Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Microsoft Security Essentials, the company's new anti-malware software, will be available Tuesday, according Bob Muglia, the president of Microsoft's server and tools division.
The release of the software, which was code-named Morro, has been rumored for days, but Muglia on Monday confirmed that the free software would be available for download ...
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Thursday, July 30th, 2009
I had incredible timing tonight for wanting to change my email address and caught this expired certificate warning when loading profile.microsoft.com. I'm sure it will be fixed soon so I wanted to document it.
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Friday, January 23rd, 2009
Yes, Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) really does have a GUI and can be run on-demand.
On Windows XP, click Start >Run and type mrt and press Enter. In Vista, click Start and type mrt into the Search box and press Enter. This launches the GUI for the tool:
Press Next ...
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Friday, January 9th, 2009
Here are links to the direct downloads for Windows 7 Beta. You will still need to go back to Microsoft for your registration key but at least you can get it downloaded and burned to a DVD a while.
Windows 7 Beta (x86): 7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD.ISO
Windows 7 Beta (x64): 7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD.ISO
Links courtesy of:
http://www.sizzledcore.com/2009/01/10/windows-7-beta-direct-download-links/
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
Microsoft said late Wednesday that it plans to break out of its monthly patch cycle to issue a security update today for a critical vulnerability in all supported versions of Windows.
Redmond rarely releases security patches outside of Patch Tuesday, the second Tuesday of each month. The software giant isn't providing ...
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