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Microsoft Big Brains: Mark Russinovich

Microsoft Big Brains: Mark RussinovichWindows 8 major NT Revision coming?He mentions major work for Windows 8. Is this suggesting another case of disruption again? What about Microsoft's position on making application hard code checks be within the 6.1 or higher 6.x range? If this is the case, I hope every...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Mark Russinovich, Microsoft Big Brains

Discussion threads 2009-03-09

You’ve got Vista x64 questions, I’ve got answers

I got a lot of great questions and comments via e-mail and in the Talkback section of my previous post on the sudden surge in adoption rates for Windows Vista x64. In this follow-up, I summarize the answers I’ve found for questions like whether Vista x64 uses more memory than...

Tags: 32-bit, Memory, Microsoft Windows Vista, VPN Client, RAM, Mark Russinovich, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), 64-Bit, Operating Systems, Software, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-08-04

Mark Russinovich on rootkits in commercial software

Mark Russinovich on rootkits in commercial softwareRe: Rusinovichhttp://www.analogstereo.com/lamborghini_owners_manual.htmRE: Mark Russinovich on rootkits in commercial softwarehttp://www.analogstereo.com/lamborghini_owners_manual.htm

Tags: Rootkits, Tools & Techniques, Mark Russinovich, commercial software, rootkit, software

Discussion threads 2008-05-04

Vista MMCSS gigabit throttling a victim of hard-coding, jumbo frames to the rescue!

For the last couple of days I've been working behind the scenes with fellow blogger Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Ed Bott, and Microsoft to get to the bottom of the Vista gigabit throttling effect.  This throttling effect occurs when someone launches Windows Media Player and tries to copy files at gigabit speeds. ...

Tags: Packet, Performance, Network, Microsoft Windows Vista, Gigabit, Microsoft Corp., CPU, Mbps, 4K, George Ou

Blog posts 2007-08-29

Mark Russinovich on rootkits in commercial software

What commercial software uses rootkits or rootkit-like technology? I guess it depends on how you define rootkits. Mark Russinovich of Sysinternals (he's the programmer who brought the Sony DRM rootkit into the light of day) discusses commercial software using rootkit technology. In the talkbacks on a previous post, several...

Tags: Mark Russinovich, rootkit

Blog posts 2006-01-15

Sony's technical and PR fiasco continues

This isn't going away anytime soon, if ever. Sony's use of rootkit technology in DRM software on some of their CD's is causing an uproar all over the blogosphere. People are calling for a boycott of Sony products, not just CDs, but all Sony products. There's even...

Tags: Rootkits, Digital rights management (DRM), public relations, Sony Corp., rootkit, CD, First 4 Internet Ltd., Mark Russinovich, digital-rights management

Blog posts 2005-11-07

Sony's DRM software called spyware by antivirus vendor

Well, isn't this interesting. Antivirus vendor Kaspersky has labeled Sony's rootkit technology, used in copyright protection software on some CDs, as spyware. ZDNet writer Matt Loney explains more in his write up. On the Kaspersky Analyst's Diary at Viruslist.com, roel wrote on November 2:In short, Sony BMG...

Tags: software, Mark Russinovich, Sony Corp.

Blog posts 2005-11-04

Sony Music CDs surreptitiously install DRM Trojan horses on PCs

Reports are beginning to turn up around the Web that discuss how certain CDs from Sony Music come with a Trojan horse-based digital restrictions management DRM technology that surreptitiously installs itself as a rootkit on Windows PCs. When software surreptitiously installs a rootkit, it's usually doing...

Tags: CD, rootkit

Blog posts 2005-11-01

Additional Resources

psCmd .2797 (Windows)

Pretty Secure Command psCmd - run client Windows applications securely zip package attached under attachments This program will allow the client to run a program such as an installation program or a utility program with alternate credentials securely. So if you want a client/user to be...

Tags: Paul Jorgensen, psCmd, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Networking, Software

Software downloads 2009-10-31

Who is the 90-day Windows 7 Enterprise trial aimed at exactly?

I don't understand you blog? You don't think there are not many businesses and organizations out there in the SMB market, for example, that fall into a large group that could benefit from trying windows 7 out? Are you saying buying a copy would be better? I don't get...

Tags: Adrian, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

News to know: Homebrewing, Google options, Windows, Smartphones, Oracle

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Jason Perlow: Extreme PCs and "Homebrewing": Rest in Peace Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Extreme PCs and homebrew systems are here to...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Camcorder, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Smartphone, Sam Diaz, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Software As A Service (SaaS), E-mail, Podcasts, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Emerging Technologies, Online Communications, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-03-10

News to know: Homebrewing, Google options, Windows, Smartphones, Oracle

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Jason Perlow: Extreme PCs and "Homebrewing": Rest in Peace Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Extreme PCs and homebrew systems are here to...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Camcorder, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Smartphone, Sam Diaz, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Software As A Service (SaaS), E-mail, Podcasts, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Emerging Technologies, Online Communications, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-03-10

Microsoft Big Brains: Mark Russinovich

The Microsoft Big Brains Series continues. This week's profile is of Mark Russinovich, known as one of the foremost experts on Windows inside or outside of Microsoft... and someone who is key to the evolution of Microsoft's core OS platform. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Russinovich Claim, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-03-09

Microsoft neuters UAC in Windows 7

Microsoft neuters UAC in Windows 7They'll trot out Mark Russinovich..who, under most circumstances has highly intelligent insights, but who will undoubtably say something idiotic to gloss over this shortcoming in Windows 7 UAC.Anyone else remember the infamous "it's not a security 'boundry'" comment when people were trying to understand Vista...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, UAC, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-01-30

Review: iolo System Mechanic

Review: iolo System MechanicA few things...There are few reasons why these cleaner software won't tells you everything.1) Registry cleanner can help speedboost a bit, but almost all of them are well known locations. Telling you how it's fixed basically it's as same as telling you it's doing the same job...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, System Mechanic Pro, System Mechanic

Discussion threads 2009-01-21

Clearing up the 32/64-bit memory limit confusion

Clearing up the 32/64-bit memory limit confusionYou might want to re-read your article.... :PGood points though. Next upgrade i make will be to vista 64bit. I now have the hardware... just need the will.It also turns outthat 64-bit sees a speed boost on Intel chips because of the...

Tags: Network technology, Games, Processors, Operating systems, IBM PowerPC, 64-bit, PAE, memory limit confusion, hardware, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-12-04

Inside Windows' core: A peek into Microsoft's COSD

Inside Windows' core: A peek into Microsoft's COSDMinWinMary, why do you insist on MinWin when he constantly makes it clear that it's not Windows 7? They will use some of the ideas from MinWin and apply them, but it is essentially going to be the improved Vista kernel. Something like...

Tags: BIOS, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., MinWin, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-11-10

How to scale to 256 processors and beyond

How to scale to 256 processors and beyondSo in other words expecting MS to get this right is...basically a pie in the sky.Still chasing what Linux can already do...Learn from the lessons and heartache of BeOSOne of the biggest problems for BeOS as a development environment was lock and race...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, kernel, BeOS, operating system, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, processor

Discussion threads 2008-11-07

How to scale to 256 processors and beyond

On the advice of fellow ZDNet blogger Mary-Jo Foley I recently watched a video interview with Mark Russinovich. She wrote: "Given I’m not a programmer and am trying to channel a very technical Russinovich, it’s probably worth checking out the Channel 9 video interview of him yourself if you care...

Tags: Processor, Video, Programmer, Corporate Communications, Development Tools, Marketing, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette, Contention, Microsoft Windows 7, Voltaire Inc., Lock, CPU, Microsoft Windows, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Blog posts 2008-11-07

Microsoft confirms MinWin is in Windows 7, after all

Microsoft confirms MinWin is in Windows 7, after allGeee ......Sounds like the stole ... errr "emulated" a page right out of the *NIX playbook ....RE: Microsoft confirms MinWin is in Windows 7, after allMary Jo,After watching the video last week as well, my take away was that the current incarnation...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., MinWin IS, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, kernel, Microsoft confirms MinWin, Microsoft Confirms

Discussion threads 2008-11-03