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I just had to perform a reinstall of WindowsXP (expect a rant about a bad install experience when I get round to it - though I blame the OEM) and was pleasntly suprised at some of the stuff going on on Windows Update. The first was that Silverlight 1.0 was being pushed out. This is a great way to spread it to the masses. The next step is to make it high priority so that it gets pushed out via Automatic Update. The second was in among all the Windows security updates was an Adobe update for Flash Player. It's great to see microsoft beging to push third party software (not hardware) updates out over Windows update - something I've seen asked for many times here. :D More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Hello guys :)! Does anyone know if SilverLight supports CodeDom? I don't have it installed on this computer, that's why I'm asking. Thanks - Roman More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

The IE Cumulative Security Update for April 2008 is now available via Windows Update. Alternatively, you can receive this and all other Microsoft updates via the new Microsoft Update. I encourage you to upgrade to Microsoft Update if you haven’t already to ensure that you receive the latest updates for all Microsoft products. This update addresses 1 remote code execution vulnerabilities. This security update addresses this vulnerability by modifying the way Internet Explorer handles HTML and validates data. For detailed information on the contents of this update, please see the following documentation: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-024 Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 947864This update is rated “Critical” for IE5.01, IE6 Service Pack 1 on Windows 2000, IE6 on Windows XP, IE7 on Windows XPSP2 and IE7 in Windows Vista, IE6 on Windows Server 2003, and IE7 on Windows Server 2003. As a reminder, IE security updates are cumulative and contain all previously released updates for each version of Internet Explorer. I encourage everybody to download this security update and other non-IE security updates via Windows Update or Microsoft Update. Windows users are also strongly encouraged to configure their systems for automatic updates to keep their systems current with the latest updates from Microsoft. Terry McCoy Program Manager Internet Explorer Security http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8369377 More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

The IE Automatic Component Activation (IE ACA) update is now available as part of the April 2008 Internet Explorer Cumulative Update. The "click to activate" behavior, formerly required for ActiveX controls embedded in some webpages, is now permanently removed from Internet Explorer. For detailed information on IE ACA, see our blog post from last November announcing this update. This update replaces the IE ACA previews released in December 2007 and February 2008. Thanks, Jefferson Fletcher Product Manager http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8369411 More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Hi, I’m Eric Lawrence from the Internet Explorer Security Team. With the RSA security conference kicking off this week, I wanted to start sharing more information about the security features and benefits of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1. Over the next several weeks, we’ll blog in greater detail about some of the security improvements in Beta 1, such as the new Safety Filter, greater control over ActiveX controls, and new AJAX features for safer mashups (XDomainRequest and XDM). This is not a complete list of our security investments for the release; we will have more to talk about during future milestones. Internet Explorer 8 security features target three major sources of security exploits: social engineering, Web server, and browser-based vulnerabilities. This post will cover IE8 Data Execution Prevention (DEP), a feature that mitigates browser-based vulnerabilities. DEP/NX Memory Protection in Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 7 on Windows Vista introduced an off-by-default Internet Control Panel option to “Enable memory protection to help mitigate online attacks.” This option is also referred to as Data Execution Prevention (DEP) or No-Execute (NX). We have enabled this option by default for Internet Explorer 8 on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 and later. DEP/NX helps to foil attacks by preventing code from running in memory that is marked non-executable. DEP/NX, combined with other technologies like Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR), make it harder for attackers to exploit certain types of memory-related vulnerabilities like buffer overruns. Best of all, the protection applies to both Internet Explorer and the add-ons it loads. No additional user interaction is required to provide this protection, and no new prompts are introduced. DEP/NX Compatibility For Internet Explorer 7, DEP/NX was disabled by default for compatibility reasons. Several popular add-ons were not compatible with DEP/NX and would crash when Internet Explorer loaded them with DEP/NX enabled. The most common problem was that these add-ons were built using an older version of the ATL library. Before version 7.1 SP1, ATL relied upon dynamically generated code in a way not compatible with DEP/NX. While developers of many popular add-ons have since released updated extensions compatible with DEP/NX, some add-ons may not be updated before Internet Explorer 8 becomes available. Fortunately, new DEP/NX APIs have been added to Windows Server 2008 and recent Windows Service Packs to enable use of DEP/NX while retaining compatibility with older ATL versions. These new APIs allow Internet Explorer to opt-in to DEP/NX without causing add-ons built with older versions of ATL to crash. In rare cases where an add-on is not DEP/NX compatible for reasons other than outdated ATL usage, a group policy option will be available to allow an organization to opt-out of DEP/NX for Internet Explorer until an updated version of the broken add-on can be deployed. Local Administrators can control DEP/NX by running Internet Explorer as an Administrator and unchecking the Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > “Enable memory protection to help mitigate online attacks” option. Checking Your Protection You can see which processes are protected by DEP/NX on Windows Vista Task Manager’s Process tab; on earlier versions of Windows, you can use Process Explorer. In either case, ensure that the “Data Execution Prevention box” is checked in the View > Select Columns menu. Developer Call to Action If you build Internet Explorer add-ons, you can help ensure users enjoy a smooth upgrade to IE8 by taking the following steps today: If your code depends on older versions of ATL, please rebuild it with ATL v7.1 SP1 or later (Visual Studio 2005 includes ATL 8.0) Set the /NXCompat linker option to indicate that your extension is compatible with DEP/NX Test your code with DEP/NX enabled using IE8 Beta 1 on Windows Vista SP1. (Alternatively, test with IE7 on Windows Vista after enabling the DEP/NX option. To enable DEP/NX for IE7: Run IE as an administrator, then set the appropriate checkbox in the Tools > Internet Options > Advanced tab) Opt your code into other available defenses like stack defense (/GS), safe exception handling (/SafeSEH), and ASLR (/DynamicBase)Thanks for your help in securing the web! Eric Lawrence Program Manager http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8369381 More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

To research for LCD technologies that you can take out in daylight? 3 letters? 4 letters? I'm not afraid. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

On this episode of TechNet Radio, we talk with customers at the April 1 Heroes Happen Here launch event in Seattle, WA. Tune in and hear what attendees are excited about and what you can expect at a launch event in your area. We also have our April 2008 Security Bulletin. Eric Ostrowski - Your Show Host and TechNet Radio Producer Tim Rains - Trustworthy Computing, Senior Public Relations Manager Bill Sisk – Trustworthy Computing, Response Communications Manager Participants at Launch in Seattle – Craig Murchie, Victor Alcantara, Christopher Siner, Joseph Stewart, Jon Ruiz, Joanie Rhine, Joel Schoenberg, Dennis O’Shields, Duane Morrison, Richard Davis, Kevin Zhang * Listen to the podcast(MP3) Listen to the podcast(WMA) More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

No, this isn't a "I'm leaving C9 thread"... This is a "My iPod decided to die" thread. My iPod in the middle of restarting it, decided not to turn back on....at all. Connecting it to my Mac, nothing...Connecting it to my car stereo...nothing...so I call Apple Care Support... Apple Care: "...yeeeaaaah, we're starting to see them with the first generation touches and phones that it's happening..." Me: OK, so what do I have to do? Apple Care: "Well, here is a case number, take the device into your nearest Apple store, they'll try to take a look at it and see if it works...or that they can get it to work...if not they'll do a one for one swap..." Me: OK, how long will it take for them to swap it out? Apple Care: "Well depending on how long it takes for them to look at the device...it's up to how busy they are...you'd have to call them" <I call nearest Apple Store> Me: I have a case number from Apple Support, and my iPod Touch wont even turn on....how long does it take to look at just incase it would be better for me to ship it back. Apple Store: "it'll take about 10 minutes..." Me: OK, well if it doesn't turn on...what is your guys policy? Apple Store: "Well if it doesn't turn on for us, and we have them in stock, we'll just hand you a new one" Me: Really? When can I come in? I need it to be a weekend though? Apple Store: "Um, Saturday morning? After 9...." So come this weekend I'll be one of the first people in line waiting for the store to open...and hopefully, 11 minutes later I'll be walking out...how about that for service....my iPod turned out to be a comon focal point of things I do in my life...and as it turns out...it just might be again....sad, I know. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

http://ms-os.com/ SYS-CON Media <img alt="" height="1" width="1"> CommVault Simpana Software Suite Supports Microsoft Virtualization ... SYS-CON Media, NJ - 24 minutes ago CommVault announced that the CommVault Simpana software suite also supports Windows Server 2008. CommVault and Microsoft customers will be able to better ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

out of the blue Excel wont open (although word. PPT, outlook all do. i search title error - this comes up: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/812486 I followed the instructions but there is no myservice.key (CurrentControlSet\Services\MyService key.) Ive looked for Excel in the list... any ideas? More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Update: Somehow "User Files" got turned off in my Desktop Icon Settings. Maybe I accidentally did a fancy keystroke? I was working on the computer one day (In Photoshop, I think), when (for some unknown reason), my desktop flickered, and all icons with the exception of my Recycling Bin vanished. I think, oh, maybe I need to "show desktop icons", but it was already checked. Just to be safe, I unchecked, and rechecked - still no icons. Did they get moved off the screen? I turned on "Auto arrange" - still no icons. WTF!? Where are my icons? Did they all get deleted? I navigate to my desktop in windows explorer, and whammo, they are ALL THERE. I've even used the old "reboot" trick - no help at all. http://www.sampsonresume.com/desktops/ghost-icons.jpg More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Does somebody know how I can cancel the subscription for my XNA on the xbox? They require me to call an US number from Europe. Is that the only way? I mean I wrote to the Live support and they ask me to call the american number... seems odd to me! If I don't cancel my subscription gets automatically renewed, which I don't want... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Sean O'Driscoll, a General Manager for Community Support and the MVP Program at Microsoft, is interviewed by Ken Levy discussing the history, current state, and future of Microsoft MVPs and the MVP Program. For the past 5 years, Sean has been responsible for the MVP Program which now includes about 4,000 MVPs worldwide. Microsoft MVPs (Most Valuable Professionals) are a select group of experts representing technology's best and brightest people who share a commitment to community. For more information about the MVP Program, refer to http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/. Listen to the podcast(MP3) Listen to the podcast(WMA) Download the Video Watch the Video More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

...being a fad and all? Don't know about anyone else but I went to it quite a bit in the beginning, but I now find I might hit it once a week. Why? There's nothing there. Have co-workers on Facebook, doesn't matter since I see them every day. Have family on Facebook, again I see them avery day. And any 'other' friends on there I see just as often in real life as I do on a Facebook posting or something. Is Facebook as empty to others as well as it seems to be to myself? Or are others getting more out of it? More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Is anyone else having problems with seeing video's on channel 10.* I know I'm at work and they have completely dorked my system (a rant for another day) but I can see channel 9 fine.* Everytime the web site returns 2 errors and when I tried to contact channel 10 I got this error! If anyone else has had this problem and*knows a work around let me know.* *Server Error in '/' Application. Exception of type 'System.OutOfMemoryException' was thrown. Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. Exception Details: System.OutOfMemoryException: Exception of type 'System.OutOfMemoryException' was thrown. Source Error: An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below. Stack Trace: [OutOfMemoryException: Exception of type 'System.OutOfMemoryException' was thrown.] EvNet.Web.Pages.Contact.SendButton_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) +0 System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton.OnClick(EventArgs e) +90 System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +76 System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton.System.Web.UI.IPostBackEventHandler.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +7 System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler sourceControl, String eventArgument) +11 System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(NameValueCollection postData) +177 System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +1746 Version Information:*Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.1433; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.1433 More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Microsoft Fixes Vista SP1 Prerequisite Windows IT Pro, CO - 26 minutes ago The resumption of this download means that millions of additional Windows Vista owners will begin receiving Vista SP1 automatically via Windows Update in ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

I picked up a new wireless mouse over the weekend. Just to make sure it played nicely with Vista, I made certain to purchase a Microsoft mouse that clearly displayed the "Vista Ready" certificate on the box. Got home, threw the Driver CD installation disk in the drive and plugged the receiver into a free usb slot. Everything worked great! Wow! Awesome! But not really... Now I am noticing that my screensaver will not kick on. Checked for updates.. nothing... Seriously, I am starting to really think about switching to another platform. One issue after another, it's getting rather tiresome. I want to buy something, turn it on and have it work. Some Links I have found, don't know if applies to my situation or not, but I am guessing so: http://kbalertz.com/913405/screen-saver-start-after-install-Wireless-Optical-Desktop-device.aspx http://www.windows-now.com/blogs/chris123nt/archive/2006/08/22/16621.aspx How in the hell do you put a Vista logo on a piece of hardware that you know has issues with Vista? At least update the damn driver cd that's included with the mouse. // You're breaking my balls MS, my balls, you're breaking them. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

http://ms-os.com/ dBTechno <img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Microsoft Fixes Major Reboot Bug In Vista SP1 dBTechno, MA - 12 minutes ago Microsoft updated the Windows Update Product Team blog on Monday, stating that the problem has been fixed, and started from a series of unknown and rare ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Hi, I would like to know if i can update an elements value in an existing XML file using XMLTextWriter. Without using XMLDocument (DOM) More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Did Bill Gates reveal early Windows 7 debut? Seattle Post Intelligencer - Apr 4, 2008 There are currently no comments for this blog entry. Violating our Terms of Service may result in your post being removed. selected text -- Display ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Vista users freed from reboot hell ComputerworldUK, UK - 26 minutes ago By Gregg Keizer, Computerworld Microsoft is to resume automatic distribution of a Windows Vista update that two months ago sent some users' PCs into an ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

http://ms-os.com/ Techtree.com <img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Microsoft Fixes Vista SP1 Reboot Bug Techtree.com, India - 6 minutes ago Yesterday in a blog post on its Windows Update Product Team blog, Microsoft said that the problem with the SSU stemmed from 'a few unknown and rare events' ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Hi, Ihave one native c++ (created in VC++ 6.0 (MFC dll). I want to use thisdll in my C# ASP .net project. So, what I did is created a wrapperclass(dll) for the native dll in Vc++ .net (class library project). Now,I added this dll in my project through add reference method and wasable to succesfully add it in my project. But, when I tried to importthe namespace using Using xxx (I am unable to find the namespace of thedll in the intellisense). However, I can see the namespace, its classesand methods in the object browser. I even typed it but when i build itthrows error "Error*** 1*** The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)" But you can see that dll info in object browser. However, I am able to add this dll in windows application. ** *** *Plz help. Without this I cant proceed into my project. More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Vista users freed from reboot hell Techworld.com, UK - 25 minutes ago By Gregg Keizer, Computerworld Microsoft is to resume automatic distribution of a Windows Vista update that two months ago sent some users' PCs into an ... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds

Please i need to create a Master-Detail report in RS, that is the first record in the master query is displayed then all its related records from the Detail query, the second record from Master... and so on.. how can i do this? can i have any workthrough? i tried the subreport but seems i didnt catch the correct way to implement it, the subreport expected the sum of the master table IDs as a parameter while it should consider each ID from the master and repeats itself for each ID... More... View All Our Microsoft Related Feeds