• Pre-warning: Windows Server 2003 SP1 Out of Support in April

    During Conficker we realized that a lot of customers are on unsupported OSs. I would like to draw your attention to a few things: There is a webpage called Microsoft Support Lifecycle where you find all the information on the lifecycle of our products...
  • The Windows 7 UAC “Vulnerability”

    It is always interesting how some things spin off. The claimed UAC vulnerability in Windows 7 in one of those events. There are numerous blogs which claim that they found a huge vulnerability in Windows 7. The reason for that is that you can change the...
  • Both Sides of the Windows 7 UAC Problem

    I have to come back to the UAC problem again. I just read a good article from Larry Seltzer on eWeek.com: Both Sides of the Win7 UAC Problem I think it is one of the first one I read, which takes the emotions out of the discussion and tries to understand...
  • UAC in Windows 7: The “Final” Decision

    Jon and Steven released another blog post on UAC and explained their decision how to change things : They start with the risk of blogging: When we started the “E7” blog we were both excited and also a bit uneasy. The excitement is obvious. The unease...
  • Security Compliance Management Toolkit

    A few days ago, we released the Security Compliance Management Toolkit. I think that this toolkit might definitely help you to secure your environment and monitor it against a security baseline Security Compliance Management Toolkit Series Roger