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How to toggle Aero Glass on and off in Windows Vista
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over 7 years ago
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Steve Lamb
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Thanks to Robert McLaws for commenting on this post to correct me - the following information is obsolete - please ignore! Very weird I know but the key combination you need to switch Aero Glass on / off (given that your system's configured for Aero...
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How to project or use an external monitor from Windows Vista whilst running Aero Glass
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over 7 years ago
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I'm still struggling with this one. If you know of a reliable way to project or use an external monitor from Windows Vista Beta 2 with Aero Glass then please hit the comment button. I realise that most of you probably haven't had time / access to the...
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How to restore the display on Windows Vista following hibernation
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over 7 years ago
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OK so there is a minor practical problem with Windows Vista in it's current Beta form - if you suspend or hibernate your system the display doesn't come back up (on my machine anyway). Thanks to James for sharing with me the tip to get it to come back...
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How to get Aero Glass working on Windows Vista Beta 2
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over 7 years ago
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As many of you know Aero Glass is the name given to the beautiful high-end interface of Windows Vista. As we've released Beta 2 (build 5384.4) to MSDN (and very soon to TechNet - this delta will dissapear very soon) then many of you will be able to install...
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What makes Windows Vista more secure than Windows XP? Here's a white paper that gives an overview of the security features of Windows Vista
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over 7 years ago
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Thanks to Michael Howard for posting about " Windows Vista Security Enhancements ". Michael's post links to a white paper that gives a relatively high level technical overview of the security systems of Windows Vista. The paper titled "Microsoft Windows...
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Announcing TechEd for Developers and TechEd for Infrastructure (ITForum) including an early bird discount
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over 7 years ago
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TechEd for Developers and TechEd for IT Pros (Infrastructure - formely known as ITForum) are ready for early registration - if you register before 31st July 2006 you'll receive an early bird discount. The developer oriented sessions run from the 7th...
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It's amazing quite how much Spam's out there
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over 7 years ago
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According to Postini 73% of e-mail is spam!
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They've Stolen our Minis! - introducing Partner Technical Specialist Television (PTS-TV)
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over 7 years ago
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Those of you who read about our GetSafeOnline roadtrip (back in November 2005) may recall that we toured the country (actually England & Scotland) in ten branded Minis. We visited twelve Cities in ten days with the aim of spreading the word to the...
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Announcing the new "BlogFather"!!
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over 7 years ago
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OK so this has nothing whatsoever to do with Security but it's Friday afternoon and I want to share with you the wonderful term " BlogFather" - it made me laugh when I read it . The Internet Explorer team blog is about to be lead by Anurag as Al's moving...
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Microsoft intend to acquire Whale Communications - they're a "leading provider of SSL VPN" technologies
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over 7 years ago
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Steve Lamb
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Our PressPass announcement provides more information about the stated intent to acquire Whale Communications . Whale Communications are well known as a provider of SSL VPN and Application Security Technologies. What's your view about the role of...
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When is Kim Cameron speaking in London about Identity Management?
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over 7 years ago
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Following Rafal's excellent Identity Management event in Reading today many people asked when they could hear from Kim Cameron in person - as I mentioned Kim's kindly agreed to speak at our Security Summit in London on the 5th July . As is the norm with...
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Our Cat Killed the TV - why we're not going HD
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over 7 years ago
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Steve Lamb
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Whilst we were on holiday a few weeks ago one of our cats was sick INTO the back of our television! She likes to sit up there as it's nice and warm. Fortunately she wasn't hurt though the TV faired less well. We were left with a dilema as we had to...
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How does InfoCard work? Here's a link to a technical video that explains all
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over 7 years ago
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Browse to the Channel9 InfoCard video - it's an hour long and promises the following Nigel Watling, InfoCard Technical Evangelist, leads an in depth discussion of how InfoCard works, how it's designed (and why) and how it will evolve in the future...
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How can I get hold of Windows Vista Beta software? How much is TechNet Plus?
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over 7 years ago
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Following my post about recent builds of Windows Vista I received a comment from hir8er pertaining to frustration about the cost or difficulty of getting hold of the Beta software. This is the only blog post I've written over the last couple of years...
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We're getting really close to Beta 2 of Windows Vista - I've moved across to one of the latest builds
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over 7 years ago
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I'm on 5353 which is really stable - so much so I've moved to it for my production system. Having said that the official advice remains "this is a test build and therefore shouldn't be relied upon in production". I like living on "the bleading edge of...
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Introducing the idea of a "JourneyThrough" a new technology
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over 7 years ago
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"JourneyThrough" is a term I made up last week to signify a way of linking a series of blog entries to take the reader on a journey to introduce a new technology. The idea being that the audience may be entirely new to a technology (in the dark) and that...
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How to simplify the creation and maintenance of Internet Protocol (IPsec) security filters in a Windows Server 2003-based environment
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over 7 years ago
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There's a new hotfix for IPsec that makes life much easier for those of you who are interested in taking advantage of network traffic signing encryption and filtering. IPsec is a great way to enforce trust boundaries between groups of Server and Domains...
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Why do we treat Trust as a Binary property?
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over 7 years ago
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In security circles we tend to view Trust as a Binary property - either we trust someone or we don't. Our application of security controls tends to mirror this. Surely we should reflect that there are degrees of trust. I trust a very small number of intimate...
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Webcast showing how to make the most of Internet Security and Acceleration Server to bolster your perimeter defences
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over 7 years ago
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Richard Warren's session titled "Leveraging your Active Directory for Perimeter Defence" is available for free viewing - just follow the link. The session was described as follows: "This session highlights the advantages of using Internet Security...
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The Microsoft Network Access Protection (NAP) Team have a blog at last
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over 7 years ago
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Thanks to Jeffrey Centex for posting about the NAP team's blog . There are some interesting posts discussing Network Access Protection (NAP) including comment from the RSA Security show.
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Where can I find out about Phishing trends and combat measures?
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over 7 years ago
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The Anti-Phishing Working group site is an excellent resource as it contains details of everything you (OK most people!) could ever want to know about Phishing. The site includes an interesting paper titled " Online Identity Theft: Phishing Technology...
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Michael Howard's written another book - this time on the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL)
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over 7 years ago
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I'm really pleased to let you know that Michael Howard and Steve Lipner (both Microsoft security experts) have written a book detailing the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL). If it's half as good as "Writing Secure Code" then it'll be well worth a...
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Over the next few week's I'll teach you all about Network Access Protection
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over 7 years ago
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Over the coming weeks I'm embarking on a journey through the wonders and mysteries of Windows Vista's Network Access Protection (NAP). All of the content for this journey will be tagged as "JourneyThrough: Network Access Protection". Through a series...
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The InfoSec slides ARE NOW available - broken links are now fixed
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over 7 years ago
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Browse here to access the slides yourself. This follows yesterday's post which indicated that the links were broken - thanks to Craig et al who verified the problem.
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Where can I download the Microsoft Security Academy slides for InfoSec 2006?
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over 7 years ago
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Click here to download all presentations as used for InfoSec 2006's Microsoft Security Academy. The content includes the following: Secure Messaging (PowerPoint document - 2.1 Mb) Secure against Malware (PowerPoint document - 4.0 Mb) Securing the...
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