Archive for category Windows
Linux ClearOS to rival Microsoft’s SBS
Microsoft has dominated the small enterprise market with its out of the box feature rich SBS (Small Business Server). Linux has always trailed behind it and although most of the technology to rival Microsoft has been in place, it has always been a mammoth task to setup a server from scratch to do that. ClearOS [...]
Microsoft Security patches June 09
Microsoft has released its latest security bulletins covering 31 security vulnerabilities. In a total of 10 bulletins 5 turned out as critical, the highest security rating by Microsoft. See details below:
(extracted from http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-jun.mspx)
MS08-018 (Critical): Fixes two privately reported vulnerabilities in implementations of Active Directory on Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003, and [...]
Windows 7 RC available now
The Release Candidate for Windows 7 is now available to the public. Their servers have been struggling to deal with the demand of downloads according to the ZDnet website. There has been a lot of talk about Windows 7 being the OS that will release Microsoft of the embarrassment of Vista, it’s said to look [...]
IE 8 is ready
Microsoft plans to release today the “final” version of Internet Explorer 8. It won’t be added to Windows update yet but the curious IE user will be able to download it from the official IE website once it’s been released. Officials have said that there are only a few changes between the (RC) version and [...]
Windows 7 with removable IE
Microsoft officials made this public acknowledgment via the Engineering Windows 7 blog on March 6. Jack Mayo, the Group Program Manager for the Documents and Printing team, listed a set of Windows 7 features that will be able to be turned on and off by users after the initial set-up.
Together with Internet Explorer several other [...]
Server 2003 – removable storage database failed to load
When trying to start the Removable Storage Service it may hang and stop responding. You may get the following error messages:
Backup cannot connect to the Removable Storage service. – This service is required for use of tape drives and other backup devices.
REMOVABLE STORAGE – Server Execution failed.
The removable storage database failed to [...]
Important SQL and Exchange Server patches
A security issue has been identified in the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (WMSDE) that could allow an attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it (Bulletin MS09-004), and Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Could Allow Remote Code Execution (Bulletin MS09-003).
The vulnerability in the MS Exchange Server is the most severe, [...]
Synergy – share mouse and keyboard cross platform
Posted by ITechLog in Easy Tips, Linux, Open Source, Windows on January 28th, 2009
Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between
multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its
own display, without special hardware. It’s intended for users
with multiple computers on their desk since each system uses its
own monitor(s).
Redirecting the mouse and keyboard is as simple as moving the mouse
off the edge of your screen. [...]
