Coders, Search For Code With Google Code Search
Search engines for searching code bases is nothing new, but this time Google did it with
Google Code Search.
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5.10.2006 ERROR
Gates admits Internet Explorer error
Drummer/singer Phil Collins once asked the philosophical teaser: "How many times can I say I'm sorry?" It seems Bill Gates might have the answer: three.
Gates used his company's AJAX-friendly MIX06 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, to issue his third self-confessed mea culpa, this time admitting Microsoft made a mistake on Internet Explorer.
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23.3.2006 Windows Server Update Services Choke on an Error
Microsoft's Windows Server Update Services infrastructure has managed to choke on an error and lock users out just ahead of the November release of security bulletins and adjacent updates.
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13.11.2007 Fix Limited or No Connectivity Error on Windows Vista and 7
If you have DHCP based internet connection or using WIFI to connect to internet then you may come across one typical error message Limited or No Connectivity.
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5.11.2009 Vista RTM Activation Error Fiesta Ahead of SP1
Microsoft's latest Windows client brought to the table in November 2006 (for businesses) and in January 2007 (for the general consumers) a revamped activation architecture.
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14.4.2008 Fix Windows 7 Hibernation Error STOP 0000000A0 INTERNAL_POWER_ERROR
There is still time for official Windows 7 release but bugs and system crash are already started appearing.
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9.9.2009 Fix Windows 7 Activation Status Not Available or SLMgr 080070422 Error
Windows 7 displays the system activation status in System Properties, which can be accessed via Control Panel -> System and Security -> System. However, sometimes, Windows activation may display error message which saying activation status not available, together with product ID which is also not available.
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6.11.2009 The Product Key Is Not Valid Or 0xC004F061 Activation Error On Windows 7 Upgrade
When installing and upgrading to Windows 7 from previous version of operating system such as Windows XP and Windows Vista with an upgrade license, media (either Windows 7 ISO image or DVD disc) and product key, the following error message may be displayed when entering the serial key during setup.
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3.11.2009 Could Not Find Valid System Volume Error When Installing Windows Server 2008 R2
When installing Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 with or without Hyper-V, Hyper-V Server 2008 or Hyper-V Server 2008 R2, and HPC Server 2008 or HPC Server 2008 R2, the Windows Server installation failed with The computer could not find a valid system volume error message.
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17.8.2009 Fix Failed Windows 7 Ugrade from Vista with Previous Version Restored and Endless Reboot Error
When upgrading Windows Vista to Windows 7, some systems may encounter failure to upgrade error which causing computer to go into continual and endless reboot or restart cycles.
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15.8.2009 Check for RAM Error or Defect in Windows 7 and Vista with Windows Memory Diagnostic
Memory or RAM is one of the most important electronic hardware component on a computer systems, not only in term of speed or clock frequency and size, but also the reliability of hardware ecosystem of the RAM sticks or memory modules and its subsystem.
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1.10.2009 Remove and Uninstall Microsoft Office Activation Assistant - Fix Office Must Be Installed Error
On most OEM computers running Microsoft Windows operating system, regardless of its a desktop, notebook or laptop PC, now comes with pre-loaded trial version of Microsoft Office 2007, primarily Home and Student Edition, which is a time-limited product for evaluation if use without proper activation.
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17.8.2008 Code Posted for IE Attack
New software has been published on the Internet that could be used to exploit a known flaw in Internet Explorer.
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27.3.2007 IE Beta Code Leaks onto Net
Images and code from the latest build of Microsoft?s Internet Explorer 7 browser show up on web sites.
Images and programming code from the latest beta test version of Microsoft?s upcoming Internet Explorer 7 browser have already emerged on the Internet, apparently in leaks from developers.
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25.1.2006 A Microsoft Code Name a Day: Cosmos
Im resuming my Microsoft Code Name a Day series that I started in December 2006. The goal: To provide the back story, each day in August, on one of Microsofts myriad code names.
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9.8.2007 A Microsoft Code Name a Day: Avalanche
Im resuming my Microsoft Code Name a Day series that I started in December 2006. The goal: To provide the back story, each day in August, on one of Microsofts myriad code names. Some of these code names might be familiar to Microsoft watchers; others (hopefully) will be brand-new.
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10.8.2007 Microsoft Code Name a Day: Harmonica
Im resuming my Microsoft Code Name a Day series that I started in December 2006. The goal: To provide the back story, each day in August, on one of Microsofts myriad code names.
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16.8.2007 A Microsoft Code Name a Day: Magellan
Im resuming my Microsoft Code Name a Day series that I started in December 2006. The goal: To provide the back story, each day in August, on one of Microsofts myriad code names.
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22.8.2007 A Microsoft Code Name a Day: Stirling
Im resuming my Microsoft Code Name a Day series that I started in December 2006. The goal: To provide the back story, each day in August, on one of Microsofts myriad code names.
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27.8.2007 Securing Code for Windows Vista
Writing Secure Code for Windows Vista
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Following the release of what Microsoft has always considered the most secure version of the Windows client to date, and with the threat environment suffering a consistent shift to third-party applications designed to run on top of the platform, the Redmond company emphasized the need for developers to secure their code.
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6.1.2009 Microsoft: Code to the Power of Windows 7
Via the Code7 Contest Microsoft is inviting software developers to build an application tailored to Windows 7.
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15.7.2009 Microsoft Trims Source Code Licenses
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it was reducing the number of Shared Source licenses it offered from more than 10 to just three. The new licenses will serve as templates for product groups within Microsoft to release source code and connect with developers.
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Hackers publish code for critical IE bug
Security experts are warning Internet users to be careful where they click, thanks to a nasty unpatched bug in the way Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer browser handles the JavaScript computer language. The bug is of particular concern because security researchers in the U.K. have now published "proof of concept" code showing how hackers could exploit the problem and possibly take over a Windows system.
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22.11.2005 MS Source Code Seller Gets Two Years
A Connecticut man convicted of selling stolen portions of Microsoft's source code for its Windows operating system was sentenced to two years in prison by a federal Judge on Friday. William Genovese Jr., 29, pleaded guilty in August to the crime after being charged in February 2004.
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28.1.2006 Windows Server Code Name "Centro" CTP soon
I just got this email, revealing that a CTP for Windows Server "Centro" is underway:
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20.6.2007 Hackers exploit poor website code
Web designers making very old mistakes are letting malicious hackers hijack visitors to their sites, say experts.
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14.4.2008 Windows Shell Code-Named Monad Beta 3
Despite being separated from Windows Vista, Monad is on track to be ready before Microsoft's next-generation operating system. Redmond developers on Tuesday delivered a feature complete beta 3 of Microsoft's command line shell, which includes support for a new snap-in model and cmdlets.
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12.1.2006 Sun Opens Java Source Code Under GPL
Hoping to increase usage of the programming language, Sun said Monday that it would be using the GNU General Public License (GPL) to open source the Java platform. Beginning today, source code would be available for both the Standard (Java SE) and Micro (Java ME) editions.
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13.11.2006 Microsoft Nabs First Licensee in Code Sharing Deal
Microsoft on Thursday signed its first software licensee under a nearly three-year-old arrangement with the European Union. Microsoft said signing up Quest Software -- a company that helps businesses manage their different IT systems -- was an important part of its efforts to comply with regulators' demands.
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11.3.2007x64 Kernel patch causes random restarts, fix on the way
Microsoft has disclosed that
update 932596, a patch released for the Kernel Patch Protection
feature that is included with x64 versions of Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008, seems to be causing random restarts on
certain machines. A Stop error is then generated (error code 0x0000001E, 0x000000D1, or another Stop error code). x86 versions of Windows are not
affected since they do not include the Kernel Patch Protection feature (also known as PatchGuard), a technology that is meant to prevent third-party
interventions into the core of the operating system.
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02.07.2008Adobe taps Google to bolster CS4 help
Experienced users know that a Google search can often turn up the solution to a software problem even if the vendor's help files or support site
don't have the answer. Now Adobe is making that process easier for its customers.
If you see an error message that leaves you
scratching you head, one of the quickest ways of finding a resolution is to search for the exact text (or maybe the error code plus the name of the
software) with Google.
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25.09.2008Ballmer: Apple's Mac growth is a "rounding error"
Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer is a man who's not afraid to talk down his competitors. When Apple initially released the iPhone, he stated that
it had no chance of gaining a significant market share. Now, when speaking to a group of market analysts, he has said that the growth that the
Cupertino company is seeing with their Mac product range can be attributed to a rounding error. Whilst he was at the 2009 Financial Analyst Meeting,
Ballmer said, "Share versus Apple, you know, we think we may have ticked up a little tick, but when you get right down to it, it's a rounding
error.
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01.08.2009Microsoft takes on 404 pages with Live Search
Microsoft plans to convert the 404 error pages on the microsoft.com domain, as well as other websites the company owns, to error pages with Live
Search capabilities. This will allow Microsoft's customers to search for what they were looking for right away, instead of being stuck at a 404
error page that is equivalent to hitting a dead end.
Furthermore, Microsoft has also released a toolkit for webmasters who also
want to transform their 404 pages to search-enabled pages. The
1.13MB Web Page Error
Toolkit, a customizable ASP.net application that replaces the default error page on one's IIS server, is not limited to Live Search; web
admins can choose whichever search engine they prefer.
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03.06.2008'Contractor error' suspected in $12,000 FEMA phone hack
FEMA is now investigating a hack attack against its voice mail system that racked up $12,000 in international calls, with preliminary evidence
indicating that "contractor error" was probably involved...
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22.08.2008Microsoft cites human error in anti-piracy malfunction
Last week's malfunction of Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy mechanism was caused when new software code was accidentally put on the
servers running the system, before those servers had been made ready for the code, according to
a post last night by Alex Kochis, WGA senior product
manager. Kochis writes:
"Nothing more than human error started it all. Pre-production code was sent to production servers. The production servers
had not yet been upgraded with a recent change to enable stronger encryption/decryption of product keys during the activation and validation
processes. The result of this is that the production servers declined activation and validation requests that should have passed."
Kochis
explains in the post that the problem made some computers fail the anti-piracy validation and activation processes, causing them to lose advanced
Windows features and get a "This copy of Windows is not genuine" message, until the WGA system was fixed and people were able to properly activate
and validate their computers.
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29.08.2007New hacking technique exploits common programming error
Researchers at Watchfire Inc.
say they have discovered a
reliable method for exploiting
a common programming error,
which until now had been
considered simply a quality
problem and not a security
vulnerability.
Jonathan Afek and Adi
Sharabani of Watchfire
stumbled upon the method for
remotely exploiting dangling
pointers by chance while they
were running the company's
AppScan software against a Web
server. The server crashed in
the middle of the scan and
after some investigation, the
pair found that a dangling
pointer had been the culprit.
This wasn't a surprising
result, given that these
coding errors are well-known
for causing crashes at odd
times. But after some further
experimentation, Afek and
Sharabani found that they
could cause the crash
intentionally by sending a
specially crafted URL to the
server and began looking for a
way to run their own code on
the target machine.
Afek, a senior security
researcher at Watchfire, will
give a presentation on the
technique at the Black Hat
Briefings in Las Vegas in
August...
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24.07.2007TechEd 2007: Software Assurance Licensees to Get Error Reporting Tool
Software Assurance licensees
for Microsoft Windows clients,
including XP and Vista, will
soon be receiving a utility
called System Center Desktop
Error Monitoring as part of
the Desktop Optimization Pack
(MDOP) they receive with their
licenses. As we learned at
TechEd, the utility will
enable admins to produce
aggregate reports that track
problems throughout an entire
enterprise...
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05.06.2007Human error tops the list of security threats
IT managers also say its insider threats that really worry them the most
When it comes to security, human threats score much higher than those
posed by technology. So says a new survey by consulting firm Deloitte of more than 100 technology, media and telecommunications companies
worldwide.
Seventy-five per cent of companies listed human error as the leading cause of security failures such as breakdowns and systems
outages. Forty-eight per cent also cited operations and technology lapses as key causes of security failures. Problems resulting from third parties
such as contractors and business partners, meanwhile, received 28 per cent of the votes as a root cause of security failures.
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06.02.2008Programming error gives CT scan patients radiation overdose
In a rather off-the-track technology related report, a hospital named Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has come into a bit of trouble due to problems with
its CT scanner; a programming error has caused the machine to give patients eight times the maximum amount of radiation that's nominal. According
to the LA Times, the hospital recently began utilizing a new protocol in order to create a specialized type of scan used to diagnose strokes, which
unfortunately went a bit wrong. In order to use said protocol, the machine had to be reset, thus overriding the pre-programmed instructions that were
included with the scanner when it was installed.
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15.10.2009Check Point patches Microsoft update error
Check Point has issued a set of updates which correct a compatibility issue with the latest Microsoft update. The security firm has posted new
versions of its ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite, Pro, Antivirus, Anti-Spyware and Basic Firewall offerings.
The updates correct an error
caused by the Microsoft Patch Tuesday update released on 8 July. One of the four bulletins addressed a flaw in the Windows DNS component, but also
resulted in an error which prevented ZoneAlarm users from accessing the internet.
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11.07.2008Microsoft blames human error for WGA glitch
Microsoft blamed human error for a Windows Genuine Advantage problem that identified legitimate Windows users as pirates last week. According to Alex
Kochis, Microsoft senior product manager for WGA, new software was accidentally loaded onto the live servers running the system. Between Friday
evening through Saturday afternoon, some users incorrectly failed the validation process, leaving them unable to use certain features. Affected users
also saw a message in the corner of their screen that said "This copy of Windows is not genuine." While Microsoft quickly noticed the problem and
rolled back the changes within a half hour, the problem continued to affect the validation service although the activation process was fixed in that
time frame, said Kochis.
The company is implementing some changes to make sure a similar incident doesn't happen again. It is improving
monitoring in order to find out sooner if there is a problem, he said. Microsoft is also adding checkpoints that should prevent accidental changes to
the servers. It's troubling that someone can accidentally load wrong code into a live environment. Kochis clarified that an existing policy will
automatically validate all users if the WGA servers are down but that in this case, the servers weren't down, so that policy didn't kick in. Maybe
Microsoft should have taken the servers down while working on the problem?
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30.08.2007MS admits Halo 3 'disc unreadable' errors
Microsoft has refused to reveal the cause behind a fresh wave of disc problems affecting Halo 3. The company told Register Hardware that it's aware
of a problem which stops the game from loading correctly, but refused to give any further explanation.
Exact descriptions of the
disc error differ between gamers, but all of the them who've encountered the issue report being presented with a message that says the disc is
unreadable and can't be loaded.
For example, one reader told us that when trying to start a campaign or solo game, an error
message appears on the screen saying the game can't be started. It then advises him to press button A on the control pad. However, a second error
message states more specifically that game content can't be loaded and a progress bar hops continuously between one and 29 per cent.
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08.10.2007Microsoft: We can Fix that for you
Microsoft Windows operating systems like Windows XP and Windows Vista provide troubleshooting options for errors that occur in your PC and sometimes
provide a link which can have a solution for that error. But finding a proper fix has always been a difficult task for many. Sometimes we may think
why can't Microsoft fix this for me? The Fix-it teams' purpose is to help users fix their problems in a click of a button. The Microsoft KB
articles and the Windows Error Reporting are now fix-it enabled with a list of steps that can be followed to resolve the issue.
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03.01.2009AT&T once again loves Hulu, retracts new TOS
AT&T has decided that once again it loves Hulu, Slingbox and other streaming media as it has removed the update from its TOS that Neowin reported last
week. In a statement released by AT&T they state "The language added on March 30 to AT&T's wireless data service Terms and Conditions was done
in error. It was brought to our attention and we have since removed it. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused." It will never be
known if this was a true error or if the fact that they got caught was the reason for removing the new language.
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06.04.2009Neowin: Submit to Newsdesk fixed
Due to an unseen error in our custom content management system,
submissions to the newsdesk by members were being dropped rather than added to our panel. This unfortunate error has now been
fixed, so if you have submitted news since the 14th of February and wondered why it hadn't shown up, now you know why!
Since the
beginning of February, our coders have made over 100 changes to our NewsCP due to the addition of version control linking our test (beta) website with
our live code. Bugs are fixed a lot quicker now, and you may of noticed significant improvements such as the panel in our comments pages, which has
been drastically updated, with the addition of "Related News" as well as many "behind the scene" bug fixes.
Our CMS, which is unique to
Neowin, has been continually improved since 2002 and re-written from the ground up -twice, which eventually moved us away from the core "Virtuanews"
system base that we developed along with James Tingle for a year, up until August 2002 when he opted to take the project further on his own. Currently
our coder team consists of up to 5 active contributers to bug fixing and improvements to our system.
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22.02.2008How To: Perform a Security
Code Review for Managed Code
This How To shows you how to
perform security code reviews.
This module presents the steps
involved in the activity, and
techniques for analyzing your
results...
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21.10.2005MSDN TV: Writing Secure Code with Visual Studio 2005
Rick Samona shows enhancements to Visual Studio 2005 that help make applications more secure. See how FxCop and Code Access Security help create more secure managed code apps, while PREfast and the /GS switch help secure native code apps...
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31.08.2005Blue Screen of Death Survival Guide: Every Error Explained
Picture this: Its late at night, youre sitting at your computer playing a game or working on a project when, suddenly, Windows freezes completely. All
your work is gone, and you find a blue screen full of gibberish staring back at you. Windows is dead, Jim, at least until you reboot it. You have no
choice but to sigh loudly, shake your fist at Bill Gates and angrily push the reset button. Youve just been visited by the ghost of windows crashed:
The blue screen of death.
Also known as the BSoD, the Blue Screen of Death appears when Windows crashes or locks up. Its actually
a Windows stop screen, and is designed to do two things: tell you the reason for the error, and to calm your nerves, hence the use of the color blue
(studies show it has a relaxing effect on people). Though Blue Screens are difficult to decipher, all the information you need to figure out what
caused it is right there in front of you in blue and whiteand thats where we come in. Were going to show you how to dissect the blue screen error
details, so you can fix the problem thats causing them.
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01.05.2009False alarm: No broader Vista SP1 beta yet
Microsoft posted to its Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) site on November 2 a note saying the company had made available for download
a preview of the near-final
Release Candidate (RC) version of Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 via MSDN.
But the note was posted in error. According to a
message from a Vista spokeswoman:
The MSDN notice about a Windows Vista SP1 RC Preview was posted mistakenly. No code was released
today and the MSDN notice has since been removed from the MSDN site. We do expect to issue a Release Candidate for SP1 and are still on target to
deliver the RTM in Q1 of CY2008; however, we have no other news to share at this time."
While the code isnt yet available, the
erroneous posting means to this Microsoft watcher, at least that the broader SP1 beta is imminent. Perhaps well see the code next week. Microsoft
wont say, however.
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