Last week I was in New Orleans for TechED North America. I had the privilege of working on the Security and Identity Access stand answering Active Directory related questions. When I was not working on the stand, I managed to attend a few breakout sessions, one of these sessions was by Marcus Murray. If you […]
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UK TechDays and the Red Screen of Death.
April 16, 2010 
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This week saw the UK have its first ever TechDays event (TechDays deliver content similar to that of TechED, but are free and a lot smaller). As part of the TechDays week Microsoft asked community leads such as myself and Mark Wilson to organise Microsoft technology “fringe events”, but what topic do we chose for the fringe event […]
Read moreCritical – Out of Band Security Patch for Internet Explorer 6 and 7
March 30, 2010 0 Comments
There will be a Critical (As the vulnerability allows remote code execution) Out of Band Security Patch for Internet Explorer 6 and 7 later today. Executive Summary Microsoft is investigating new, public reports of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7. Our investigation has shown that the latest version of the browser, Internet Explorer […]
Read moreWindows XP SP2 – The end is nigh.
March 17, 2010 0 Comments
This year there are a few versions of Windows which will go out of support. If you continue to use these version of Windows beware; it is effectively be the same as driving a Ford Capri around town; it works, everyone of a certain age knows what it is, but good luck if it goes wrong. Windows 2000 Professional […]
Read moreFree Event: Windows Crash Dump Analysis and Windows Performance Troubleshooting and Analysis
March 9, 2010 0 Comments
The [WSUG] Windows Server User Group that I run with Mark Wilson has the pleasure of hosting Dan Pearson, from David Solomon’s Expert Seminars, http://www.solsem.com/ Dan is in London teaching the week of TechDays UK and has kindly agreed to present on the evening of Tuesday 13th April (18:30-21:00 at Microsoft, Cardinal Place, London) to the community. […]
Read moreMicrosoft Security Compliance Manager (BETA)
February 11, 2010 0 Comments
This week see’s the beta of ”Microsoft Security Compliance Manager (SCM)” released, the tool will enable you to view, update, and export security baselines for the following Microsoft products. Internet Explorer 8 Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 Windows 7 Windows Server 2003 SP2 Windows Server 2008 SP2 Windows Vista SP2 Windows XP SP3 I have not had a chance […]
Read moreWindows antivirus exclusions
February 8, 2010 1 Comment
All Windows Operating systems in my opinion should run antivirus and malware software, which should be regularly updated to counteract the threat that malicious code can pose. Many corporations in my experience simple install the anti-virus application; then configure the virus signature updates and believe that that they are done – but there is a small oversight – certain […]
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