Microsoft Admits Problem with Blockbuster Patch

Microsoft on Wednesday night acknowledged that its massive April 13 security patch was causing serious problems in some Windows 2000 systems. 04/29/2004

Inside Windows XP SP2 Security Enhancements

Control of external connections made easier through Windows Firewall. 04/28/2004

ISA Server 2004 to Launch at TechEd

Microsoft confirmed on Wednesday that it will launch Internet Security & Acceleration Server 2004 at its annual TechEd conference, which is being held this year in San Diego the week of May 24. 04/28/2004

Citrix Updates MetaFrame Access Suite

Citrix Systems on Tuesday updated its MetaFrame Access Suite, which bundles Citrix' flagship MetaFrame Presentation Server with three other products for managing access to enterprise applications. applications. 04/27/2004

Optimizing Exchange Memory Usage

How Exchange 2000 is like your two-year-old. 04/27/2004

Stand-Alone Active Directory Downloaded 15,000 Times

Microsoft's stand-alone version of Active Directory has gained some modest traction in its eight-month lifespan. 04/26/2004

Books: Develop Web Solutions With VB.NET

VB.NET offers an improved palette for creating Web-based software. Programming the Web with Visual Basic .NET is a complete reference book that gives you all the info you need. 04/26/2004

The Active Directory of the Future

The three key areas of Active Directory development that Microsoft is focused on for that next big server release are adding new security capabilities, adding new management capabilities and improving the ease of use of the directory service. 04/26/2004

Troubleshooting Tips: Get to Know FRS

Healthy FRS means healthy Group Policy. 04/26/2004

NT User Base Slowly But Surely Graduating to Active Directory

Recent survey research by ENTmag.com is consistent with statements from Microsoft officials and industry analysts -- Active Directory is building significant momentum among the Windows user base. 04/26/2004

Knock, Knock, But No One's Home

Quick way to check out why a Web page isn't responsive. 04/25/2004

Seriously, Least Access

Run legacy apps without hitting the security barrier. 04/23/2004

Texas D.A. Won't Prosecute Alleged Braindumper

Judge orders assets returned; Microsoft considering civil charges. 04/23/2004

Quest Updates ActiveGroups

Quest Software this week released a new version of its tool for automatically generating and maintaining distribution lists and groups within Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory. 04/22/2004

Microsoft: EC Ruling Will Affect Companies Outside Software Industry

Microsoft outlined some of its objections to the European Commission's ruling and penalties in the antitrust case with a seven-page paper that attempts to argue the Commission's actions represent a broader threat to other companies and industries. 04/22/2004

Assessing Your Desktop Support Skills

Microsoft, MeasureUp team up to provide desktop support assessments. 04/22/2004

HP Ships 4-way, Opteron-based Server

HP on Wednesday began shipping its first four-way server based on the AMD Opteron processor, AMD's 64-bit server processor that uses the x86 instruction set. 04/21/2004

Siebel 7.7 Welded to Microsoft Technologies

The release on Wednesday of the latest version of the Siebel CRM application suite highlights the ongoing coopetition between Siebel and Microsoft. 04/21/2004

Exploits Available for Several Microsoft Vulnerabilities

Public exploits, which are often the precursors to widespread worm attacks, have appeared in the last week for several of the vulnerabilities that Microsoft unveiled and patched last week in its blockbuster security bulletin release. 04/21/2004

OneNote Gets New Features in SP1

OneNote 2003, Microsoft's six-month-old note-taking addition to the Office family, will get a series of new features in a service pack that Microsoft previewed Tuesday. 04/20/2004

Server Coexistence

Who gave this reader the silly idea that Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 can't live within the same domain? 04/20/2004

Microsoft Settles Class-Action Lawsuit in Minnesota

Microsoft is moving to settle a class-action antitrust lawsuit with consumers in Minnesota, one of a handful of remaining states where Microsoft has not yet settled lawsuits alleging the company abused its desktop OS monopoly to overcharge for software. 04/20/2004

Dell Rides Booming PC Market in Q1

Dell recaptured the lead from HP for total worldwide PC shipments in the first quarter of 2004, a period when the overall PC market saw double-digit growth on strong U.S. and European demand, according to IDC. 04/20/2004

Trustworthy Computing Isn't Just for Microsoft

It takes two to make the security world go round. 04/19/2004

SSL Vulnerability Affects Tens of Thousands of Sites

A newly disclosed remote execution flaw involving Secure Sockets Layer encryption puts tens of thousands of Web-facing servers at risk of being taken over by attackers, according to Internet researchers at Netcraft. 04/15/2004

Lindows Changes Name to Linspire

Linux desktop provider Lindows, entangled in a long-running legal dispute with Microsoft over the similarity to the Windows trademark, is changing its product name to Linspire. 04/15/2004

Windows XP SP2 Release Candidate Patched

Microsoft has taken the unusual step of patching release candidate testing software by issuing three critical patches for Windows XP Service Pack 2 RC1. 04/15/2004

Microsoft JVM Gets Support Extension

Business Objects Updates ETL Tool

Business Objects SA unveiled a new version of its Data Integrator data warehousing tool this month. Company officials say Data Integrator 6.5 boasts a bevy of goodies, including new change-capture features for Oracle databases and optional data quality capabilities via an agreement with Firstlogic. 04/14/2004

New Outlook-to-Domino Connector Posted

Microsoft updated a free software add-on this week that allows the Microsoft Outlook client to connect to IBM's Lotus Domino messaging and collaboration servers. 04/14/2004

Microsoft Releases Patches for a Raft of Critical Vulnerabilities

Microsoft on Tuesday had its biggest patch release day since instituting its monthly patching cycle in October, addressing 20 security vulnerabilities in several versions of Windows. Eight of the flaws represented critical security problems. 04/13/2004

The Island Effect

Reader has trouble with DCs looking within when doing DNS lookups. 04/13/2004

Intel Releases Less Expensive Itanium 2 Processors

Intel took a step toward its goal of bringing pricing of 64-bit Itanium 2 processor-based systems in line with its 32-bit Xeon processor-based systems on Tuesday with the unveiling of two new Itanium 2 processors. 04/13/2004

Survey: Security, Active Directory Drive Windows 2003 Plans

Using RPC Over HTTP

Specifics help build security. 04/12/2004

Reminder: Developer Exams in Beta Next Week

Qualified MCSD candidates can take new security-based developer exams for free; exams set for April 21 beta testing. 04/12/2004

Security, Security, Security

Ports are a good way in, and often remain unchecked. 04/09/2004

Kentucky Schools Upgrade Finished

Completed: Kentucky Education migrates, streamlines NT 4.0 systems to Windows Server 2003. 04/07/2004

Windows 2003 Storage Add-Ons Coming

Broadening its commitment to the use of its platform for increasingly sophisticated storage scenarios, Microsoft this week unveiled several new Windows Server 2003 add-ons. 04/07/2004

Microsoft Kicks Off Massive Security Training Push

NEW YORK -- Microsoft kicked off its 20-city, two-month security tour this week with back-to-back summits here. 04/07/2004

Office 2004 for Mac to RTM Soon

Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac will be released to manufacturing on April 14, Microsoft said this week. General availability is planned for the third week in May. 04/07/2004