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- Installing Web plug-ins as a Vista non-administrative user
- On a fresh installation of Windows Vista, we took screen shots when it came time to install Adobe's Flash plug-in into Internet Explorer for the first time. The sequence is especially interesting given Microsoft's emphasis on using Windows Vista as a non-administrative or "Lesser Privileged User" LPU. Why? Because our...
- Image galleries 2007-02-06
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- Critical Adobe Shockwave flaw affects millions
- Critical Adobe Shockwave flaw affects millionsAnotherIt seems everytime I turn around now Adobe is having a critical flaw in one program or another. If it weren't for PDF files I think even acrobat would be gone.Windows Update...Microsoft should be working with Adobe to get this crap patched via Windows...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-24
- Using Vista (or plan to use it)? Then try your hardest to run it as a non-administrative user first
- In response to yesterdays blog about whether or not Vistas tightened security could mean additional friction in the Web experience that Vista users will encounter, my fellow blogger George Ou first responded that the average user doesnt default to a non-administrative user or "limited user account" LUA but also took...
- Blog posts 2007-02-23
- Yes to "Download signed ActiveX controls" (Installing Web plug-ins as a Vista non-administrative user)
- Yes to "Download signed ActiveX controls" (Installing Web plug-ins as a Vista non-administrative user)Screenshot 9 description errorScreenshot 9 (Security Settings - Internet Zone) has an error in its description regarding "Download signed ActiveX controls." Your description says "It was disabled by default." This is false. The IE...
- Discussion threads 2007-02-21
- Screen gallery: With Vista and IE7's one-two security punch, will the Web be harder to use?
- Screen Gallery: See the screen gallery that shows in detail how the security in Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7 looks to prevent the installation of rogue ActiveX components. For as long as I can remember, the architecture behind Microsofts ActiveX software component technology (and its predecessors such as...
- Blog posts 2007-02-21
- Trouble in Vista paradise? Large software vendor warns of major compatibility problems and burdensome remedies
- With barely five days to go before long-anticipated January 30 launch of Vista is history, a familiar problem and the lynchpin to adoption of any major operating system upgrade Windows Vista qualifies is crashing the party: backwards compatibility.Intuit, developer of one of the worlds most popular accounting applications used in...
- Blog posts 2007-01-25
- Current worm warning should be taken very seriously, immediately
- Current worm warning should be taken very seriously, immediatelyClipboardThere are various free programs which will allow saving and managing what's on the clipboard without making a special effort.I've used Clipboard Magic, just as an example:http://www.cyber-matrix.com/cmdownloads.htmlEver had one of those moments when you've copied something into the clipboard and realized you've...
- Discussion threads 2006-08-11
- Current worm warning should be taken very seriously, immediately
- If you're like me, then you're probably one of those people who often procrastinates when Microsoft's Update component either tells you it has updates to install, or asks if you want to reboot now or later after installing an update. Because of whatever applications I have open, what's going on...
- Blog posts 2006-08-11
- Microsoft Vista conference call notes
- Yesterday was my first conference call with Microsoft since finally installing Vista. In fact, since first installing Vista, I've reinstalled it about four times. As my testing continues and new builds are released, we'll continue to do these calls in order to get whatever questions I have...
- Blog posts 2005-09-23
- Vista UAP security feature fails one scenario
- In coming up with a battery of random scenarios to throw at Vista's User Access Protection UAP feature, I decided to see if it prevents a lesser privileged user (LPU - a user that doesn't have administrative rights) from being able to change the system's Bluetooth configuration. Given the...
- Blog posts 2005-09-21
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