June, 2005

Maybe not as monumental as Charles Kurault or Phish, but Windows x64 has logged many a mile in the past months. If you haven't see the show in person, there's still five more U.S. cities left in the AMD/Microsoft Tech Tour. If you missed out on Route64, and you're an ISV or integrator partner, keep an eye out for a new Windows x64 Fastlane Kit for Partners....

I thought I would share a little story about my HUGE security oversight with my home SBS 2003 system. I thought it might be good to both to educate and to elucidate how easy it can be to compromise a system. (when you don’t pay attention) I should preface...

Following up on Joseph’s post last week, some first-time customers of Windows Server Update Services have asked something to the effect of "why can’t I see patches for Office and SQL Server?" Be assured, they’re there as this screen capture shows. ...

Hello - I ’m Joseph Dadzie, group program manager for Software Distribution technologies in the Windows Server team. My team is currently responsible for the infrastructure behind Windows Update and Microsoft Update, the Windows Server Update Services...

It's with The Scan in mind that I decided to piece together the following quilt of 64bit industry news from this week....

Tom Henderson of Network World recently completed testing of X64 Windows in SSL Kernel Mode against other 64-bit OSes. The tests clearly indicate that the x64 editions of Windows Server 2003 show a 15-20% performance advantage over these other 64-bit...