Security Tab Fixer for Windows XP - Activate Security Tab Under File, Folder Property Menu
Unlike Windows Vista & Windows 7, Window XP do not show Security tab under file or folder properties dialogue box.
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28.6.2009 Microsoft Security Advisory 927891 non security-Fix for Windows Installer
Ok this is the MSI fix (Windows Update Client 100%CPU issue) as discussed before here on Bink.nu. For best results also install the new update client . This client will be distributed worldwide in June through Microsoft/Windows Update and WSUS.
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23.5.2007 Microsoft Windows Vista Security: Setting a New Standard for Security and Privacy Through Innovation and Collaboration
For more than 30 years, information and communications technologies have transformed the global economy and personal communications.
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17.9.2006 Windows 7 security enhancements
Windows 7 makes remote connectivity to corporate networks seamless, protects data on thumb drives, and offers fewer user account control prompts to bug users compared to Vista, Microsoft said on Monday.
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24.4.2009 Windows Vista's new security features
Microsoft's new operating system won't be out until late 2006, but here's a look at some of the new security features expected.
It seems that every time I sit down with Microsoft to discuss Windows Vista, something has been changed or added, which is good. In some cases, something has been removed, which is bad. One and a half years from launch, I understand that beta code changes frequently. Here's my standard disclaimer: the following article is based on the last build from Microsoft, Windows Vista build 5219, released September 2005.
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Security Update for Windows Vista
A remote code execution security issue has been identified in the Graphics Rendering Engine that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it.
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16.1.2006 Security warnings over Windows Vista
Microsoft is coming under increasing fire over the security of its Windows software.
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3.10.2006 First security fail found in Windows 7
The good folks at F-Secure uncover the first Windows 7 security fail and its a classic.
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5.5.2009 Microsoft Windows XP Security Guide 2.2
The Windows XP Security Guide has been updated to provide specific recommendations about how to harden computers that run Windows XP with SP2 in three distinct environments.
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12.4.2006 Windows Gets Largest Security Update in Over a Year
12. That's the number of updates to be released with the June security patches. Of the twelve, nine are specific to the Windows operating system itself and one of those is listed as "critical" designating it as a severe security concern. Two are related to the Microsoft Office productivity suite and one is for Microsoft Exchange e-mail server.
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13.6.2006 Introduction to Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
Windows Firewall with Advanced Security is a stateful, host-based firewall that blocks incoming and outgoing connections based on its configuration.
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19.8.2006 Critical Security Update for Windows 7 Beta
A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it.
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11.3.2009 Download Windows 7 Security Audit Events
Security does by no means stop with the implementation of products designed to safeguard Windows from malicious code or exploits.
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2.7.2009 New Beta for Windows 7 and IE8 Security Baselines
Microsoft has debuted a new Beta program via Connect focused on the Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8 Security Baselines.
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16.7.2009 Pirating Windows? No free Security Essentials for you!
Microsoft has confirmed via its Genuine Windows Blog that only those Windows users running genuine, validated copies will be able to download and install the new Microsoft Security Essentials software.
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1.10.2009 New Windows Vista Firewall Fails on Outbound Security
Analysis: New Windows Vista Firewall Fails on Outbound Security. Microsoft touts Windows Vista's significant security improvements but we've found that the firewall in this OS offers little outbound protection.
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9.2.2007 A security issue in Microsoft Windows Deployment Services?
Netanel Ben-Shushan from Israel writes: We've been talked about Microsoft's new tool for remote installation named Windows Deployment Services (or WDS), and Alex told me today that there's an important security issue in WDS.
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19.2.2007 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Security Guide updated (2.1)
This updated version of the Windows Server 2003 Security Guide provides specific recommendations for hardening computers that run Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) in three distinct enterprise environments. The Legacy Client (LC) environment must support older operating systems such as Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98. In the Enterprise Client (EC) environment, Windows 2000 is the earliest version of the Windows operating system in use.
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26.4.2006 Microsoft Responds On RSS Security Concerns in Windows Vista
After a Black Hat presentation called the potential of RSS feeds as an attack vector into question, Microsoft described steps they have taken to mitigate this.
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9.8.2006 Patch Tuesday: MS plans 5 Security Patches, 4 for Windows
Bink is reporting that on Tuesday April 10, 2007 Microsoft plans to release the following updates as part of its Patch Tuesday cycle.
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6.4.2007 Security flaw hits Safari for Windows only hours after release
Thanks to marct for this article. Security researcher Aviv Raff claims to have found the first security vulnerability in Apple's Safari browser on Windows only hours after the software was released.
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12.6.2007 Want Security? Drop Windows and Move to Linux, or Mac OS X
There is no silver bullet solution for security, and no foolproof client operating system. But the fact of the matter is that while neither Linux, nor Mac OS X and not even Windows Vista are panacea solutions for protecting users, they are all less attacked than Windows XP and older versions of the Microsoft platform.
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10.9.2007 Project Codename Sundance Beta Windows Security Accelerator
Microsoft has debuted into Beta a new project designed to bulletproof the Windows platform along with the Office System.
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17.12.2008 Microsoft patches 31 Windows, IE, Office security holes
Microsofts batch of patches this month is a big one: 10 bulletins covering a total of 31 documented vulnerabilities affecting the Windows OS, the Internet Explorer browser and the Microsoft Office productivity suite (Word, Works and Excel).
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9.6.2009 Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 beta security updates
Dear WS03 SP2 Beta Tester,
Beginning in August 2006, Windows Serviceability will release monthly critical security updates for the Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 beta.
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13.8.2006 Critical Security Patch for Windows XP Service Pack 3 Final
Windows XP SP3 was barely out the door, when Microsoft rushed to issue the first critical patch for the service pack. Concomitantly with the general
availability of the last service pack for XP, Microsoft dropped the first critical security update designed to patch Internet Explorer 7 running on XP SP3 RTM Build 5512.
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8.5.2008 Download April 2009 Security Release ISO Image for Windows
On the heels of the April 14, 2009 security bulletins, Microsoft has made available for download the ISO image with the patches released this month.
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16.4.2009 Microsoft releases Security updates for Beta Windows Vista, Server 2008
Microsoft releases Security updates for Beta Windows Vista, Server 2008!
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15.1.2008 May Security Bullitens
New Security Bulletins Microsoft is releasing the following security bulletins for newly discovered vulnerabilities.
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9.5.2006 Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.1.1 Vulnerability Scanner for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) is a free security and vulnerability assessment (VA) scan tool for IT professionals, administrators and security auditors to improve security management process and assess or determine security state in accordance with Microsoft security recommendations and offers specific remediation guidance.
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29.10.2009New tab switching added for Firefox 3.1
As
announced before, tab switching is getting a
dramatic update for Firefox 3.1 in both visual and behavior.
Press
Ctrl +
Tab (or
Shift +
Ctrl +
Tab) and you are presented with tab thumbnails and titles with the most recently visited ones first so you can more easily
determine which tab you want to go, have the one you most probably want to go closer, and as a result get to it faster. Hold
Ctrl pressed and
keep pressing
Tab to see the thumbnails smoothly scroll to the left while the status bar displays the tab web address.
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16.07.2008Microsoft: No IE 8 tab-hang fix in the works
Back in May, the Internet Explorer (IE) team left open the possibility that
Microsoft might deliver a tab-responsiveness update for those of us suffering from IE 8 tab-performance issues.
Alas, that update isnt going to happen. Based on feedback from Windows 7 testers, Microsoft has scotched the idea. Not only is there no tab-hang
reporting functionality for the IE 8 release that is built into Windows 7, but there wont be any for us IE 8 users running Windows XP or Vista,
either.
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29.08.2009Tab Mix Plus for Firefox 3 stacks up a new version
For those of us who not only need to keep dozens of Firefox tabs open at once but need to see them to remember they exist, Tab Mix Plus' upgrade to
Firefox 3 compatibility is some of the week's best news...
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25.10.2008Windows 7 RC users get new IE 8 'tab responsiveness' feature
Even though Microsoft already released
the final standalone version of Internet Explorer 8 (IE
8) in March, the company is continuing to add new functionality to the version of IE 8 that is bundled with Windows 7.
One of
the new features not in the standalone build but present in the version of IE 8 that is in the
Windows 7 Release Candidate is a new tab-responsiveness capability...
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05.05.2009IE8, and why fixing that pesky 'tab issue' sealed the deal
In my most recent piece, "IE8, and why it's almost my default browser", I outline a couple of factors that inhibited IE8 from holding the
default browser position on my PC. Since writing that article, due in part to some helpful Neowin members and some quality time with IE8, I have since
awarded IE8 that coveted position on my PC and have promptly thrown Google Chrome to the curb. Perhaps the most taxing of my issues was what has been
colloquially referred to as the 'tab issue'. Many users have complained of severe delays when opening new tabs in Internet Explorer.
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03.09.2007Tracing the memory leak: Is it Firefox 3?
Yesterday, we mentioned that we've been noticing recent versions of Firefox, including 3.0.5, have exhibited the memory leak problems that used to
plague Firefox 2. We are noticing this on both Windows XP SP3 and Vista SP1.
We'd also noticed that systems where the add-on Tab Mix Plus
was installed, did not appear to exhibit the same memory leak. Today, we uninstalled Tab Mix Plus (reluctantly, because we like it) from one system.
On that system, the memory use pattern has
changed, perhaps moderated, though we're not sure the leak has gone away. It now appears to be
slower than in our tests yesterday, and from time to time, something in Firefox does clean up parts of memory from time to time. In one test,
we had two Firefox windows open with seven tabs open in one of them, a dozen in the other -- a pretty full slate. Task Manager is showing us that
Firefox grabs memory in one-megabyte chunks per second, for about a minute at a time, and then leveling back out to about 300,000 KB.
So if
it's not a leak right now, at least it's a
fight, and we'll let you know what else we find...
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20.01.2009IE8 to be More Reliable
In a post on the IEBlog today, the development team announced some brand new features to IE8, which they say will improve the browser's reliability.
The most notable improvement is dubbed "Loosely-Coupled IE" (or "LCIE" for short). LCIE essentially splits the browser into several
pieces, therefore should one part of the browser crash, the rest of the browser can continue to function. So say a web page you are currently viewing
in one tab locks up, in IE7, this would mean all other tabs are locked as well, however with IE8; the remaining tabs are still accessible and fully
functional.
Another anticipated feature is the new Automatic Crash Recovery, in which IE8 is capable of recovering any tab, as well as
any unsaved form data within that tab, should it crash.
For details outlining the remaining features, continue reading at the IEBlog.
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29.07.2008More details on Windows Server
2003 SP2
Microsoft revealed more
details today about Windows
Server 2003's next Service
Pack, currently under an
ongoing beta-test.
"I know SP1 to
Windows Server 2003 made some
pretty big changes to the way
we do security and it
introduced a cycle of
application testing and some
compatibility issues?.this
was, however, a necessary evil
needed to address server
security," , said an employee
using the team blog.
Essentially, Service
Pack 2 is, as planned, a pack
of fixes since the last
release (R2), but also
includes some changes that
would likely ease transition
between it and Windows Vista,
or its Server counterpart,
still codenamed "Longhorn".
The change log also includes
updates to Remote Installation
Services, now known as Windows
Deployment Services, Microsoft
Management Console 3.0, and an
improved firewall.
For the first time
in ages, the msconfig tool
will be updated. "An
additional tab which provides
a single launching point for
common support tools that will
ease the discoverability of
common diagnostic
functionality.", Ralston
says.
On
another note, Service Pack 2
will update all version of the
OS, along with Windows XP x64
Edition.
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03.08.2006Microsoft's lobbying tab dwarfs Google's tally
The most recent federal disclosure forms offer a stark reminder of Microsoft Corp.'s mighty Washington presence: The software giant's tab of almost
$2 million for the third quarter alone nearly equaled the amount its rival Google Inc. spent in the first nine months of the year.
But Google already has spent more on lobbying this year than it did for all of 2007 as the Internet search company starts to emerge as a
formidable player in D.C. lobbying circles.
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12.11.2008Mozilla Hires Microsoft
Security Exec
Mozilla strengthened its
commitment to security with
the hire of a former Microsoft
executive who was responsible
for some of the security
functionality within Windows
XP SP2 and Windows 2003.
Window Snyder will head
Mozilla's long-term security
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07.09.2006Steve Riley on Windows 7 Security
Paul Cooke: While walking the show floor here at RSA, I ran into Steve Riley, whos an incredibly passionate and knowledgeable Security Evangelist (or
officially Senior Technical Evangelist) in Microsofts Trustworthy Computing organization. Hes a well respected and sought out speaker on security
topics. So I thought it would be great to get Steves take on his favorite two security features in Windows 7. Take a look at what Steve has to say
about Windows 7 security!
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23.04.2009Mozilla Releases Alpha of Next Firefox
Mozilla Corp. has released the first preview of
Firefox
3.1, the fast-track update that the open-source company has pegged with a late 2008 or early 2009 ship date. Code-named "Shiretoko," named for a
national park on Japan's northern-most island of Hokkaido, Firefox 3.1 Alpha 1 was delayed several days because of a last-minute bug found in the
Mac OS X version.
Firefox 3.1 Alpha 1 includes some, but not all, of the features Mozilla hopes to add to the update as work continues.
Among the noticeable changes: several improvements to the address bar, which Mozilla dubs the "Smart Location Bar" in recognition of the search
enhancements it received in Firefox 3.0; and changes to tab-switching.
Pressing Ctrl-Tab in Alpha 1 switches between current and
last-viewed tabs rather than simply moving to the next tab to the right. Thumbnails of each page are also now displayed for easier recognition. Like
many of the features slated for Firefox 3.1, the revised tab-switching was originally meant to be included with Firefox 3.0, but had been dropped
during development to keep that June version on schedule.
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04.08.2008Multi-processor support coming for Firefox
Mozilla has started
a new project to make Firefox split in several processes at a time: one
running the main user interface (chrome), and another or several others running the web content in each tab. Like Chrome or Internet Explorer 8 which
have implemented this behavior to some degree, the main benefit would be the increase of stability: a single tab crash would not take down the whole
session with it, as well as performance improvements in multiprocessor systems that are progressively becoming the norm.
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07.05.2009Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 Now Available for Your Testing Pleasure
Hot off the press, the second beta of Firefox 3.1 is now available for download. In addition to Private Browsing Mode,
tab tearing, and the
speedy TraceMonkey Javascript engine turned on by
default, the
release notes list what else you get...
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09.12.2008Windows Server 2008 Security Guide
As an IT professional focused on security, you know firsthand how essential your servers are to keeping your organization up and running. Its your job
to stand guard over these essential assets, and to prevent them from going down. Windows Server 2008 is engineered from the ground up with security in
mind. The Windows Server 2008 Security Guide is designed to further enhance the security of the servers in your organization by taking full advantage
of the new and improved security technologies and features in Windows Server 2008. Use the guidance to deploy your security baseline quickly and
reliably, harden your server workloads, and evaluate security setting recommendations to meet the requirements of your environment.
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27.02.2008Windows XP Gets Security
Certification
Touting the success of it's
new Security Development
Lifecycle (SDL) process,
Microsoft late Wednesday said
Windows Server 2003 and
Windows XP SP2 Professional
and Embedded have secured the
highest Common Criteria
security certification from
the United States
government's National
Information Assurance
Partnership...
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15.12.2005Windows 7: Action Center Overview
So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following, along with a quick Windows 7 Beta review: Windows 7: User Account Control
(UAC) Overview Windows 7: Calibate Your Display Windows 7: Federated SearchOver the next few weeks we will be adding many more focus items on Windows
7 including Touch, Internet Explorer 8, Windows 7 networking and media enhancements. Stay tuned for the ultimate Windows 7 focus from Neowin.net. Here
is an overview on the new Windows 7 Action Center. Windows Vista Security Center Microsoft introduced the Security Center in Windows Vista where
users can find information about the system security and also troubleshoot security problems if any.
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09.01.2009Microsoft issues security update for Windows 7 pre-beta
Although PDC 2008 attendees won't receive Windows 7 Milestone 3 build 6801 until Tuesday, Microsoft has already issued a security patch for the
pre-beta version of Vista's successor. This early version of Windows 7 is quite similar to Vista, and will likely require the same security fixes...
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28.10.2008Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Design Guide
This guide helps you design Windows Firewall with Advanced Security settings and rules that meet your goals for network security. This guide answers
the "what," "why," and "when" questions. The Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Deployment Guide answers the "how" questions.
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