December 3, 2008 5:47 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
Desktops,
Enterprise desktop,
Vista application compatibility,
Windows Update,
Windows Vista,
Windows Vista SP2,
Windows Vista troubleshootingI guess those guys at TechARP really must have some good sources: less than one week after they shared leaked information about release dates and content for Windows Vista SP2, Microsoft has announced its Customer Preview Program...
December 1, 2008 5:43 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
Desktops,
Enterprise desktop,
Vista upgrade,
Windows Update,
Windows Vista,
Windows Vista SP1,
Windows Vista SP2,
Windows Vista troubleshootingAdrian Wong's TechARP Web site (here ARP stands for "Adrian's Rojak Pot" not "Address Resolution Protocol" BTW) has been a reliable source of advance information about upcoming Windows Service packs for some time now. Just before Thanksgiving he disclosed some...
November 28, 2008 4:56 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
Desktops,
Enterprise desktop,
Windows Update,
Windows Update Agent,
Windows Vista,
Windows Vista SP1,
Windows Vista troubleshooting,
WUAOn 11/25/2008 Microsoft pushed a slew of updates out the door For Windows Vista, as follows:
- KB957321 - An update to add support to the XMP specification for complex data types in the Windows Imaging Component
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November 26, 2008 5:22 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
Desktops,
Enterprise desktop,
Secunia,
Secunia Network Inspector (NSI),
vulnerability scanner,
Windows Update,
Windows VistaI've been working in some depth around Windows security topics since 1997, when I began teaching Windows hardening classes at Interop with my colleague and co-author James Michael Stewart. In 2003, I started researching malware topics and tools, a quest that eventually led to my 2005 book "
November 24, 2008 5:14 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
Desktops,
Enterprise desktop,
Error 0xC0000096,
ShellExView,
Windows Vista,
Windows Vista SP1,
Windows Vista troubleshootingI've grappled with this problem on various Vista systems for over a year now. A user will be tooling along merrily in Vista on his or her desktop when all of a sudden BAM! Explorer.exe crashes, and automatically restarts itself. A look into the Event Log on the affected desktop usually produces an...
November 21, 2008 9:18 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
Desktops,
MCTS,
MS Exam 70-625,
Vista System Reliability Monitor,
Vista upgrade,
Windows Vista,
Windows Vista Media,
Windows Vista SP1,
Windows Vista troubleshootingAt last, a Vista exam title that you can get out of your mouth out loud without having to stop halfway through to draw breath! That said, this Technology Specialist exam is not without some interesting twists and turns, and includes coverage of Windows Home Server as well as numerous aspects of...
November 19, 2008 5:59 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
70-624,
Desktops,
Enterprise desktop,
Group Policy Objects,
MCSA,
MCTS,
MS Exam 70-623,
MS Exam 74-134,
Vista ACT,
Vista ACT resources,
Vista application compatibility,
Vista System Health Report,
Vista Upgrade Advisor,
Windows Update,
Windows Vista,
Windows Vista SP1,
Windows Vista troubleshooting,
Windows Vista Upgrade AdvisorAnother doozy of a title, this exam is likely to appeal to IT professionals who work with Vista in all situations (SOHO, SMB, tech support, enterprise, and so forth) and of all stripes (help desk, tech support, IT administration, and so on). As with other exams in the 70-620 through 70-625 Vista...
November 18, 2008 2:06 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
Desktops,
Enterprise desktop,
ISO Recorder PowerToy,
Trinity Rescue Kit,
TRK,
Windows Vista,
Windows Vista SP1,
Windows Vista troubleshootingOccasionally, admins need to break the rules that Vista applies--sometimes quite severely--to its users. Case in point: Vista absolutely refuses to permit any account to delete files from the %windir%\System32 and
November 14, 2008 3:57 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
Desktops,
Enterprise desktop,
MCITP,
MS Exam 70-620,
MS Exam 70-622,
MS Exam 70-623,
Windows Vista,
Windows Vista troubleshootingAnother gargantuan title not only heads up this exam, but also helps to tell would-be candidates if this represents their particular cup or tea or not. Like 70-622, 70-623 features another old-fashioned exam page. Along with...
