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November 2008

Updated Blog Software

November 18, 2008

We have updated our blog. We now have a full text search, a mailing list (so you can be notified when new articles are published, software released, etc)…and now you can comment on articles – something many of you have been requesting over and over. If you have been using a RSS reader to subscribe, [...]

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Delete Auto-Complete Items in Outlook 2007

November 18, 2008

From time to time I have accidentally typed in the wrong address in Outlook. To make matters worse the wrong email address comes up every time when I start typing. I searched for quite some time trying to figure out how to remove items from the list – until finally I discovered the obvious. To [...]

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Get ZoneAlarm Pro free – Next Tuesday

November 17, 2008

On Tuesday (November 18th) The ZoneAlarm Pro firewall software will be free for 24 hours. It is in celebration of Check Point’s 15th anniversary. ZoneAlarm Pro is an antispyware, firewall, and ID protection suite that normally costs $39.95. At 6 AM PDT, Tuesday morning this page: http://download.zonealarm.com/bin/free/sum/index.html Will become live and provide instructions for downloading [...]

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AVG giving out free subscriptions

November 16, 2008

Earlier this week I wrote about how AVG prompted for the removal of a critical windows file. This was due to an invalid signature that made User32.dll look like a virus, when it wasn’t. If you “Healed” the file, Windows would no longer boot. On Thrusday, AVG announced: “As a follow-up to the rapid distribution [...]

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Windows 2008 R2 – 32 bit support optional

November 14, 2008

I have been digging up as much information possible about Windows 2008 R2. Mostly because I fear that Windows 7, and 2008 R2 will be another smack down for us in regard to application compatibility. According to a Windows 2008 server blog: WoW64 support for 32bit applications is now an optional feature in Server Core [...]

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Verizon to sell BlackBerry Storm for under $200

November 13, 2008

In their quest to compete with the iPhone, Research In Motion has developed the BlackBerry storm. For quite some time BlackBerry has had a grip on the corporate environment. That was starting to fall apart with the iPhone. We can attest to that from our own informal sampling here. For a long time we would [...]

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The security hole that took 7 years to patch

November 13, 2008

Microsoft has recently released patch MS08-068 – Another SMB remote code execution bug. It allows anyone who exploits the flaw to take control of that computer. If you have not gotten the patch yet – I would get it as soon as you can. The disturbing part is that Microsoft knew about this flaw as [...]

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Parallels 4.0 Released

November 12, 2008

VMWare’s competitor, Parallels, has just released 4.0 of their Virtualization product. It is a Mac only product, but many Windows users (like me) only use Windows in a virtual environment on a Mac. From Parallels, here is a list of new features:Redesigned User Interface – provides quick access to all virtual machines. Parallels Desktop 4.0 [...]

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AVG Virus Scanner Removes Critical Windows File

November 11, 2008

Yesterday the AVG virus scanner accidentally marked User32.dll as a virus. Since this is a critical windows component, it has caused many machines not to boot. Two of our XP machines experienced the issue here, but it has not seemed to have bothered our Vista installs. This happened because their scanner contained an incorrect virus [...]

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Windows 2008 R2 Sneak Peak

November 11, 2008

Microsoft has announced some of the new features of 2008 R2, a server update that will coincide with the release of Windows 7. Starting with R2 all server releases from Microsoft will be 64 bit only. From this point on Microsoft will no longer ship a 32 bit server OS. One of the more interesting [...]

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