Compared to the technology that's being tested, test center technology can seem outright medieval.
Debugging software systems is a necessary step to creating stable, low-defect software. Comprehensive VB.NET Debugging provides a roadmap that helps you avoid common traps and achieve your software goals.
- By Joel Semeniuk
- 08/01/2004
Does VS.NET need a novice version to ease the transition for VB6 developers? Some say it would help; others assert it would hurt the respectability of a language finally coming into its own.
- By Readers of Visual Studio Magazine
- 08/01/2004
It's time to make the move to two-factor authentication.
A bevy of often-overlooked settings are available in Group Policy Objects.
Virtual PC software can ease migration and give any robust machine multiple personalities. Here’s what you need to know to take full advantage.
- By Jeremy Moskowitz
- 08/01/2004
This admin got a shock when he discovered that usernames and passwords for his new employer's sensitive documents were being sent in cleartext. Fortunately, he was able to see the forest for the trees.
It's time to become proactive about stopping computer crime.
- By Roberta Bragg
- 08/01/2004
The convergence of directory management and provisioning, and how organizations can leverage their directory management investments to meet their provisioning needs.
- By Ezra Duong-Van
- 08/01/2004
If you've been wanting to bind multiple IP addresses to a single NIC, now you can.
- By Chris Brooke
- 08/01/2004
Maintaining logs during development can help you quickly analyze problems pre- and post-delivery.
- By Mike Gunderloy
- 08/01/2004
Use Microsoft's TerraService and MapPoint Web Services to start your own VS.NET-based mapping projects.
- By Roger Jennings
- 08/01/2004
From the business wires this week: event log auditors, voice and instant messaging tools, and more ways to fight spam, viruses and security loopholes.
- By Michael Domingo
- 07/30/2004
Everyone--Microsoft and its customers--needs to get more serious about the virus threat.
Microsoft vowed to release an out-of-cycle patch next week for Internet Explorer, its embattled browser that was shown to be so vulnerable by the recent Download.Ject problem that many security experts recommend that users stop using the product.
- By Joe McKendrick
- 07/29/2004
The Japanese Fair Trade Commission recommended on July 13 that Microsoft is in contravention of Japan's Antimonopoly Act. Microsoft formally gave the JFTC notice of its plans to seek further hearings on the recommendation this week.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/28/2004
On occasion, Microsoft publishes a great white paper with little fanfare. That's the case with a document called the "Windows Server Product Roadmap," which the company published in mid-June. Anyone in charge of buying or influencing the purchase of Windows servers ought to print out a copy.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/28/2004
Alternatives to the standard IE.
Microsoft has given up on delivering Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2003 for 64-bit Extended Systems and Windows XP 64-bit for 64-bit Extended Systems this year.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/28/2004
Microsoft on Tuesday posted Office 2003 Service Pack 1, a collection of bug fixes for all the Office applications as well as feature enhancements for OneNote, InfoPath, Outlook and Access.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/27/2004