IT Management


Data Breaches and the Importance of Patching Tools

Among other things, our study points to the speed with which vulnerabilities are exploited and the speed with which admins patch systems.

Ye Olde Local Admin

Use PowerShell to find the password age of a local admin account.

E-Mail Spam Linked to Economic Slowdown, Symantec Says

The rise in the amount of Spam being eaten by families who have fallen on hard times is commensurate with the rise in e-mail spam, Symantec revealed this week.

Tech-Ed Keynote Highlights 'Dynamic IT' and Virtualization

Microsoft's Tech-Ed North America event for IT professionals kicked off today with a keynote address on enabling "dynamic IT."

Microsoft Releases 7 Patches, 3 Critical

Microsoft released seven patches for its June rollout of security fixes. As expected, three are labeled "critical," three "important" and one "moderate."

Vista EXE Deep Dive

A list of all the executable files that come with Vista, some familiar and some brand-new.

Snappy SnapIns

Plus, the magical Get-Command cmdlet that allows you to be all-knowing.

Threats to Office's Dominance Multiply with New Offerings from Adobe, IBM

Paying for word processing software may soon be a thing of past if Microsoft competitors Adobe, Google and IBM have any say.

Survey: Insider Theft Tops CIO Worry List

A majority of North American IT chiefs view theft from within as a much greater threat than theft from without, according to a new survey from Secure Computing Corp., an enterprise gateway security provider.

Are IT Risks Lurking On Your Machines?

Here's an interesting problem that comes with a lesson.

XP, Vista Vulnerability Triggered by Safari Browser

Microsoft continued to investigate what it called public reports of a remote code execution threat for XP and Vista when Apple's Safari Web browser is installed.

GUIs for a GUIless OS

Not ready for Server Core's command-line-only interface? An alternative.

Update Blocker Expires This Month for Windows Server 2003 SP2

Redmond is discontinuing its update blocker tool function for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 users, Microsoft announced this week.

Microsoft Revamps MSDN and TechNet

Microsoft late last week launched a revamped iteration of its highly trafficked resource sites for developers and IT professionals.

Computing Execs Form PAC To Fight Calif. IT Services Tax Proposal

With California facing a $16 billion budget deficit, representatives are looking for new ways to make up for the shortfall.

Viva IPv6

It's alive, but not quite ready. And it might be slowing down network response. You have some options for disabling IPv6 for now.

Microsoft's High Performance Computing Server 2008 Beta 2 Debuts

Microsoft released High Performance Computing Server 2008 (HPC Server 2008) Beta 2, the next-generation version of Compute Cluster Server 2003.

Orphaned Accounts Are a Growing Security Concern, Study Says

IT auditors examine accounts just like their financial auditing counterparts. Instead of trial balances, they look at system user accounts to determine who signed on when and who did what. But what about who's logging into what account and when? More important, do these people even work here anymore?

Ex-Microsoft Employee Takes Lead on XP SP3 Reboot Problem, Offers Free Fix

A former Microsoft employee appears to be coming to the rescue of those suffering from the XP SP3 endless reboot cycle that can happen on computers with AMD processors

MCP Exam Retake Registration Ends May 31

MCP exam takers who want to participate in the program have until the end of May to register into the program and register for an exam.

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