Microsoft on Wednesday issued the first of its new monthly security bulletins. The first installment is a blockbuster, fixing seven vulnerabilities, five of them critical. Five vulnerabilities involve Windows and two vulnerabilities affect Exchange.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/15/2003
Three new 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003 entered the beta testing stage on Wednesday.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/15/2003
Provide users with local admin access via this nifty script.
- By Bill Boswell
- 10/15/2003
Responding to pressure from users to release a packaged update for Windows XP as the delivery date for Service Pack 2 has fallen to mid-2004, Microsoft on Wednesday posted a rollup package of updates for the client operating system.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/15/2003
Windows now dominates the server market as well as the client market, even with the growth of Linux, according to new market research from IDC.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/14/2003
Nagging doubts about which domain controller is the RID Master.
- By Bill Boswell
- 10/14/2003
In a major speech last week, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave the
company's response to the current security furor instigated by
the Blaster and Sobig.F outbreaks of August and September.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/14/2003
Microsoft will formally launch its long-awaited Systems Management Server 2003 next month at an IT event in Europe.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/14/2003
Microsoft introduces new certification, MCDST, and two new exams aimed at help desk and desktop support experts.
- By Michael Domingo
- 10/13/2003
NEW ORLEANS -- Stung by relentless viruses and hacker attacks, and a patch cycle that is spinning completely out of control, Microsoft on Thursday unveiled a wide-ranging plan to mitigate, but unfortunately not eliminate, the crisis.
Microsoft is making several changes to Content Management Server that should widen the audience for the enterprise server product, including a far less expensive version and fresh integration with the new Windows SharePoint Services.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/09/2003
Newest Windows System Server software for small/medium business makes debut at Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference.
- By Michael Domingo
- 10/08/2003
The SANS Institute along with government agencies from the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada on Wednesday released a list of the Top 20 computer security vulnerabilities. IIS is the top red flag for Windows.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/08/2003
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer addresses security, promises new tools to combat growing problems.
A reader needs a dynamic, graphical count of network traffic and wants to use scripting to do it. Bill points to a few sources for understanding scripting.
- By Bill Boswell
- 10/07/2003
Microsoft will offer technical support for its Java Virtual Machine until October 2004 under a legal agreement announced Tuesday with Sun Microsystems.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/07/2003
Intel shipped new Xeon processors for dual-processor servers and workstations.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/07/2003
Microsoft broke from usual practice on Friday in sending out a critical security bulletin correcting critical flaws in Internet Explorer that allow an attacker to take control of a user's computer.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/06/2003
Critics continue to pile on Microsoft after damaging worms and viruses slammed Windows operating systems worldwide in August and September.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/02/2003
Microsoft puts Exam 70-298 through its paces with beta testers the week of Oct. 6.
- By Michael Domingo
- 10/02/2003