Windows 7 Domain Name System
Windows 7 and Windows 7 Server (Windows Server 2008 R2) are due to come, bringing to the table enhancements designed to increase the security of Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructures.
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12.11.2008 How to: Windows 7 Offline Domain Join
Since Windows NT4, clients who wanted to join a domain always needed a direct connection to the domain, either via VPN, dial-in or direct connection. New in Windows 2008 R2 is the option for an offline domain join.. how does this work.. ? read on!
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27.1.2009 Windows Server 2008 Domain Re-Directs To Apple
A solution provider in Florida that owns the domain name windowsserver2008.com has re-directed the URL to Apple's online store, where visitors are greeted by a giant image of the recently unveiled MacBook Air.
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1.2.2008 Microsoft Office Live Basics Vs. Google Apps For Your Domain
The race is on, as Microsoft and Google vie for the attention of small businesses looking for free management applications online. Who's ahead?
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21.9.2006 The Problem with Creative and Windows Vista
Don't get me wrong, they make great hardware, but Creative is not known for their efficiency in writing drivers for their hardware. Their Beta 1 drivers are relatively buggy compared to other Beta 1 drivers on the market for Graphics Cards, Network Cards etc, but with a big enough target market and enough technical staff I see no reason why they can't keep up.
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2.7.2006 Windows update to reduce the number of filters for Domain Isolation or Server Isolation deployment.
Install this update to reduce the number of filters that need to be authored and maintained in an IPsec Domain Isolation or Server Isolation deployment.
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8.4.2006 Microsoft: Bots a Big Problem for Windows
Malicious bots are becoming quite common, with six out of every ten computers scanned by the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool found to be infected, Microsoft said Monday. Altogether, the application has removed malicious bots from about 3.5 million PCs.
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13.6.2006 Windows 7: Problem Steps Recorder overview
Over the next few weeks we will be adding many more focus items on Windows 7 including Touch, Windows 7 networking and media enhancements. Stay tuned for the ultimate Windows 7 focus from Neowin.net. Here is an overview of Problem Steps Recorder.
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11.1.2009 Workaround for HTC Hero Sync Problem in Windows 7
HTC latest masterpieces, HTC Hero, packs with the most coveted features in the modern mobile world, including powered by Google’s famous Android operating system.
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23.8.2009 Vista's Biggest Problem Remains Windows XP, Survey Says
Windows Vista biggest worry shouldn't be rival operating systems from Apple Inc. or Red Hat Inc., but competition from Microsoft's own Windows XP.
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15.11.2007 Do you have problem with concentration?
The Problem with Bundling
On Friday I spoke with two product executives from a major OEM about some forthcoming new PCs and notebooks. During the conversation, I asked about their Windows Media Center strategy. The OEM no longer has one, and Vista integration is the reason.
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10.12.2007 The Problem With Netbooks
The market for netbooks is an artificial construct, a subset of notebooks that isn't a sustainably distinct category.
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5.3.2009 Microsoft Works on Comcast E-Mail Problem
Microsoft said Friday that some people who use its Hotmail and MSN e-mail services are not receiving e-mail sent from Comcast accounts and other Internet service providers.
Brooke Richardson, a group product manager with Microsoft's MSN online division, said the problem appears to be due to an increase in e-mail volumes, which it is attributed in part to the Sober Internet worm.
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5.12.2005 Want To Upgrade Vista Without Visiting The Store? No Problem
Microsoft testers are getting an early look at new functionality designed to allow users to upgrade to more powerful and, presumably, more expensive versions of Vista.
Microsoft is testing a new Windows upgrade mechanism, known as Windows Anytime Upgrade. A first iteration of the technology is integrated into the February CTP (Community Technology Preview) releases of Vista that went to testers starting the week of Feb. 20.
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7.3.2006 How can Microsoft overcome Vistas lingering image problem?
Mike Nash, Corporate Vice President of Windows Product Management, has a tough problem on his hands.
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2.5.2008 Vistas big problem: 92 percent of developers ignoring it
And to think Microsoft used to be popular with the developer crowd...
Not anymore. A recent report from Evans Data shows fewer than one in 10 software developers writing applications for Windows Vista this year. Eight percent.
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17.6.2008 Vista SP1, and then Windows 7, Windows 8 and Non-Windows Midori
2008 saw the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Server 2008, but Microsoft's journey on the Windows path is far from over.
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5.8.2008 Windows 7 RC Brings Windows XP Mode Beta and Windows Virtual PC Beta
The Release Candidate of Windows 7 will bring with it the first Beta development milestones for Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC.
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29.4.2009 Windows Reactivator 2.0 - Backup & Restore Activation Status of Windows XP with Windows Reactivator
Every time you reinstall your windows XP you need to reactivate it online using your product key & worst if you lost your Windows XP product key.
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3.6.2009 Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2
Feb 26th, 2008. Principled Technologies has released two Microsoft commissioned reports on Windows Vista SP1 performance. In these tests, Principled Technologies measured responsiveness of Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2 when performing a set of common business and home tasks.
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28.2.2008 Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9 – 1 Billion and Counting
Is Windows dead? Or, at least, is this the beginning of the end for Microsoft's proprietary operating system?
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15.9.2008 Week in Microsoft: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9
This week in Microsoft, we covered 128-bit support possibly coming to Windows 8 and Windows 9, Windows 7, Windows Mobile 6.5, Bill Gates, Office 2010 Starter, Microsoft MVP status, Windows Live Hotmail, the EU, and Microsoft Security Essentials.
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10.10.2009 Windows Vista Build 5231 and Windows Media Player 11 Leaks!
Windows Vista Build 5231 has leaked to the web. The new build is said to include Windows Media Player 11 included. View the screenshots below! This is a Main branch build that was released on September 12th, 2005 at 8:20PM.
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Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3: Official Release Dates
A French website, PC Inpact, has posted the official Microsoft product change request forms for Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3.
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6.2.2008 Download Free Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2 Straight from Microsoft
Via the Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image. That's right! Microsoft is offering access to free downloads of Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2.
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6.3.2008 Windows Vista SP1 outperforms Windows XP SP2 in file copy
"Its interesting that people seem to think that Vista under performs in every area of the system which is quite an incorrect perception.
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27.5.2008 Windows Fiji Has RTMd as Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008
Microsoft officially confirmed that Windows Fiji has been released to manufacturing.
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18.7.2008 Windows 7 Beta Doesn't Play Nice with Windows Azure Cloud OS Tools
The promise for Windows 7 is that it will deliver an evolution when it will come down to stretching into the Cloud compared to its precursor, Windows Vista.
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16.1.2009 Internet Explorer 8 MUI packs for Windows XP, Windows Server 03
As detailed in our previous blog post, the following Internet Explorer MUI packs shipped today.
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17.5.2009The starting gun sounds for the .ASIA domain landrush
Domain registrars are getting ready for what they hope is a high-demand, frantic "landrush" of domain registrations, beginning today as
.asia moves toward becoming the Internet's second regional top-level domain...
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20.02.2008.eu Domain Opens for Business
The European Union's .eu
domain opened for
registrations on Wednesday
morning, with its supporters
hoping the newest
international domain will
boost EU e-commerce. The
launch of the domain ends a
six-year process that began in
1999 and later received the
support of the European
Commission...
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08.12.2005Black Hat: Web browser attack skirts corporate firewall
A 10-year-old security problem
has come back to haunt
corporate IT, a security
researcher told an audience at
the Black Hat conference in
Las Vegas Wednesday.
Dan Kaminsky,
director of penetration
testing for IO Active Inc.,
showed how problems in the way
browser software works with
the Internet's domain name
system could be exploited to
give attackers access to any
resources behind the corporate
firewall.
He described a multi-step
attack that could be used to
scan corporate networks for
data or vulnerabilities. But
at the heart of the attack is
a 1996 paper by Princeton
researchers showing how a Java
applet could be used to access
systems on a victim's
network. "It's one of the
few things that's actually
come back from the dead,"
Kaminsky said.
The fundamental
problem, according to
Kaminsky, is in the way that
Web browser software decides
how to trust other computers.
This decision is based on the
Internet domain name of the
computer, and that DNS (Domain
Name System) information can
be misused, Kaminsky said.
"It's a binding problem,"
he said during an interview
after his talk. "They assume
a value is not changing, but
the attacker can change it
whenever he chooses."..
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02.08.2007Tomorrow, a new top-level domain just for .ME
Those interested in getting a .ME domain name -- perhaps one named just for themselves -- can do so after ICANN, the organization responsible for
overseeing Internet domains, opens up .ME domain registration tomorrow...
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17.07.2008ICANN Says No to '.xxx'
Domain
Internet domain regulator
ICANN voted down a proposal
that would have created a
special domain for adult sites
Wednesday in a nine to five
vote. If approved, the
".xxx" domain would
have created a virtual
"red light district"
on the Web...
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11.05.2006ICANN Approves .tel Domain
ICANN approved the creation of
the .tel top-level domain
Monday, which supporters say
would provide a basis for
navigation and naming of
Internet communications. The
domain will allow the user to
control how they could be
reached via the Web...
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17.05.2006Register your favorite digits now as a URL in the .NU domain
While numerically-named sites such as 123.net and 1337.com already exist, on June 10 the landrush will begin for the .NU domain, an internationalized
name which is being marketed in the US as the "number domain."..
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07.06.2008First 100 .com domains ever registered
The Internet domain game has been going strong for over 20 years. Have you ever thought back and wondered what some of the first domain registrations
were? Surprisingly the first domain name ever registered was symbolics.com. Below you will find the list of the first 100 domain names registered.
If only you were able to predict at that time how vast the internet would expand you could have made loads of money. Simple three letter domain
names now sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars. It's no surprise that the first 100 list is compromised of many large corporations as it
surely cost more than $1.99 to register a domain name in the 1980's.
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05.01.2009Installing GPMC on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1
The Group Policy Management Console is included in Windows Server 2008; however, you must install it before you can use it. The domain controller
promotion process installs GPMC on the server, in addition to adding the domain controller to the domain. Additionally, you can install GPMC on a
member server as long as its a member of the domain. Lets look at two ways to install GPMC on Windows Server 2008 (other than through DCPROMO).
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08.07.2008Mozilla offers temporary fix
for Firefox flaw
Responding to the
disclosure of a serious Web
browser flaw, the Mozilla
Foundation offered on Friday a
temporary fix to protect
Firefox and Mozilla
users.
The
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozi
lla.org/firefox/releases/1.0.6
/patches/307259.xpi]downloadab
le fix protects against
attacks that take advantage of
a new, unpatched flaw that
could let attackers secretly
run malicious software on
users' PCs. The flaw was
disclosed late Thursday by
security researcher Tom
Ferris, sending Mozilla staff
into damage-control
mode.
The problem
has to do with the way the
Firefox and Mozilla browsers
handle International Domain
Names, or IDNs, said Mike
Schroepfer, director of
engineering at Mozilla. IDNs
are domain names that use
local language characters. The
fix disables support for such
Web addresses, he
said.
"This is a
temporary work-around just to
deal with the immediate
issue," Schroepfer said.
"We're working on a future
release in which we will
actually fix the problem and
re-enable the IDN feature."
Switching off IDN support
impacts a subset of Firefox
and Mozilla users who actually
use such special domain names,
he said. ..
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10.09.2005Microsoft's Domain Service
Goes 'Live'
Microsoft said late Tuesday
that its Custom Domains
service had officially
launched, making it the third
Windows Live project to come
out of beta. The service
allows a customer to use a
custom domain name with
Windows Live Mail and Hotmail...
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28.06.2006Microsoft Server and Domain Isolation Demo VHD
Get hands-on experience with Server and Domain Isolation, and learn how this cost-effective end-point authentication solution can help you reduce the
risk of network-based threats and safeguard sensitive data.
This Server and Domain Isolation Demo consist of two different
demonstration scenarios:
- Server and Domain Isolation Demo (Basic)
- Server and Domain Isolation Demo (Advanced)
The
Basic demo shows just Domain Isolation and Server Isolation.
The Advanced demo includes No Fallback Group Isolation, Boundary
Group Isolation and Encryption Group Isolation.
The demonstrations make use of 5 non-persistent virtual machines running Windows
Server 2003 R2 (evaluation copy), but two virtual machines (Cairo and Rome) are configured to use the "Luna" Windows XP Style user interface.
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04.12.2007Domain Name Sells For $2.6m
A US man has sold the domain name pizza.com for $2.6m (£1.3m) - after maintaining the site for just $20 a year since 1994.
Chris Clark, 43, accepted the offer from an anonymous bidder after a week-long online auction. Mr Clark registered the domain name in 1994, when the
world wide web was just starting. He had hoped that pizza.com would help to get a contract with a pizza firm for his consulting company.
He
sold his business in 2000, but kept paying the $20 annual fees for maintaining the domain, which he also used to sell advertisements.
Mr Clark has admitted regretting that he did not purchase more domain names in the 1990s, when many (now) popular domain names were still available.
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05.04.2008Google Fights Domain Name Tasting
Google Inc. announced yesterday that it would begin to take increasing measures against domain name tasting, a practice which exploits a grace period
originally designed to rectify legitimate mistakes, such as registrants mistyping the domain name they are about to buy. With automation and a
burgeoning online advertising market, entrepreneurs have generated big bucks by exploiting this policy to test hoards of names, keeping just the ones
that turn out to generate the most revenue; unfortunately for legitimate users, these entrepreneurs can tie up millions of domain names at any given
moment.
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27.01.2008Network Solutions taken to court over domain 'front-running'
Domain registrar Network Solutions was sued over the practice of "front-running" by a Los Angeles law firm representing domain name trader
Chris McElory...
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27.02.2008New Domain-Based Namespaces On The Way
Things have been a little
quiet around here since we
released Windows Server 2008
Beta 3 (over 250,000 downloads
so far and counting!), so I
wanted to take this chance to
let you know about something
that you'll soon be able to
take advantage of in Windows
Server 2008. The DFS
Namespaces team has let me
know that they are adding
support for domain-based
namespaces that exceed the
previous size recommendation
of 5,000 folders with targets
in a namespace. Starting in
Windows Server 2008, you will
be able to use the DFS
Management snap-in to create a
new domain-based namespace in
one of the following
modes:
- Windows 2000
Server mode provides the same
functionality and scalability
currently available in
namespaces hosted on servers
running Windows 2000 Server or
Windows Server 2003.
- Windows Server 2008 mode
provides increased scalability
and support for access-based
enumeration, which will be
configurable using Dfsutil.
There are now no hard limits
to the size of the namespace “
however, we are currently
running performance tests to
determine guidelines for
sizing these new domain-based
namespaces for practical
performance
considerations.
To create
a domain-based namespace in
Windows Server 2008 mode, your
servers and domain will need
to meet the following
requirements:
- The
domain functional level must
be Windows Server 2008
- All servers hosting the
namespace must run Windows
Server 2008
Stand-alone
namespaces will also benefit
from the underlying DFS
Namespaces changes made in
Windows Server 2008, allowing
stand-alone namespaces hosted
on servers running Windows
Server 2008 to support
access-based enumeration.
Pretty cool,
no? Stay tuned for more
feature update news as we get
ready for our next big
milestone release :-)
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14.08.2007Windows 7: Problem Steps Recorder overview
So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following: Windows 7 beta quick reviewWindows 7: Easy Connect Windows 7: Action Center
Overview Windows 7: User Account Control (UAC) Overview Windows 7: Calibate Your Display Windows 7: Federated Search Windows 7: Device Stage Windows
7: Internet Explorer 8 OverviewOver the next few weeks we will be adding many more focus items on Windows 7 including Touch, Windows 7 networking and
media enhancements. Stay tuned for the ultimate Windows 7 focus from Neowin.net. Here is an overview of Problem Steps Recorder. Microsoft recently
published a demonstration of Problem Steps Recorder (PSR) in action.
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12.01.2009Sunrise begins for .ME domain names
From today until May 20, anyone with a trademark is eligible to apply for a name with the suffix .ME, the assigned top-level domain for the Southern
European nation Montenegro...
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07.05.2008'Sex' is Favorite in Newest
Top Domain
European Union opens
registration for names under
new top-level domain, .eu...
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08.12.2005Microsoft Debuts E-Mail
Hosting Service
Free Web mail with massive
storage may be all the rage,
but Microsoft is taking a
different approach with a new
Windows Live service: bring
your own domain. Users can
point their own domain name at
Microsoft and take advantage
of the company's
infrastructure and online
e-mail interface...
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