Enable Vista-Native Network Access Protection on XP SP3
Network Access Protection (NAP) is one of the few features that were actually added to Windows XP SP3.
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13.5.2008 Network Access Protection for XP SP3 and Vista SP1
Network Access Protection is designed to permit a high degree of control over client computers across a network.
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13.10.2008 How to Turn On and Enable Aero in Windows 7 (Enable Aero Peek)
Windows Aero features in Windows 7 has been greatly enhanced and improved with new features such as Aero Peek. Without Windows Aero Glass Transparency effect, the many premium user interface (UI) goodies and extravaganza visual experience such as windows with translucent glass design and new windows colors in Windows 7 wont be enjoyed by the system users.
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12.1.2009 Windows Vista and protection from malware
On November 30, Sophos issued its monthly report on the top ten threats reported to them in November of 2006.
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20.12.2006 Windows Vista Copy Protection Cracked
More than a year after Windows Vista was introduced, hackers have finally developed a clean crack of Windows Vista.
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5.3.2008 Windows Vista Content Protection - Twenty Questions (and Answers)
A conversation has cropped up since the recent publication of a paper scrutinizing how Windows handles digital rights management, especially for HD video. I've since looped back with Dave Marsh, a Lead Program Manager responsible for Windows' handling of video, to learn from him the implications involved and to learn to what extent the paper's assertions are accurate.
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23.1.2007 Enable Aurora Bootscreen in Windows Vista
The original Vista Bootscreen is very similar to Windows 2000, and is very bland and boring (you know, with the little catepillar bar scrolling from left-to-right).
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3.11.2007 Enable both Aero and Glass in Vista Home Basic
I'm gonna give u some tips for people who are stuck up with Vista Home Basic
I really never wanted to have the Vista Home Basic. But when i got my Lappy i had no other option, but to stick on with this OEM version.
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28.10.2007 Enable New Boot screen in Microsoft Windows Vista Beta 2
Tired of the pathetic boot screen in current Vista builds? There is a new trick that will allow you to see what may be the new boot screen for Windows Vista.
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12.5.2006 Restore/enable the Internent Explorer Icon on Vista Desktop
Restore, Enable and Display the Missing Internet Explorer (IE or IE7) Icon on Windows Vista Desktop.
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12.2.2007 Enable/Disable/Swap the Task Manager in Windows Vista
Task Manager is a system utility that ships by default with Windows Vista. The tool is not new to Microsoft's latest operating system, having survived from older versions of Windows.
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11.10.2007 Microsoft: Vista Wireless Access Could Cause Laptop Battery Drain
Users running Windows Vista on laptops may see batteries draining faster than they expect, Microsoft said in a warning, because some wireless access points aren't configured to take advantage of the new operating system's Wi-Fi power-saving mode.
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9.12.2006 Vista to Windows 7 Upgrades Kill Access to OEM Recovery Applications
Users that upgrade Windows Vista OEM computers to Windows 7 might find that the recovery applications set in place by the original equipment manufacturer are no longer accessible.
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9.10.2009 Major OEMs to enable DEP/NX in Vista PC BIOSs by default
Activewin reports that Michael Howard mentions on his blog that recently MS had all the major OEMs on campus to discuss SDL (Security Development Lifecycle).
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6.12.2006 Microsoft Serves the Official Version of the Hack Used to Access Windows Vista SP1
Do you remember a time when Windows Vista SP1 was not available as a public download? In the pre-Release Candidate Stages of Vista SP1, Microsoft restricted the access to the service pack only to selected testers.
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12.12.2007 Vista Network Helper v1.5
Thanks to Steve Jobs for this post in his blog. Steve Jobs wrote: Im a laptop user and connect frequently to new or different networks (wlan or lan) and I often come across the problem to connect to the internet or networks. So I decided to make my own batch file to change the network settings to solve the issue.
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17.5.2007 12 Hidden Windows Vista Network Tools
Thanks to Steve Jobs for this article. Windows Vista delivers an impressive line up of network tools that can be used to keep the operating system connectivity on a short leash. The total of 12 command-line tools can be used to manage all aspects of Vista networking.
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4.6.2007 Vista SP1 will deliver big network speed boost
I downloaded the release candidate of Vista Service Pack 1 yesterday and was prepared to wait till its public debut next week before writing about it.
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6.12.2007 Antispyware Protection Is It Really Possible?
The last few days came with an impressive avalanche of threats, obviously targeting your computer and aiming to steal or harm the data stored inside the system.
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19.11.2007 Resolve TCP/IP Network Configuration Issues in Windows Vista
Microsoft has set up the networking infrastructure in Windows Vista in such a manner that it requires only minimal user interaction, especially when the operating system has to interact with a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server.
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7.10.2007 Vista's User Account Protection: one click and it's gone
Vista's biggest security enhancement is "User Account Protection" (or "User Account Control" ) which pops up and asks for user authentication before software can make any administrative changes to the system.
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9.9.2006 Microsoft Previews New Malware Protection Center
Microsoft may be a desktop software powerhouse, but when it comes to security tools it is still bulking up.
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27.4.2007 Antivirus protection worse than a year ago
The effectiveness of antivirus software has fallen off, and more and more pests can now slip past these barriers. This is the sobering conclusion the german computer magazine c't comes to in issue 1/08 with a test on 17 antivirus solutions.
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23.12.2007 Data Protection Manager 2010 Beta
On September 29, 2009, Microsoft released the beta version of the third generation of System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM), previously called DPM v3 or Zinger.
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30.9.2009 Blu-ray BD+ Copy Protection Cracked!
It would seem that there's absolutely nothing out there, no type of copy protection system that can resist the hard efforts of ingenious "security researchers", especially when the respective system is designed to protect valuable multimedia content (namely, movies).
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31.10.2007 Enable RemoteApp in Windows XP or Vista To Publish Programs to Windows 7 Virtual PC Host with KB961741 or KB961742 RAIL QFE
Windows Virtual PC in Windows 7 features an unique and useful feature which allows virtual applications installed on guest operating system of Windows XP or Windows Vista in the virtual machine to be seamlessly accessed and launched from host Windows 7 desktop as if its running on the end users local computer.
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9.10.2009 How to Install and Enable DreamScene in Windows 7
Windows DreamScene, a feature which allows a video clip, movie show, slideshow or animated image and picture to be set as the desktop background in Windows Vista has been removed in Windows 7, in favor of Desktop Slideshow wallpaper auto rotator. Although Windows 7 no longer supports DreamScane, the DreamScene function can still be manually added and installed into Windows 7 with a little hack in order to turn on and enable the DreamScene support in Windows7.
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13.1.2009 How to enable Administrator account in Windows 7
Remember the Administrator account that was present in good old Windows XP days? The master Administrator account is not visible by default in Windows 7 or Vista. Here is a simple way to enable it.
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16.8.2009 Microsoft & Samsung's Patent Deal Includes Linux Protection
Microsoft Corporation and Samsung Electronics have agreed to a broad, cross-licensing patent agreement covering Samsung's existing and future product lines.
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20.4.2007 Microsoft to offer code protection, validation to other software developers
Microsoft is planning to deliver on October 1 to third-party software developers a set of technologies that will allow them to add code protection and activation mechanisms to their own software.
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13.7.2007Partners Will Extend Network Access Protection to Linux and Mac Desktops, and Create a New Appliance Form Factor
The Network Access Protection (NAP) ecosystem hits 150,000 deployed desktops milestone...
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13.11.2007Microsoft Forefront Integration Kit for Network Access Protection
Georgina M: The Microsoft Forefront Integration Kit for Network Access Protection helps defend against malware threats by integrating two key
Microsoft security technologies: Forefront Client Security and the new Network Access Protection feature in Windows Server 2008.
The Kit helps protect by enabling customers to configure health policies to monitor the state of Forefront Client Security in real time across
their networks, and to remediate problems.
<...> The Microsoft Forefront Integration Kit for Network Access Protection is now in
beta! To learn more about the Kit, sign in to the Microsoft Connect Web
site. Or, to join the program,
click here.
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12.03.2008Deploying IPsec Server and Domain Isolation using Windows Server 2008 Group Policy
Network Access Protection is a new technology included with Windows Server 2008 that allows you to control what machines are allowed to connect to
other machines on your network. Network Access Protection (or NAP) enables you to set system health policies that must be met before a machine is
allowed network access. If the machines meet the requirements in the network access policies, then they are allowed on the network. If not, then the
machine may be disallowed from connecting to any machine on the network, or you might configure policies that allow the machine to connect to
remediation server that allow the machine to remediate and try to connect to the network again after remediation is successful.
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09.10.2008Microsoft Adds NAP for Linux and Mac
Microsoft's Network Access Protection platform is being extended to Linux and the Mac in heterogeneous network environments through third-party
products.
The Redmond, Wash. software maker announced at its TechEd IT Forum, here on Nov. 13, that UNETsystem will release Linux
and Macintosh versions of its Anyclick for NAP (Network Access Protection) product next year.
Avenda Systems will release the
Avenda Linux Network Access Protection Agent, which extends NAP technology to network endpoints running Linux, while Celestix Networks has developed
an appliance for delivering the NAP policy-enforcement platform. These new appliances will hit the market shortly after Windows Server 2008 is
released in February 2008.
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14.11.2007Microsoft Vista security impresses IT staffers hot for NAC
Microsoft's
network access control client in Vista and now in
Windows XP has a lot of IT executives excited, according to an informal poll of about 250 attendees of an Interop Las Vegas NAC seminar who are
actively considering deploying the access technology.
About a third of them say they would use the NAC support in the Microsoft
client software rather than pay more and deal with deploying and maintaining a client with more features that they have to pay extra for. Microsoft
calls its NAC technology Network Access Protection (NAP)
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29.04.2008Improving Global Access to Core PC Protection
Q&A: Amy Barzdukas, senior director of product management, discusses Microsofts strategy to provide broader access to critical anti-malware
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19.11.2008Independent research firm recognizes Microsoft NAP as a leader in Network Access Control
Microsofts Network Access Protection (NAP) solution was cited as a leader (the top category) in a recent independent report, The Forrester Wave:
Network Access Control, Q3 2008. Microsoft was one of the many network access control (NAC) vendors invited to participate in the report.
Forrester placed a lot of emphasis on different access control scenarios for the evaluation and the different vendors were evaluated
around twelve different scenarios as well as strengths across technology, strategy and market presence.
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18.09.2008Thoughts from the field on Windows Server 2008 - NAP
Dave Northey: Denys Kovalenko works for
A1 Computers in Cabinteely (just south of
Dublin). He's been evaluating Network Access Protection for a while now, and wanted to share his experiences with you.
"I have
been testing a great feature of Windows 2008 Server, called Network Access Protection (NAP).
I have been testing NAP since
Longhorn Beta 3 and Vista RTM. It looks very promising, especially with the number of hardware manufactures who are going to support 802.1x NAP in
their network devices. That fact it is controlled by policy makes it more interesting. The NAP configuration wizard makes it's easy to deploy, but
I personally like manual configuration. Netsh NAP commands makes it easy for scripting.
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03.12.2007Consumer Groups Push for
Network Neutrality Rules
Survey says U.S. broadband
users want protection against
providers blocking or slowing
content access...
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19.01.2006Beta Test CA Protection Suite for Vista
CA is looking for participants
to join the beta program of
the CA Protection Suite r3.1
for Windows Vista. Protection
Suite is designed for small
and mid-sized businesses, and
includes a range of integrated
solutions to minimize risks
and prevent downtime...
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08.05.2007Microsoft, TCG, Juniper Tie the NAC Knot
A lot of vendors
selling a lot of components
that have to agree on how to
measure a lot of things have
to come together to make an
effective Network Access
Control system. You're
talking vendors of hardware,
security, network security,
client security and operating
systems deciding how to tell
who's running a system trying
to access the network, whether
that system's healthy,
whether it needs to be
quarantined, how to give it
the proper level of network
access and how to fix it if
it's not up to
snuff.
Microsoft and the Trusted
Computing Group on May 21 are
making an announcement that
will provide the fabric to
mesh much of all that.
At Interop in Las Vegas,
the two are letting it be
known that the TCG's TNC
(Trusted Network Connect) NAC
architecture will adopt
Microsoft's NAP (Network
Access Protection) protocol,
which is primarily a
client/server NAC spec.
Juniper Networks at the same
time is announcing that it's
working with Microsoft on
interoperability between
Juniper's UAC (Unified Access
Control) NAC standard and
Microsoft's NAP.
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22.05.2007Enable Aurora Bootscreen in Windows Vista
The original Vista Bootscreen is very similar to Windows 2000, and is very bland and boring (you know, with the little catepillar bar scrolling from
left-to-right). But did you know that Vista comes with a much better highly visual bootscreen? Did you know how easy it is to enable it? No?
Microsoft may not have enabled this by default because of potential hardware issues, but that doesnt make sense because the minimum video card
requirements to even run Vista should handle the new bootscreen without any problem. In either case, here is how to make Vista look that much cooler
with the "Aurora" bootscreen...
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03.11.2007Symantec's 'Hamlet' Promises All-Seeing, Single-Console Security
Symantec is drawing all the
disparate security
technologies that protect
enterprise endpointsnetwork
access control, application
control, anti-virus,
anti-spyware, desktop
firewall, host and network
intrusion prevention, and
device controlinto one
integrated agent managed from
one console, resulting in a
product it says is matched by
none on the market today when
it comes to functionality.
The company plans to
unveil Symantec Endpoint
Protection 11.0 at its
http://vision.symantec.com/>Sy
mantec Vision show in Las
Vegas on June 13 and will
simultaneously make it
available in a public beta
version at
www.symantec.com/endpoint
security. The product includes
proactive technologies
designed to automatically
analyze application behaviors
and network communications to
detect and actively block
attacks. Symantec will also
unveil Symantec NAC (Network
Access Control) 11.0, which
had been code-named Project
Hamlet.
Symantec
considers Endpoint Protection
to be a significant step in
its new enterprise security
vision, dubbed "Security
2.0" when it was announced in
October 2006...
winbeta.org - 13.06.2007
Microsoft to Release Windows XP SP3 Later This Year
Microsoft is set to release
not only Windows Server 2008,
but also Windows XP Service
Pack 3 later this year,
according to a recent press
release on Microsoft
PressPass. It has been
suspected in the past that
Windows XP SP2 would end up as
the final service pack
released for the operating
system, but apparently these
suspicions can now be laid to
rest.
This
information came in
conjunction with the
announcement that Windows XP
SP3 as well as Windows Vista
will gain support for
interoperability between
Microsoft's Network Address
Protection (NAP) and Juniper
Network's Unified Access
Control (UAC) standards for
network access control (NAC)
deployments.
The
feature set for Windows XP
Service Pack 3 is however
still unannounced.
neowin.net - 24.05.2007
HP Backs Off Blu-ray Support
Over DRM
Seemingly reversing its stance
in next-generation DVD battle,
Hewlett-Packard has asked
Blu-ray to re-think its
planned copyright protection
and instead implement the
"managed copy" feature
found in HD DVD, which would
enable consumers to copy
movies to their PCs and stream
them across a network...
betanews.com - 21.10.2005
10 ways to secure borderless networks
Traditional security models are dependent on "border patrol" via firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention system and other perimeter protection
methods. In new, borderless networks, the focus shifts to protection of the data itself. Here are 10 technologies you should be looking at to help
secure your borderless network.
Company networks are undergoing so-called "deperimeterisation," as online collaboration with
partners, customers, telecommuters, and others outside the physical LAN becomes more and more important to doing business. At the same time, these
users are able to connect to company resources with a wider variety of devices, including smartphones, Blackberries, and other handheld devices. This
is great in terms of access, but not so great in terms of security.
The old security model is dependent on "border patrol" via
firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems, DMZs, and other perimeter protection methods. In the new, borderless network, the focus shifts
to protection of the data itself.
Here are 10 technologies you should be looking at to help secure your borderless network...
winbeta.org - 10.10.2007
iPhone hacked for Vodafone support?
The iPhone may have been
successfully activated on a
network outside of AT&T
without approval, according to
a UK report.
A user
who bought both an iPhone and
an AT&T prepaid SIM card says
that he used the recently
developed iASign hack to
enable the phone's basic use,
but promptly placed the SIM
into an unused phone, asking
Vodafone to enable the device
on its network; reactivating
the phone again using iASign
allowed the phone to operate
natively on the European
carrier's network, he says.
While the phone still
shows AT&T as the provider and
lacks Visual Voicemail due to
the lack of support on
Vodafone's end, the
subscriber's previous
European number is said to
have ported over and also
works properly with SMS text
messages. No mention has been
made of EDGE data access.
winbeta.org - 19.07.2007
NAP FAQ updated with XP SP3 information
Microsoft have updated the NAP
FAQ regarding the release of
the NAP Client for Windows
XP.Q. When will Windows XP
support Network Access
Protection as a client?
A. Microsoft is including
the NAP Client for Windows XP
(now in beta testing) in
Windows XP Service Pack 3. For
more information about the
availability of Windows XP
Service Pack 3, see
Windows
Service Pack Road Map. For
additional information about
NAP support for versions of
Windows prior to Windows Vista
and Windows Server 2008, click
here.It's looking as though XP
SP3 will turn out to be much
more than just a Hotfix Rollup
update and will contain some
new features.
winbeta.org - 11.07.2007
Tech Insight: Microsoft's IPSec
Microsofts support of the IP Security (IPSec) standard was enhanced with the release of Windows Vista this year, and interest in the technology will
likely grow with the introduction of Windows 2008. For smaller organizations, IPSec could prove to be a cheap alternative to other network access
control (NAC) technologies, or a stepping stone to a full implementation of Microsoft's Network Access Protection (NAP) in large enterprises. Either
way, its time for organizations to take a closer look at IPSecs capabilities.
Since Windows 2000, IPSec has been included in
every Microsoft Windows desktop and server operating system. As a staple of the operating system, its surprising that more companies don't take
advantage of the technology, but many IT professionals still labor under the notion that IPSec is a VPN technology only used for remote connectivity.
winbeta.org - 22.12.2007
Microsoft finds published exploit of Vista privilege elevation hole
A less-than-critical Vista hole could become more critical, as Microsoft's security team says it's aware of a published exploit that could enable an
ordinary process to pass itself off as a system process with unrestricted access...
betanews.com - 13.10.2008
