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December 2007 - Posts

Happy Holidays & Happy Birthday

The end of the year is upon us.  It seems as though 2007 went by in a blur.  It has definitely been a busy year for us though - and not just on the Performance team.  We've had some tremendous product launches across Microsoft as a whole Read More...
Posted Friday, December 21, 2007 7:11 AM by CC Hameed | 1 Comments
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Understanding Bugchecks

Almost everyone that has ever used Windows has either heard of or experienced a bugcheck - the infamous "Blue Screen of Death."  A system may bugcheck for different reasons, but the bottom line is that the operating system has experienced Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 18, 2007 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 5 Comments

What is the Page File for anyway?

The page file is one of those pieces of the operating system that administrators know that they need to have - but they can't always explain why they need it, or how to accurately size it.  Since Windows 95, Windows-based operating systems have used Read More...
Posted Friday, December 14, 2007 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 20 Comments

BHO's, Security and Shell Extensions

Today we're going to wrap up our overview of Browser Helper Objects with a look at BHO's and Security as well as similarities between BHO's and Shell Extensions.  If you recall from our first post on BHO's , a BHO is an extension to Internet Explorer Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 11, 2007 6:08 AM by CC Hameed | 1 Comments

The Basics of Browser Helper Objects

In our last few posts on Internet Explorer, we've looked at ActiveX Controls.  Today we're going to take a look at the Basics of Browser Helper Objects (BHO's).  We're not going to cover BHO's and Security in this post, that will be covered Read More...
Posted Friday, December 07, 2007 6:00 AM by CC Hameed | 2 Comments

Introduction to ActiveX - Part Three: Security and Security Zones

One of the most common calls that we get relates to the warning dialogs, the "gold bar" message or even the infamous "Red X" image being displayed where the ActiveX control should be loaded.  In some instances, the problem is Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 04, 2007 5:47 AM by CC Hameed | 2 Comments
 
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