
Windows XP laptops continue to "sleep" from Standby mode.
- By Bill Boswell
- 08/10/2004
A newly discovered flaw in the Outlook Web Access service of Exchange 5.5 Server could allow a remote attacker to take partial control of the Exchange server. Microsoft released a patch for the vulnerability on Tuesday.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/10/2004
Any hole, irrespective of OS, is the weakest link.
- By Roberta Bragg
- 08/09/2004
Sorting through the many available patch management tools can be a confusing task. We can't do it for you, but we can provide a framework to help. What follows is five important issues to make sure you've considered when selecting a patch management tool.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 08/09/2004
Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft's important service pack delivering key security improvements to its flagship client operating system, was released to manufacturing on Friday, the company said.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/06/2004
The TerraServer project that began six years ago as a proof point for the scalability of the then-unreleased SQL Server 7.0 is live and still growing, serving up free aerial images of neighborhoods, stadiums and harbors at half-meter resolution.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/05/2004
From the business wires this week: extending USB devices; handheld wireless analyzer from Comarco; iSCCI-based SAN for small/medium businesses; PDF conversion tool.
- By Michael Domingo
- 08/05/2004
Virtual Server 2005 is released to manufacturing, a Microsoft spokesperson said Thursday. RTM marks the final development milestone in the server virtualization software's odyssey from a third-party beta version to an official Microsoft product.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/05/2004
Windows enthusiast sites are abuzz this week with rumors that Windows XP Service Pack 2 is minutes to days from release.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/04/2004
Readers ask for a good resource on configuring this useful but confusing feature of Exchange 2003.
- By Bill Boswell
- 08/03/2004
Microsoft exam targeting enterprise architects who use Microsoft Solutions Framework 3.0 slated for beta testing in September.
- By Michael Domingo
- 08/03/2004
OEMs thundered out of the gate with new servers based on Intel's Xeon processors with 64-bit extensions as Intel formally launched the server platforms for the long-awaited chip this week.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 08/03/2004
More than a month after the Download.Ject vulnerability began exploiting a flaw in Internet Explorer, Microsoft fixed the underlying critical security vulnerability with a cumulative security patch over the weekend. The software giant urged customers to apply the update immediately.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/02/2004
Proper preventive measures can mitigate attacks on data storage.
- By Roberta Bragg
- 08/02/2004
These two companies are finally working together, to the benefit of everyone.
- By Patrick Meader
- 08/01/2004