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<title><![CDATA[Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP1]]></title>
<link>http://computerpit.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/windows-xp-sp3-windows-vista-sp1/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>computerpit</dc:creator>
<guid>http://computerpit.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/windows-xp-sp3-windows-vista-sp1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Windows XP SP3 is now finally, to find the final version simply go to www.microsoft.com and it will ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Windows XP SP3 is now finally, to find the final version simply go to www.microsoft.com and it will be under downloads, there will be no more to it.</p>
<p>Windows vista sp1, took FOREVER, how big is it anyways. I didnt notice any new features, or improvements, but a great improvment on compatibility.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[What&rsquo;s in the long awaited SharePoint Infrastructure Update?]]></title>
<link>http://gavinadams.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/whats-in-the-long-awaited-sharepoint-infrastructure-update/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gavinadams</dc:creator>
<guid>http://gavinadams.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/whats-in-the-long-awaited-sharepoint-infrastructure-update/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I now also write blog articles for our company blog site.
Here is my recent post on what is in the r]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I now also write blog articles for our company blog site.</p>
<p>Here is my recent post on what is in the recent SharePoint infrastructure update.</p>
<p><a title="http://www.synergyonline.com/blog/blog-moss/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=9" href="http://www.synergyonline.com/blog/blog-moss/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=9">http://www.synergyonline.com/blog/blog-moss/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=9</a></p>
<p>Please take time to read it.</p>
<p>Thanks,<br>Gavin</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Post XP SP3 Update problem]]></title>
<link>http://whyamistilltyping.wordpress.com/?p=259</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>whyamistilltyping</dc:creator>
<guid>http://whyamistilltyping.wordpress.com/?p=259</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Despite all the problems circulating the web about Windows XP Service Pack 3, I thought I would go a]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Despite all the problems circulating the web about Windows XP Service Pack 3, I thought I would go ahead anyway on a new installation. The installation part went fine and the system restarted properly with no lock ups, stops or looping restarts. So far so good, unfortunately I celebrated my good fortune too soon - Windows Update stopped functioning. Whilst updates were being downloaded, Windows XP would fail to actually perform the update.</p>
<p>I did a bit of googling and whilst I didn't find any accounts exactly matching my problem, I decided to follow the advice on this <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144" target="_blank">Microsoft KB</a> article.</p>
<p>First of all, stop the automatic update service from the command prompt.</p>
<p>1. Open up Start Menu &#62; Run</p>
<p>2. Type "cmd" and press Enter.</p>
<p>3. In the command box, type "net stop wuauserv", should should get the following confirmation:</p>
<p><a href="http://whyamistilltyping.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/xpsp3updateproblem11.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-268" src="http://whyamistilltyping.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/xpsp3updateproblem11.jpg" alt="" width="445" height="39" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">
<p>Now we need to reregister the DLL involved in the Windows Update process.</p>
<p>4. Type in "regsvr32 %windir%\system32\wups2.dll". The following control box should pop up after a moment:</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-262" src="http://whyamistilltyping.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/xpsp3updateproblem2.jpg" alt="" width="401" height="131" /></p>
<p>Now we need to start the update service and hopefully all should be well again.</p>
<p>5. Type "net start wuauserv" which should yield this confirmation:</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-263" src="http://whyamistilltyping.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/xpsp3updateproblem3.jpg" alt="" width="556" height="65" /></p>
<p>Thats it, updates started working for me immediately afterwards. If this didn't do the trick for you, follow the alternative methods on Microsoft's KB article linked above.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Integrando o Service Pack 3 no CD de Instalação do Windows e MAIS!]]></title>
<link>http://systechcenter.wordpress.com/?p=16</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>MalarKeY - SysTech</dc:creator>
<guid>http://systechcenter.wordpress.com/?p=16</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bom, Eu havia criado esse tutorial no Fórum WinAjuda a um tempo atrás e resolvi por bem compartilh]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Bom, Eu havia criado esse tutorial no <span style="color:#0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span><em><a title="Esse Tutorial no WinAjuda (A mesma Coisa)" href="http://www.winajuda.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&#38;t=983" target="_blank">Fórum WinAjuda a um tempo atrás</a></em></span></span></span> e resolvi por bem compartilhar ele aqui no Blog também, espero que seja útil!<br />
</strong>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Para ver o Tutorial Basta Clicar no link abaixo: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><em><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><a href="http://systechcenter.wordpress.com/integrando-o-sp3-cd-windows-xp/">http://systechcenter.wordpress.com/integrando-o-sp3-cd-windows-xp/</a></strong></span></span></em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Fiz esse tutorial em uma página própria, pois ficou BEM ilustrado e grande!</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Update on Sharepoint Backup problem post SP1 - OSearch DCOM]]></title>
<link>http://gavinadams.wordpress.com/?p=75</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gavinadams</dc:creator>
<guid>http://gavinadams.wordpress.com/?p=75</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hi All,
Microsoft have just released a hotfix to search DCOM permission post SP1 problem which I wr]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi All,</p>
<p>Microsoft have just released a hotfix to search DCOM permission post SP1 problem which I wrote about <a href="http://blog.gavin-adams.com/2008/05/08/sharepoint-backup-problem-post-sp1-osearch-dcom/">previously</a>.</p>
<p>The hotfix can be found here. <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953137">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953137</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Dez curiosidades sobre o Windows XP]]></title>
<link>http://sampledeskmod.wordpress.com/?p=111</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>JLOW00</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sampledeskmod.wordpress.com/?p=111</guid>
<description><![CDATA[O Windows XP deixou de ser vendido no dia 01/Julho. Ele é a versão do Windows de maior sucesso at]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify"><span style="font-size:font-family: Tahoma;">O Windows XP deixou de ser vendido no dia 01/Julho. Ele é a versão do Windows de maior sucesso até o momento (pois o Vista foi lançado há somente 18 meses). </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">Abaixo estão dez curiosidades sobre ele:</span></p>
<p><strong>1-)</strong> O Windows XP (XP significa eXPerience) foi desenvolvido pela Microsoft em cerca de dois anos (1999 a 2001), e durante o seu desenvolvimento ele tinha o codinome Whistler. Seu lançamento oficial foi no dia 25/Out/2001.</p>
<p><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><strong>2-)</strong> Embora alguns considerem que existam apenas duas versões dele (Home e Professional), na prática existem onze versões do Windows XP:</span></p>
<p>1. Windows XP Home Edition<br />
2. Windows XP Professional Edition<br />
3. Windows XP Media Center Edition<br />
4. Windows XP Tablet PC Edition<br />
5. Windows XP 64-bits para Itanium<br />
6. Windows XP 64-bits para x86-64<br />
7. Windows XP Embedded<br />
8. Windows XP Starter Edition<br />
<em>vendido somente em alguns países (incluindo o Brasil)<br />
</em>9. Windows XP N<br />
<em>versão vendido na Europa, sem o Windows Media Player</em><br />
10. Windows XP K<br />
<em>versão vendida na Coréia, sem o Windows Media Player</em><br />
11. Windows XP KN<br />
<em>versão vendida na Coréia, sem Windows Media Player e Messenger<br />
</em><span>[Bem que o Windows aqui poderia vir como essa ultima versão sem o Messenger, que ninguém ou quase ninguém usa o que ja vem instalado, e sempre baixam o WLM]<br />
</span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span><strong></strong></span><strong></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><strong>3-)</strong> Em janeiro de 2006 já haviam sido vendidos mais de </span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">400 milhões de cópias do Windows XP.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><strong>4-)</strong> As dez p</span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">rincipais novidades do XP eram:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">1. Nova interface gráfica<br />
2. Fim do DLL Hell (várias versões de DLL)<br />
3. Sistema de Ativação<br />
4. Restauração de Driver<br />
5. Troca Rápida de Usuários<br />
6. ClearType<br />
7. Desktop Remoto<br />
8. Suporte a redes sem fio<br />
9. Restauração do sistema<br />
10. Criptografia de dados</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><strong>5-)</strong> A conhecida imagem de fundo Bliss do Windows XP (um morro gramado com nuvens no fundo) é uma fotografia do Napa Valley, na California<br />
</span><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.baboo.com.br/absolutenm/articlefiles/32403-xp_3.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><strong>6-)</strong> A configuração mínima para se trabalhar com o Windows XP era um computador com processador de 300Mhz, 128 Mb RAM e apenas 1,5 GB de espaço em disco.<br />
[como se vc soh fosse precisar mesmo do XP instalado neh.... 128 de memória da pra fazer nada :S]</span></p>
<p><strong>7-)</strong> Houveram cinco Service Packs para o Windows XP:<br />
1. Service Pack 1, que foi <span style="font-family:Tahoma;">lançado em 09/Set/2002<br />
2. Service Pack 1a, que foi lançado em 03/Fev/2003 e não continha o Java Virtual Machine<br />
3. Service Pack 2, lançado em 0</span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">6/Ago/2004<br />
4. Service Pack 2a, lançado em 10/Set/2007 somente para OEM<br />
5. Service Pack 3, lançado em 21/Abr/2008</span></p>
<p><strong>8-)</strong> O Service Pack 3 contém 1.174 correções de bugs.</p>
<p><strong>9-)</strong> O Windows XP será suportado até o dia 08/Abril/2014, ou seja, quase 13 anos após o seu lançamento.</p>
<p><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><strong>10-)</strong> Cerca de um ano após o seu lançamento, muitos ainda duvidavam do sucesso do Windows XP, pois consideravam "um absurdo" ele ser mais lento do que o Windows 98, além de exigir computador mais potente e ter diversos problemas de compatibilidade com as aplicações da época. Atualmente o Windows Vista é criticado pelos mesmos motivos :)</span></p>
<p align="justify">Fonte: <a href="http://www.baboo.com.br/msn08/content.asp?z=300&#38;id=32403" target="_blank">Baboo</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Ubuntu 8.04.1]]></title>
<link>http://ubuntrucchi.wordpress.com/?p=577</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Muflone</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ubuntrucchi.wordpress.com/?p=577</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Alcuni giorni fa è stato pubblicato Ubuntu 8.04.1, un nuovo rilascio di Ubuntu 8.04 che include i p]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify;">Alcuni giorni fa è stato pubblicato <strong>Ubuntu 8.04.1</strong>, un nuovo rilascio di Ubuntu 8.04 che include i pacchetti aggiornati ai primi di luglio. Non ci sono differenze visibili ma dal rilascio di Ubuntu 8.04 nell'aprile 2008 ad oggi sono stati apportati importanti aggiornamenti di sistema e numerevoli miglioramenti.<!--more--></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Dal sito di Ubuntu è possibile scaricare unicamente la versione 8.04.1, la precedente sembra essere stata rimossa da tutti i mirror. Si tratta del primo pacchetto di aggiornamento, il secondo è previsto per gennaio 2009 come indicato sul <a title="Milestones per Hardy" href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/+milestones" target="_blank">sito Launchpad</a> che ne segue lo sviluppo.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Al termine dell'installazione possiamo notare alcune piccolissime differenze:</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://ubuntrucchi.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/ubuntu8041-1.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-580" src="http://ubuntrucchi.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/ubuntu8041-1-thumb.png" alt="" width="194" height="157" /></a> <a href="http://ubuntrucchi.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/ubuntu8041-2.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-582" src="http://ubuntrucchi.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/ubuntu8041-2-thumb.png" alt="" width="194" height="157" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">La prima riguarda le informazioni sul sistema, la Ubuntu 8.04 presenta il kernel <strong>2.6.24-16</strong> mentre la 8.04.1 vanta il <strong>2.6.24-19</strong> e Gnome passa dalla 2.22.1 alla 2.22.2. Entrambe invece riporteranno la <em>Release 8.04 (Hardy)</em>.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://ubuntrucchi.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/ubuntu8041-3.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-584" src="http://ubuntrucchi.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/ubuntu8041-3-thumb.png" alt="" width="190" height="219" /></a> <a href="http://ubuntrucchi.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/ubuntu8041-4.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-586" src="http://ubuntrucchi.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/ubuntu8041-4-thumb.png" alt="" width="190" height="219" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Per quanto riguarda i pacchetti di aggiornamento invece la situazione è molto differente: se il primo rilascio installato oggi presenta ben <strong>223</strong> aggiornamenti di sistema per oltre 240 MB di pacchetti da scaricare, Ubuntu 8.04.1 presenta soltanto <strong>5 </strong>aggiornamenti per meno di 10 MB di pacchetti da scaricare.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">V'è da dire che chi utilizza gli aggiornamenti giornalmente ha già l'equivalente di Ubuntu 8.04.1 e non richiede questo aggiornamento. Come <a title="Leggere la versione di Ubuntu installata" href="http://ubuntrucchi.wordpress.com/2008/02/23/leggere-la-versione-di-ubuntu-installata/">visto in precedenza</a>, è possibile verificare la versione eseguendo in un terminale:</p>
<pre style="text-align:justify;">lsb_release -idrc</pre>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Nel caso di un avvenuto aggiornamento verrà riportato:</p>
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<pre style="text-align:justify;">Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release:	8.04
Codename:	hardy</pre>
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<title><![CDATA[Does GSPI need an Information Security Policy?]]></title>
<link>http://reyadel.wordpress.com/?p=49</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>reyadel</dc:creator>
<guid>http://reyadel.wordpress.com/?p=49</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In reply to the IT Administrator&#8217;s Virus Advisory, I sent him this email[1], entitled “Does ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to the IT Administrator's Virus Advisory, I sent him this email<sup>[<a name="1b" href="#1">1</a>]</sup>, entitled “Does GSPI need an Information Security Policy?”</p>
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<span style="font-weight:bold;color:#ff0000;">&#62;&#62; Brontok Virus is a hard virus</span> [sic] <span style="font-weight:bold;color:#ff0000;">to fight and we need to completely isolate a hard drive to properly clean it.</span></p>
<blockquote><p>Brontok<sup>[<a name="2b" href="#2">2</a>]</sup>, affecting all versions of Windows except 3.1, discovered last 02 October 2005, already has three known worm variants, A, B, and C. BitDefender and Kapersky classed it as Win32.Nyxem. A-E@mm while Norton Symantec labels it as W32.Blackmal.E@mm and W32.rontokbro.an@mm. ISD had “unofficially” issued users a <a name="cleaner">Brontok remover</a> by GData's AntiVirenkit of Poland, which could only remove variants A and C. Refer to its attached documentation. Major AV producers [<a href="http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.rontokbro@mm.html">Symantec</a>, <a href="http://www.bitdefender.com/site/Download/downloadRemovalTool/630/">Bit Defender</a>, Kapersky, McAfee] classified the Brontok worm with:</p>
<blockquote><p>Risk Level: Low to Moderate<br />
Threat containment: Easy<br />
Removal: Moderate</p></blockquote>
<p>Thus unlike, the PE.Nimda, BugBear, MyTOB and Sasser worm, Brontok worm is not “a hard virus to fight”. At [our division], we finally “killed” the Brontok worm on two computer systems, namely:</p>
<blockquote><p>(a) Admin: WinXP SP1<br />
(b) QA: WinXP SP2 on “D” drive and SP1 on “C” Drive.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote>
<h5>[Note: the need for the existence of two WinXP systems installed on this PC is beyond comprehension! After a five-day worm-free operation, however, due to the presence of the worm in the network, the QA PC failed and was brought to ISD, sigh :-/ It was found out last Sunday, 06 August that the assigned Administrator tinkered with the settings, disabled the Norton antivirus and released the virus again from one of the hidden or private folder in his account.]</h5>
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<p>This was done using only the Windows Restore function, plus the help of free-to-try AntiVirus [Norton 2006], free spyware [<a href="http://www.spybot.com/en/mirrors/index.html">SpyBot</a>] and free utility tools [<a href="http://majorgeeks.com/download3155.html">HJT</a>] available on the Internet. With the Windows Restore option, the three hard drives were not even “completely isolated” from the network to properly clean it, as we tried cleaning it from another system.<br />
There are numerous websites detailing the procedure on how to get rid of this worm. Although the process is tedious, time-consuming and requires a lot of patience, it can be done. The last resort method of re-formatting the drive, reinstalling the applications, re-activating the softwares, etc.  should be avoided because that's not what you experts should do. Aside from losing the “activated” state of raw Windows XP or SP1, users would have to start from scratch on their settings, connections, and the like, plus the possibility of malware regeneration when the old files are recopied to the newly formatted drive.</p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#ff0000;">&#62;&#62; The Virus alert is to aware users of the new viruses that might be present on mails that they received or files that they are downloading so that they may know the symptoms if they are infected.</span></p>
<blockquote><p>In theory, your Virus Alert is a very noble act, but maybe you should summarize the website's tech-savvy version with your OWN user-friendly one-screen version instead of quoting the whole web page verbatim and with due acknowledgment of the author's copyright or the <a href="http://www.net-security.org/virus_news.php?id=669">source</a> [http://www.net-security.org/virus_news.php?id=669]. Most of us, Lotus notes' users, have a limited mail box capacity that your verbose Virus Alerts tend to fill it to maximum. Neither archiving the old mails nor emptying the thrash after deleting it reclaims the mailbox space due to “defective” Lotus Notes server' configuration.<br />
On the Virus Alert, most of those mentioned viruses, worms and spywares are not that too critical to GSPI operations. As an example: in your very recent Virus Alert: Dengis.A which affects Matlab source files. At GSPI, who uses Matlab [used in complex mathematical models] anyway? ASPLux.A affects ASP hosts and files. At GSPI, we use IIS and no real Active Server Pages or its eXtended relative [ASPX] is used. Most GSPI users are either using Firefox or Microsoft IE, thus when webpages are saved to local disk they are saved with .HTML or .HTM or .TXT extensions and not as .ASP, unless of course a user specifically save them as ASP.</p>
<p>Furthermore, these malware are readily detected and removed by even the free version of any AntiVirus software. Maybe you should pay attention to those viruses, worms, Trojan horses which are a) mission-critical to GSPI operations, b) its emergence is eminent or c) a particular GSPI’s corporate computer already has it, then send out a Virus Advisory, instead.<br />
With this proposed one-screen mission-critical Virus Alert, it would help ease the mail server’s burden, free some management’s time in reading or deleting the said Virus Alert file and focus more attention to other pressing concerns.<br />
Of late, emails with attachments such as pif, vbs, ini, exe, .eml are suspect that each user should be wary about. Opening files with these extensions almost always trigger the infection. The symptoms of virus, spyware and Trojan horse infection are all atypical, namely:</p>
<ol>
<li>Computer runs more slowly than normal</li>
<li>Computer stops responding or locks up often</li>
<li>Computer crashes and restarts every few minutes</li>
<li>Computer restarts on its own and then fails to run normally</li>
<li>Applications don't work correctly, new additional components</li>
<li>Disks or disk drives are inaccessible</li>
<li>Can't print correctly</li>
<li>Unusual error messages or pop-up advertisements</li>
<li>Distorted menus and dialog boxes</li>
</ol>
<p>Everybody experience this, or a combination, once in their computing life. Personally, I do recommend the following vital utilities for installation on all Windows XP PCs, especially for those with Internet access.</p>
<ol>
<li>) <a href="http://www.spybot.com/en/mirrors/index.html">SpyBot</a> - Application to scan for spyware, adware, hijackers and other malicious software. [http://www.spybot.com/en/mirrors/index.html] - free for all</li>
<li>) <a href="http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html">SpyBlaster</a> - Spyware, adware, browser hijackers, and dialers protection program while on-line [http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html] - free for individuals, say Laptop users, but not for corporate use.</li>
<li>) <a href="http://www.lavasoft.com/software/adaware/">Ad-Aware Personal</a> - Advanced protection from known data-mining, aggressive advertising, Trojans, dialers, malware, browser hijackers, and tracking components. This software is downloaded free of charge. [http://www.lavasoft.com/software/adaware/] Ad-Aware SE Enterprise, volume-priced, even has a centralized management for networks.</li>
</ol>
<p>There are a lot of similar products out there but these three are the pioneer ones and all others are clones, copycats and not at-par with those mentioned above. For a full comparative chart, read: [<a href="http://spywarewarrior.com/family_resemblances.htm">Spywarewarrior's Family Resemblances</a> article.]</p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#ff0000;">&#62;&#62; Unfortunately presently the symantec antivirus corporate server is down and we are still troubleshooting the problem. OfficeScan is not our corporate antivirus and we are not supporting it for updates.</span></p>
<blockquote><p>With the Symantec Antivirus Corporate Server down, ISD should have reverted each of the applicable PCs to use the LiveUpdate button for the meantime or deployed the Symantec Virus Definitions Intelligent Updater, which are free to download each week either by ISD personnel then saved in a shared folder on the network, or by users with internet connection. As of this time, the default Corporate Symantec application installation by ISD on users' PCs, the LiveUpdate is disabled. Sharing a downloaded Symantec Virus Definition Intelligent Updater would also free out Internet traffic.<br />
Dispelling one of the Common Security Myths, which states “It's Always Better to Wait for an Official Solution to a Problem,” many users attempted to install virus scanners whether or not they are practical solution to the problem on hand. Most are not aware that a fix might not be the one needed to cure the ailment. Case in Point: cleaning the Brontok worm variant B with off-the-shelf Brontok cleaner cited <a href="#cleaner">above</a>.</p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#ff0000;">&#62;&#62;The account settings is a way to make folders private. An owner of a said account doesn't want his files that is important quarantined or altered by other users and we are respecting that situation.</span></p>
<blockquote><p>Account settings on all GSPI desktop computers should be in such a way that every user could access the documents in these folders. You forget that these corporate computers are for corporate use and there should be no private files. Important files should be backed-up off-line, not hidden in private folders, to guarantee that AV software could access or quarantine them if need be. Recently, there was a case regarding this situation in the US and the court ruled that company had precedence over these files. Maybe what we need is an Information Security Policy <sup>[<a name="3b" href="#3">3</a>]</sup>.</p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#ff0000;">&#62;&#62;Per computer at least one or two virus scanners are allowed and should complement each other to work properly. To ensure that no two virus scanners scan at the same time and your computer won't crawl you should try changing the schedule for the scanning.</span></p>
<blockquote><p>Although, the GFI Whitepaper <a href="http://www.gfi.com/whitepapers/why-one-virus-engine-is-not-enough.pdf">“One Virus Engine is Not Enough”</a> found out that “Many organizations don't deploy multiple scanning engines,” GFI CEO Nick Galea says, “because they don't want to pay twice for two overlapping sets of tools. A more cost-effective alternative is to deploy a single product that uses multiple scanning engines for checking email content and attachments while providing email intrusion detection and defense.” Interestingly, this paper only dealt with mail server level, during the Sober outbreak.<br />
Moreover, the practice of allowing at most two virus scanners in one system is not a recommended approach and even Microsoft advises against this practice.<br />
In Microsoft’s <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/topics/serversecurity/avdind_0.mspx">Antivirus Defense in Depth</a> whitepaper, it cited four problems caused by interoperability issues of running antivirus applications from a number of different application vendors on the same machine, i.e., memory overhead, system crashes or stop errors, performance loss and loss of system access.<br />
In layman’s terms, the whitepaper can be summarized as: most of these virus scanners are installed with default settings, which unfortunately includes that their respective active protection or real-time scanning is enabled after installation. Unless, of course, the user tweaks the configuration of these scanners to disable one active protection, there is no guarantee that a PC is running only one scanner actively, in real-time, but rather they run along side each other once the PC is ON.<br />
Thus, “<span style="color:#ff0000;">Changing the schedule for the scanning</span>,” as you claimed doesn’t change the fact that the Active Protection or real-time scan of a virus scanner is also changed.<br />
Microsoft recommends that Windows Defender should be installed or a third-party Virus scanner, Norton and McAfee are MS partners, but not both. WD is only available for registered and licensed Windows XP PCs, though. Furthermore, Norton Symantec conflicts with Microsoft Firewall, but there is a workaround for it. Bit Defender sometimes encounters errors in kernel32. McAfee McShield service crashes explorer.exe, leaving the user hung at a background with no objects, aside from its tendency to mis-diagnose some viruses. Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 and Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 - errors in HTTP web antivirus monitor and POP3 monitor handling.</p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#ff0000;">&#62;&#62; Everything is always available on the help option of the program.</span></p>
<blockquote><p>This is a false positive. Not everything is there. For recent fixes on software, you have to be connected to the WWW; otherwise the help option only offers the most common ones when the program was created. Since most of us at GSPI deploy the free versions, the help is not that robust compared to the commercial version and sometimes the Help file is only accessed through the internet, where only a few can access. Also in a recent informal survey at MSU-IIT College of Business Adm, only 1 of 20 computer users ever click on the Help or pressed F1 to access the Help file on Microsoft Office application; 1 out of 25 clicked Help on Microsoft Windows. 1 out of 40 clicked Help on other software applications, including virus scanners.</p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#ff0000;">&#62;&#62; The upgrade for SP2 is free on windows site and the no. 1 requirement is that it should be a licensed Windows.</span></p>
<blockquote><p>This is a misconception. A license is not required to upgrade Windows XP SP1 to Windows XP SP2<sup>[<a name="4b" href="#4">4</a>]</sup>. The license is ONLY REQUIRED if</p>
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<li> You attempt to download updates from the Microsoft Update or the Windows Update web sites, this is called the Windows XP Product Activation [WPA] module, for its “Windows Genuine Advantage” updates. [Note: But a user could still download updates not belonging to the WGA types, such as updates for pre-Windows XP, which our old computers might need.]</li>
<li> You want to activate a near-to-expire Windows; usually the limit to activate is 30 days from installation. [Most of GSPI's Windows XP has been running for almost two years now, and most have Internet connection, thus it is assumed that it is already activated, else the user could have complained that he cannot access his computer any longer.]</li>
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<p>Unfortunately, On 06 June, 2006, Microsoft announced that starting October 10, 2006, Microsoft will end assisted support and security updates for Service Pack 1 as part of the <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=5010744">life-cycle policy</a> for all Microsoft software. They recommend the free upgrade to <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=5010745">Service Pack 2</a> for users of Windows XP to continue receiving the latest security updates.<sup>[<a name="5b" href="#5">5</a>]</sup><br />
The problem of PCs unable to upgrade from raw or SP1 to SP2 lies not on a whether or not the Windows XP is licensed software but rather a bug in Windows XP SP1. This had been addressed by several threads of fixes and workarounds in the Microsoft Support group. It occurs mainly on pre-installed raw Windows XP sometimes on pre-installed Windows XP SP1, as well as systems where there are legacy components, which would need SP2-format drivers and what not. That’s where you IS Specialists should come in to fix, or simply refer to <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/KB885894">KB885894</a> article on the MS website.<br />
Windows SP2 offers a myriad of security and per website's sales pitch: With features like Windows Firewall, Pop-up Blocker for Internet Explorer, and Windows Security Center, you can be confident that your computer has the right tools to stay more secure and up to date. See <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/default.mspx">http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/default.mspx</a>. This is not to say that I personally am very much impressed with SP2, there are still a lot room for improvements as shown in the constant issuance of security updates from Microsoft even with the release of Windows Vista, but with the fact that most GSPI PCs and laptops uses Microsoft Windows, there is no escape, unless we all shift to an Open System such as Linux. I do reiterate my recommendation that you request for the free copy of WinXP SP2 from Microsoft Philippines, if this critical update is still not available at ISD. Downloading it through the net could take hours if not days.<br />
I personally have used Windows XP SP2 at my home notebook PC since 2003. My notebook, a gift from Canada, was pre-installed with licensed Windows XP SP1, have activated once online in 2003 and once through phone, after the PE.Nimda.A-E outbreak during NSC on liquidation. I have upgraded to SP2 shortly thereafter when all the necessary updates prior to SP2 were downloaded through Automatic Updates. That was before the advent of Microsoft Update, which is different from Windows Update.<br />
My sons' computer, a PC clone was pre-installed with WinXP SP1. Using even a cracked version of SP2, I was able to update that PC from SP1 to SP2 skipping registration, which legally you can do skip registration if you do not want to download updates from Microsoft website. Registration, by the way, is optional. Activation is not. I forgot to mention that my sons' PC has no Internet connection.<br />
The computer I used while I was with [<em>Business Strategy</em>], installed with raw Windows XP, thus already activated, was upgraded to SP1 online, then updated to SP2 after 5pm, that is unattended installation, and when I came in for work the next day, WinXP SP2 was already installed, up and running. When I visited Six6/TPM office lately, however, the PC which is now used by [<em>name deleted</em>], can still download Automatic Updates, except of course it is now very slow because the Symantec Antivirus CE's definition file, the SpyBot's definition database, the SpywareBlaster's defs, and Lavasoft's DTBs were all outdated.</p>
<p>Frankly, I had some difficulty upgrading raw to SP1 because the license of that computer was a well-known pirated number. The workaround work using the old license from the raw Windows XP without the service packs.</p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#ff0000;">&#62;&#62; We can't easilly identify who is using the SP1 or the raw XP so it is the responsibility of the user to request for an upgrade.</span></p>
<blockquote><p>In 2004 to 2005, ISD conducted a survey on all corporate PCs and laptops which includes the hardware details as well as what system was installed into it. I am assuming that the data is still available somewhere in ISD and they only need to be retrieved and updated. For new PCs, all of them passed by ISD when suppliers delivered them to GSPI and thus it was the opportune time to know what system: hardware and software are present in the newly delivered computer. Of course, ISD could have retrieved the pertinent data as to the contents of the new PC. Furthermore, most of the GSPI computers in plant have a Remote Administration v 2.2, while others were even installed with BelArc Advisor [which needs a license to scan for multiple computers], unless of course the respective Administrator has had uninstalled these software, whereby from your loft at ISD you could see what software are installed in anyone’s computer in plant while it is turned on.<br />
Incidentally, Windows XP computers have the Remote Assistance module that it loaded by default, unless circumvented by computer-savvy users, that you could probably see what software are running in another system, especially when the remote computer allows you to do so.<br />
In the network neighborhood, you could also preview which computer uses what system. It only takes patience and perseverance to do this task. Have you tried right clicking a computer in the Network Neighborhood and selecting Properties? You could readily identify which uses FAT16, FAT32 or NTFS. [Most] Windows XP uses NTFS; FAT32 by Win98, SE and ME; and Win95 uses a mixture of FAT 16 and FAT32. [N.B. By the way, support for Windows 98, 98SE, ME ended 11 July, 2006] From that information you could then plan out the actual verification of SP1 or SP2. That's the beauty of Networking, you don't even have to be on site to know what is which; or which is what.<br />
It is not the responsibility of the user to ask for an upgrade from raw XP or SP1 to SP2. This task must be centralized by ISD so that all systems are using the same service pack, if at all possible. Logistically, it is much easier to maintain, less costly and faster to update using transforms if all similar systems [say, all Windows XP with SP2, all pre-Windows XP with SP4], are installed with similar service packs. This should also be done for all MS Office products, but its sort of a daydream right now :-)</p>
<p>With ISD’s very lean, but talented, technical personnel, doing it centrally is much more desirable at present rather than doing it the hard way: troubleshooting every type of problem on different system environments. In sum, it is for ISD advantage if this could be done.<br />
Thanks for your patience in reading this very long email.<br />
Regards and happy computing!</p></blockquote>
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<h2>Annotations:</h2>
<blockquote><p><sup>[<a name="1">1</a>]</sup> This email was sent last 08 August 2006. [<a href="#1b"><em>back to text</em></a>]</p>
<p><sup>[<a name="2">2</a>]</sup> Almost two years after, the Brontok worm is still on the loose at GSPI. Apparently, NOTHING was done. This might be because of what happened next. See the <a href="http://reyadel.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/the-confessions-of-a-paranoid-user/">Confessions of a Paranoid User</a> [<a href="#2b"><em>back to text</em></a>]</p>
<p><sup>[<a name="3">3</a>]</sup> Days later, the same IT Administrator became the Information Security Officer. Refer to the <a href="http://reyadel.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/jab.png">signature block</a> of the ISO. I believe that although the Information Systems and Services Department would disavow such claim, there is an undeniable fact that this correspondence above triggered the creation of such position. [<a href="#3b"><em>back to text</em></a>]</p>
<p><sup>[<a name="4">4</a>]</sup>. Windows Service Pack 3 can be downloaded from the Microsoft website or other sites irrespective of the license requirement. Applying Service Pack 3 to an unlicensed Windows XP, however, is another subject. [<a href="#4b"><em>back to text</em></a>]</p>
<p><sup>[<a name="5">5</a>]</sup>. Service Pack 3 is available at <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=40747">Microsoft Update</a>, <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=21130">Windows Update</a>, or <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=21129">Microsoft Download Center</a> to obtain Service Pack 3, first refer to this <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322389/">article</a>. [<a href="#5b"><em>back to text</em></a>]</p></blockquote>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>scoutsurf</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Por mas que miles de usuarios le pidieron a Microsoft que no deje el Windows XP, no&#8230; ellos se ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://tecnicoenlaweb.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/windows-xp-sp3.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-52" src="http://tecnicoenlaweb.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/windows-xp-sp3.jpg?w=125" alt="" width="125" height="125" /></a>Por mas que miles de usuarios le pidieron a Microsoft que no deje el Windows XP, no... ellos se hicieron los sordos... A partir de hoy, chau Windows XP, fue lindo mientras duró... No se vende más licencias de Windows XP, el soporte lo van a dar hasta el 2009.</p>
<p>El último Service Pack es el 3, muy recomendable para que el sistema este actualizado, seguirán sacando parches? Porque el darle soporte, puede que muchas de sus "soluciones" sean: Migre su sistema a Windows Vista. Algunos me dirán que lo mismo le pasó al Windows 2000, que cuando salió el XP tenía muchisimos errores, que fueron solucionados en varios Service Pack y parches individuales (siempre quedan algunos, no...); pero yo me resisto a migrar a Vista, antes prefiero migrar a Ubuntu por completo (por ahora solo está en doble booteo). Conozco mucha gente que todavía sigue con su Windows 2000, muchos contadores que no pueden pasarse a Windows XP porque los aplicativos de Afip no funcionan bien con XP, alguno lo probó con Vista?</p>
<p>Me pasó la otra vez, que un cliente me pidió que le reinstale el Windows Vista que estaba con muchos errores en una notebook Sony, después de romperme la cabeza para encontrar todos los datos y así hacer el backup de la información, comencé la reinstalación, que tardó unas 2 horas o mas, para después volver a pasar todos los archivos de configuración y datos cada cosa en su lugar. Este trabajo me hizo darme cuenta que si quisiera pasar a Windows Vista, tendría que reaprender a hacer varias cosas, con lo que seguiré con XP y cuando quiera migrar voy a migrar a Ubuntu o alguna distro de Linux. El orden de los datos de configuración es muy diferente a lo que era ya conocido (Olvidense de Documents and Settings, por ejemplo)</p>
<p>Lamentablemente, por mi trabajo tengo que conocer y saber usar el Vista, con lo que, como me pasó con el Windows ME, cuando un cliente me pide que se lo repare o reinstale, no me queda otra...</p>
<p>Desde acá, mi adios a Windows XP.</p>
<p>Un saludo a todos.<br />
Tazmania.</p>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Thomas Falconi</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Pois é, lançado em 25 de outubro de 2001, depois de 7 anos nas lojas, o nosso bom (agora) e velho ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://techmundo.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/windows_xp_logo.jpg?w=92&#38;h=92&#38;h=92" alt="http://techmundo.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/windows_xp_logo.jpg?w=92&#38;h=92&#38;h=92" width="92" height="92" />Pois é, lançado em 25 de outubro de 2001, depois de 7 anos nas lojas, o nosso bom (agora) e velho XP deixa de ser vendido em lojas, dando espaço para o Vista. Ele, que faz funcionar a maioria dos computadores do mundo, ainda vai ter suporte até 2014, (13 anos de vida :shock: ). No iníco (como verão neste post especial que eu fiz), ele foi critícado, mas, com SPs, correções, PCs mais potentes ele agora é esse ótimo sistema, que concerteza revolucionou a interface do Windows e vai ficar na história!</p>
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<p><strong>Expectativa antes do lançamento:</strong></p>
<p>“O XP, sigla de “eXPerienced”, é a fusão do Windows 98/ME, Windows 2000 e NT. Ao chegar às lojas, o consumidor poderá escolher entre a versão Personal, voltada ao usuário doméstico que hoje usa Windows 98 ou ME; a versão Professional, para pequenas empresas e escritórios, além de usuários mais experientes; e as versões Server e Advanced Server, para servidores, estações de comércio eletrônico e similares.<br />
Previsto para estar disponível a qualquer pessoa a partir do dia 14 de março, o beta 2 representa praticamente o que será a edição final do produto. Os interessados podem obter informações a partir do site oficial da Microsoft e requisitar o CD de testes, mediante pagamento.</p>
<p>O XP atua com um visual intermediário entre o Windows ME, Windows 2000 e MSN Explorer - navegador alternativo da Microsoft. O diferencial, porém, é que agora todos os ícones estão em padrão de cores 24-bit, o que proporciona uma qualidade superior. O XP também usa uma interface de trabalho completamente nova. O menu “Iniciar” funciona de forma diferente, assim como as janelas. Entretanto, caso o usuário deseje manter o ambiente padrão, é possível reverter o visual. Destaque para a diagramação das janelas, que em muito se parecem com o Macintosh.</p>
<p><strong>O tão esperado lançamento:</strong></p>
<p>“Gente se acotovelando na fila desde as 15 horas da tarde, na expectativa pela abertura da loja só à meia noite. Toda essa movimentação foi causada pelo lançamento do sistema operacional Windows XP, da Microsoft, na loja PlugUse do Shopping Market Place, na capital paulista. A cena, comum nos Estados Unidos, foi registrada pela primeira vez no Brasil. A loja ficou aberta da meia noite até as duas da manhã e atraiu consumidores de todas as idades e perfis.</p>
<p>Os dez primeiros compradores do Windows XP ganharam o Office XP completo, produto que custa R$ 1.345,00. “Além da promoção do Office, vim até aqui porque estamos precisando de mais estabilidade no escritório de contabilidade que divido com meu pai. Acompanhei pela imprensa desde a primeira versão beta e achei que esta seria uma boa oportunidade. No escritório ainda temos o Windows 95 e 98”, relata André Santin Alves, 24 anos. “Valeu a pena”, conclui, ao sair sorridente da loja, com as duas caixas debaixo do braço. “</p>
<p><strong>Não tão bom assim: </strong></p>
<p>“Existem várias razões para a cautela dos consumidores e companhias para adotar o programa.</p>
<p>Muitas companhias não devem comprar o Windows XP, pois a Microsoft os encorajou a comprar o Windows 2000.</p>
<p>As diferenças entre o Windows 2000 e o XP são poucas e não devem fazer as companhias mudarem suas estratégias.</p>
<p>Mas mesmo os consumidores comuns poderão reclamar por pagar por um programa que oferece pouco mais do que eles já têm. A falta de filas nas lojas - que abriram meia-noite para vender o Windows XP - mostra que poucas pessoas estão planejando atualizar seus computadores.</p>
<p><strong>Existem boas razões para não atualizar. Para começar, o Windows XP precisa de muitos recursos. A Microsoft diz que, para fazer o XP funcionar, o usuário tem que ter um computador com chip de 300 MHz, 128 megabytes de memória RAM e mais de 1,5 gigabytes de espaço no disco rígido.</strong></p>
<p><strong>A empresa Metafacts, de pesquisa de marketing, estima que a maoria dos computadores dos Estados Unidos (58%) tenha apenas 64 megabytes de memória. Apenas 21% teriam memória suficiente para o XP.</strong></p>
<p>Velhos softwares:</p>
<p>Os usuários que têm computadores com memória suficiente para aguentar o XP, provavelmente não vão comprar o novo programa apenas para ter um novo sistema operacional.</p>
<p>Isto porque estes computadores podem ser mais velhos e os problemas para mudar softwares antigos, jogos favoritos e outros acessórios para um computador atualizado, podem ser grandes.</p>
<p>A Microsoft está providenciando um programa “Conselheiro de Atualização” que pode fazer um exame do computador antes do usuário instalar o XP. Mas, o programa do “conselheiro” é tão grande que poucos vão se arriscar a baixá-lo.</p>
<p>Versões do XP lançadas previamente vieram com falta de programas que ajudam o programa a trabalhar com periféricos. A página da internet do XP deve ter as últimas informações sobre problemas na instalação do programa.</p>
<p>Devido a esta incerteza, poucas pessoas devem atualizar os programas. Muitos vão adquirir o XP apenas quando comprarem um novo computador.</p>
<p><strong>Mas, agora sim…</strong></p>
<p>“Depois de vários meses de trabalho e mais de US$ 300 milhões investidos nele (além da alocação de diversas equipes do Longhorn, que é o sucessor do Windows XP para ajudar no seu desenvolvimento), a Microsoft lançou o Service Pack 2 (SP2) do Windows XP, que contém diversas mudanças e melhorias para o sistema operacional.</p>
<p>O SP2 é o primeiro Service Pack lançado com a principal finalidade de implementar novidades no Windows, pois os Service Packs lançados para o Win9x/Me, WinNT, Win2000 e o SP1 do WinXP foram desenvolvidos com a principal finalidade de corrigir bugs e vulnerabilidades do sistema operacional e de seus aplicativos (Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Windows Media Player, entre outros).</p>
<p><strong>1.</strong> Eliminação de pop-ups (de maneira muito mais eficiente do que qualquer software)<br />
<strong>2.</strong> Firewall completo<br />
<strong>3.</strong> Novo Centro de Segurança do Windows<br />
<strong>4.</strong> Melhorias no download de updates do Windows<br />
<strong>5.</strong> Proteção contra arquivos potencialmente perigosos obtidos via download<strong><br />
6.</strong> Maior segurança no Outlook Express<br />
<strong>7.</strong> Impossibilidade de auto-execução de arquivos externos<br />
<strong>8.</strong> Controle de add-ons do Internet Explorer<br />
<strong>9.</strong> Wireless e Bluetooth simplificado<br />
<strong>10.</strong> Proteção contra buffer overflows”</p>
<p><strong>Queria falar também, que eu coloco a maior fé no Windows Vista, já que, como vocês viram, o nosso Xp também foi critícado no iniício, e no entanto está aí, firme e forte! <img class="wp-smiley" src="http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt=";)" /><br />
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<p><strong>Desculpem o post grande, mas…</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:right;">Fontes: <a href="http://www.rebelo.org/archives/2001/windows-xp-beta-2/">Blog do Paulo Rebêlo</a>, <a href="http://www.novomilenio.inf.br/ano01/0110d001.htm">Novo Milênio</a>, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/portuguese/noticias/2001/011026_windows.shtml">BBC Brasil</a>, <a href="http://www.baboo.com.br/absolutenm/templates/content.asp?articleid=12411&#38;zoneid=178&#38;resumo=">BABOO</a></p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ludovicpeugeot</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Le dernier Sevice pack de Windows XP est désormais disponible, voici la liste des liens à reteni]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Le dernier Sevice pack de Windows XP est désormais disponible, voici la liste des liens à retenir :</p>
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<li><strong>Windows XP SP3 Overview</strong> - <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=68C48DAD-BC34-40BE-8D85-6BB4F56F5110&#38;displaylang=en">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=68C48DAD-BC34-40BE-8D85-6BB4F56F5110&#38;displaylang=en</a></li>
<li><strong>Windows XP SP3 Release Notes</strong> - <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=60807c3a-8969-4ddf-beb2-8bfac9ed416b&#38;DisplayLang=en">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=60807c3a-8969-4ddf-beb2-8bfac9ed416b&#38;DisplayLang=en</a></li>
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<li>Les fiches techniques suivante seront mis en ligne prochainement :</li>
<li><strong>Steps before you install <a name="#h30">Windows XP</a> SP3 – </strong><a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950717">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950717</a></li>
<li><strong>List of fixes included in <a name="#h36">Windows XP</a> <a name="#h37">Service Pack 3</a>  – </strong><a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946480">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946480</a></li>
<li><strong>Hard disk requirements <a name="#h38">for Windows XP</a> SP3 – </strong><a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947311">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947311</a></li>
<li><strong>Application compatibility in <a name="#h42">Windows XP</a> SP3 – </strong><a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947309">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947309</a></li>
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<p>Faites-moi signe si besoin d'aide...</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Povero Windows XP...Microsoft vorrebbe la sua morte.]]></title>
<link>http://linformazione.wordpress.com/?p=197</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>CodiceAscii</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[NESSUNA PROROGA, XP SARA&#8217; CONDANNATO A MORTE!

E&#8217; questa la notizia che il vicepresident]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">E' questa la notizia che il vicepresidente del gruppo MICROSOFT CORPORATION<strong> Bill Veghte</strong> rende noto in <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/letter.html" target="_blank">una lunga lettera</a> ( Link in inglese ) destinata a tutti gli utenti per incentivare il passaggio verso Windows 6 ( Vista ) e 7.</p>
<p>In verità, <strong>Veghte </strong>non racconta alcuna novità di rilievo: <strong>XP andrà in pensione dal 30 giugno</strong>, Vista resta a farci compagnia, chi desidera ancora Windows 5 dovrà accontentarsi di <strong>downgradare</strong> dalle versioni Business e Ultimate di Vista oppure dovrà procurarsi uno degli ultimi esemplari di computer forniti di licenza OEM XP. Queste ultime resteranno in circolazione fino all'inizio del 2009, termine entro il quale spariranno.</p>
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<p>Confermata la <strong>sopravvivenza di Windows XP Home nei computer ultraportatili e a basso costo</strong> che potranno montare XP fino al 2010 senza problemi. Il supporto al sistema operativo, giunto da poco al <strong>Service Pack 3</strong>, proseguirà inoltre <strong>fino al 2014</strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">L'industria degli assemblatori, ha già reso chiaro quali siano <strong>le preferenze dei consumatori</strong> in fatto di OS. A grande richiesta, la vendita di computer Dell Inspiron e XPS con a bordo una delle ultime copie in circolazione di Windows XP è stata prorogata fino al 26 giugno.<br />
In realtà chi acquista un portatile la prima cosa che controlla è se c'è XP preinstallato o Vista e se proprio non riescono a trovare il loro modello preferito con XP si assicurano che almeno possa esserci montato.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">E' chiaro quindi che la stragrande maggioranza degli utilizzatori poco digerisce l'ultimo nato di casa redmond che a detta di tutti ( e anche da me ) <strong>Vista </strong>è un S.O. davvero lento e pieno di problematiche.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><em>A detta di <strong>Veghte </strong>ci sono stati "importanti progressi" per questa release, che <strong>ora supporta oltre 77mila dispositivi</strong> - più del doppio rispetto al lancio - e non mostra problemi di compatibilità con 98 delle 100 applicazioni più vendute sul mercato statunitense. Il <strong>supporto per i videogiochi</strong> è cresciuto, anche grazie ad una serie di patch diffuse attraverso Windows Update.<br />
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><em>Sul piano delle <strong>prestazioni</strong>, poi, il Service Pack 1 ha fatto segnare un deciso balzo in avanti per Vista: "Uno degli investimenti chiave fatto in Vista è stata la creazione di un vasto sistema di telemetria ( ? ) - racconta Veghte - che ci consente di raccogliere informazioni anonime su come gli utenti utilizzano Windows, che tipo di esperienza vivono e quali sono le vere applicazioni e i veri dispositivi che girano sui veri computer".<br />
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><em><strong>Spiandoci</strong> infatti, queste informazioni hanno permesso a Microsoft di migliorare aspetti cruciali del suo sistema operativo, come la velocità di copia dei file o quella di decompressione di un archivio. <strong>A beneficiarne sono stati anche i partner</strong> di Microsoft stessa, che hanno potuto realizzare computer che montano Vista più performanti di prima. Driver sbagliati, programmi buggati: tutti (o quasi) sono stati debellati, e ora Vista SP1 risplende più bello che mai nei computer e nei laptop di tutto il mondo.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Wow che belle parole, peccato non sia così, perchè Vista è lento ed ha bisogno di tantissime risorse, tra cui come MINIMO 1 GB di ram e almeno un Dual Core per girare decentemente, altrochè caro <strong>Veghte.</strong></p>
<p>Arriverà tra qualche anno Windows 7, il successore del povero Vista che Microsoft spaccia per un S.O. rivoluzionario ( ma che assolutamente non lo è ) e purtroppo <strong>poggerà sulle solide (?) basi di Vista</strong>: "<em>Costruiremo Windows 7 sulla stessa architettura di base di Vista - chiarisce Veghte - per garantire che l'investimento vostro e dei nostri partner fatto nella attuale versione di Windows continui a ripagare anche con la prossima".</em></p>
<p>In questo senso, <strong>BigM fa autocritica</strong>: "<em>Abbiamo imparato molto attraverso il feedback che ci avete inviato su Windows Vista, e quel feedback gioca un ruolo importante nel nostro lavoro su Windows 7</em>". Certo è che se, come ribadito anche da <strong>Veghte</strong>, quest'ultimo arriverà davvero all'inizio del 2010 o giù di lì, per quale motivo gli utenti dovrebbero acuistare Windows VISTA? Non gli sorge un dubbio che tutti (o quasi) si dirigerebbero su Windows 7.<em> </em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">A pensarla bene poi, non mi sembra che abbiano imparato molto dai feedback su Windows Vista.......</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">In realtà Microsoft si è resa conto di essere diventata "schiava di se stessa" con windows XP dato che quest'ultimo ormai è ritenuto il miglior Sistema Operativo dagli utilizzatori che hanno richiesto a gran voce di non farlo "morire". Quindi a Microsoft non rimane altra soluzione.... Quella di non venderlo più, ma così facendo si incrementerà la pirateria e la migrazione verso altri S.O. quali le varie Distro di Linux e/o MacOSX, dato che negli uffici lavorare con Vista non è proprio cosa.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">XP è morto? Viva XP!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[nLite crea tu CD de instalacion de Windows XP a tu gusto]]></title>
<link>http://cajondesastres.wordpress.com/?p=1190</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>destroyer</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[ nLite es un programa gratuito, que nos va a permitir crear un CD de instalación de Windows Xp tota]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" style="float:left;" src="http://www.cajondesastres.com/blog/2008/junio/nlite-ico.jpg" alt="nlite" width="80" height="66" /><strong> nLite</strong> es un programa gratuito, que nos va a permitir <strong>crear un CD de instalación de Windows Xp</strong> totalmente <strong>personalizado</strong> a nuestro gusto. En esta entrada vamos a ver los pasos para su empleo.</p>
<p>En el transcurso de creación de nuestro Cd de instalación personalizado podremos <strong>integrar drivers o controladores</strong> de las tarjetas de nuestro equipo y dispositivos periféricos externos como impresoras, escaner, etc, además de <strong>Service Pack</strong> y <strong>actualizaciones o parches</strong> de Windows, otras opciones, etc.<!--more--></p>
<p>Por supuesto, podemos decidir que aplicaciones integradas en Windows queremos <strong>eliminar</strong> para que no se instalen al utilizar nuestro cd personalizado de Windows XP, de este modo, no perderemos tiempo después en su desinstalación.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.cajondesastres.com/blog/2008/junio/nlite.jpg" alt="nlite" width="450" height="356" /></p>
<p>Como en su día ya preparamos un manual completo del programa <strong>paso a paso</strong>, os vamos a enlazar con cada una de las guías o capítulos que lo componen. En cada uno de estos manuales encontraréis el enlace de descarga del programa nLite.</p>
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<li><a title="integrar servicepack y updates" href="http://www.daboweb.com/content/view/1234/149/" target="_blank"><strong>Instalación, integración de servicepack y actualizaciones con nLite</strong></a>.</li>
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<li><a title="crear y grabar la ISO" href="http://www.daboweb.com/content/view/1233/149/" target="_blank"><strong>Crear y grabar imagen ISO de nLite</strong></a>.</li>
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<li><a title="eliminar componentes" href="http://www.daboweb.com/content/view/1313/149/" target="_blank"><strong>Eliminar componentes y ajustes</strong></a>.</li>
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<li><a title="integrar drivers" href="http://www.daboweb.com/content/view/1343/149/" target="_blank"><strong>Integrar drivers y controladores</strong></a>.</li>
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<li><a title="instalacion desatendida" href="http://www.daboweb.com/content/view/1608/149/" target="_blank"><strong>Instalación desatendida</strong></a>.</li>
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<li><a title="opciones y parches" href="http://www.daboweb.com/content/view/1609/149/" target="_self"><strong>Opciones y parches</strong></a>.</li>
</ul>
<p>El programa actualizó a la versión 1.4.6 la pasada semana. Para esta versión de nLite es necesario tener instalado el NET Framework 2.0, ya que no es posible hacerlo con sólo las Runtimes como en versiones anteriores.</p>
<p><span style="color:#339966;"><strong>De interés:</strong></span><br />
- <a title="Tareas de mantenimiento" href="http://cajondesastres.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/mantenimiento-pc/" target="_self">Mantenimiento del PC</a>.<br />
- <a title="Mejorar rendimiento de windows" href="http://cajondesastres.wordpress.com/2007/08/23/optimizar-windows-y-mejorar-el-rendimiento/" target="_self">Optimizar Windows</a>.<br />
- <a title="Descargar, instalar y desinstalar drivers" href="http://cajondesastres.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/drivers-o-controladores-descarga-instalacion-y-desinstalacion/" target="_self">Drivers instalacion, desinstalacion y descarga</a>.<br />
- <a title="Backups y copias de seguridad" href="http://cajondesastres.wordpress.com/2007/06/20/copias-seguridad-backups/" target="_self">Copias de seguridad en Windows</a>.<br />
- <a title="particiones de discos duros" href="http://cajondesastres.wordpress.com/2007/06/19/particiones-y-discos-duros/" target="_self">Gestionar particiones de disco</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Windows XP SP3 (Extended)]]></title>
<link>http://lucasgabriel.wordpress.com/?p=373</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lucasgabriel</dc:creator>
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<p align="justify">Windows XP Professional SP3 Original em Português/Br.</p>
<p align="justify">Depois de algum tempo você começa a perceber que estas cópias de Windows XP “mexidas” encontradas aos montes pela Web, não passa de ilusão. Quando você a instala, o visual, alguns programinhas já inclusos de inicio lhe encanta, mas é quando você começa a utilizalar que o “bicho pega”, quando percebe que um componente de rede não funciona, alguns idiomas ausenteS e outras ferramentas excluidas.</p>
<p align="justify">Nesta cópia não retiramos absolutamente nada, apenas foi acrescentado o SP3 ( Service Pack 3 ) que foi disponibilizado direto do site da Microsoft, a mesma no momento está sendo utilizada e funcionando satisfatoriamente.</p>
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<td align="center"><a href="http://bitroad.net/download/06d758629050/XP-SP3.part1.rar.html" target="_blank">Parte 1</a></td>
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<title><![CDATA[Guida allo slipstream del SP3 di Windows XP]]></title>
<link>http://itessentials.wordpress.com/?p=6</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Con l’uscita del Service Pack 1 per Windows Vista e del Service Pack 3 per Windows XP è divenuta ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;" src="http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/5673/windowsxpen2.png" alt="Windows XP" width="256" height="192" />Con l’uscita del Service Pack 1 per Windows Vista e del Service Pack 3 per Windows XP è divenuta nuovamente attuale  una pratica già nota probabilmente agli utenti più esperti dei sistemi operativi Microsoft: lo <em>slipstream</em>.</p>
<p>In informatica il termine Slipstream indica il procedimento attraverso cui vengono integrate nuove features (caratteristiche) o patch all'interno di un software, nel nostro caso, all’interno del sistema operativo della Microsoft.<br />
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<p>Esso consiste nel creare un nuovo Cd di Windows a partire da quello originale, per integrarci il nuovo Service Pack.</p>
<p>Naturalmente questo rappresenta un chiaro vantaggio sia per gli amministratori di sistema che devono spesso installare o reinstallare Windows su altre macchine, ma anche per l’utente casalingo che può così disporre di un sistema operativo che comprende già tutti gli update del Service Pack, senza avere la necessità di installare grandi quantità di aggiornamenti in un secondo momento.</p>
<p>Purtroppo lo slipstream del Service Pack 1 di Windows Vista non è supportato e non è quindi prevista la possibilità di aggiornare il Dvd di Vista al Service Pack 1 tramite una procedura automatica.</p>
<p>Per gli utenti di Vista sarà quindi necessario eseguire l’update dopo l’installazione del sistema operativo, tramite il gestore di aggiornamenti Microsoft.</p>
<p>Al contrario lo slipstream del SP3 di Windows XP a partire dal Cd di Windows XP SP1 o SP2 è possibile. Inoltre nulla vieta di aggiornare in modo progressivo. Ad esempio, potete tranquillamente eseguire lo slipstream di Windows XP Service Pack 3 partendo da un CD che avevate precedentemente aggiornato a SP2, e magari ancor prima a SP1.</p>
<p>Vi ricordiamo che ogni Service Pack di Windows XP include già tutti gli update dei Pack precedenti e, in lingua italiana, è disponibile come download dal sito Microsoft Download Center.</p>
<p>Si raccomanda di non eseguire  l’operazione di slipstreaming all’interno di una macchina con Windows Vista, ma su un sistema con Windows XP.<br />
Infatti, sebbene possano non apparire avvisi, lo slipstream non andrà a buon fine se effettuato su Windows Vista, e potrebbe corrompere (in parte o del tutto), la futura installazione del sistema operativo.</p>
<p>Vediamo dunque come procedere.</p>
<p>Iniziamo creando una cartella in cui copiare tutti i file del Cd originale. In questa guida sarà usato il percorso c:\wxpsp3. Copiate tutto il contenuto del CD di installazione nella cartella su disco fisso, facendo molta attenzione ad includere anche i file nascosti e di sistema.</p>
<p>Per includere questi ultimi basta aprire una qualsiasi cartella presente sul disco e dal menù Strumenti selezionare Opzioni cartella… fare click ora sul tab Visualizzazione e abilitare Visualizza cartelle e file nascosti e disabilitare Nascondi file protetti di sistema (consigliato). Fare click infine su Applica a tutte le cartelle e premere OK.</p>
<p>Dopo aver copiato tutti i file presenti sul Cd in questa posizione, salvate l’eseguibile del Service Pack 3 in un’altra cartella (diversa da quella precedente), ad esempio in c:\.</p>
<p>Il nome del file contenente il pacchetto di installazione del Service Pack 3 è, per la lingua italiana, WINDOWSXP-KB936929-SP3-X86-ITA.EXE.</p>
<p>Ora dobbiamo iniziare l’integrazione del Service Pack. Andiamo dunque su Start--&#62;Esegui e digitiamo cmd. Questo aprirà il Command Prompt, cioè il prompt dei comandi, portiamoci nella cartella dove si trova l’eseguibile con l’ausilio del comando cd (Change Directory) la cui sintassi è cd [unità:][percorso]. Per andare in c:\ è possibile digitare semplicemente “cd \”.</p>
<p>Lanciamo ora il seguente comando:</p>
<p><code>WINDOWSXP-KB936929-SP3-X86-ITA.EXE /integrate:c:\wxpsp3</code></p>
<p>Il comando precedente, come si può facilmente intuire dall’opzione integrate, serve ad integrare il Service Pack 3 nel cd originale di Windows XP che abbiamo copiato nella cartella wxpsp3.</p>
<p>Al termine dell’integrazione non ci resta che masterizzare il Cd. Tuttavia, al contrario di quanto può sembrare, non si tratta di un’operazione scontata, visto che il nuovo Cd di Windows XP deve essere, similmente all’originale, bootable, cioè avviabile.</p>
<p>Dobbiamo quindi cercare di aggiungere al nostro Cd un Boot sector, cioè una regione di spazio del nostro Compact Disc che viene caricata ed eseguita durante il processo di bootstrap (accensione) del pc.</p>
<p>Per farlo esistono varie procedure e molteplici programmi.<br />
Tuttavia credo che il sistema proposto da <a href="http://www.pcprofessionale.it/" target="_blank">PCProfessionale.it</a> sia il più adatto al nostro scopo e il più semplice da seguire.</p>
<p>La riporto di seguito.</p>
<p><em>“Vi spieghiamo come masterizzare il Cd usando il diffusissimo Nero, mentre sfrutteremo Isobuster per estrarre l’immagine avviabile dal disco originale di Windows.”</em></p>
<p><em>“Inserite dunque il Cd di Windows nel vostro lettore Cd e aprite IsoBuster. Dovreste vedere nella sezione Bootable Disc un file con estensione .img (di solito si chiama BootImage.img o Microsoft Corporation.img). Fate clic con il tasto destro su questo file e selezionate la voce Estrai nomefile.img. Otterrete un file di piccole dimensioni, che vi servirà successivamente.”</em></p>
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<link>http://fretful.wordpress.com/?p=65</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fretful</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Since so many people want to know how to enable it there is the way to enable the +20dB Microphone b]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since so many people want to know how to enable it there is the way to enable the +20dB Microphone boost in Windows Vista.</p>
<p>Control Panel -&#62; Hardware and Sound -&#62; Sound -&#62; Recording -&#62; Microphone -&#62; Properties -&#62; Custom -&#62; Microphone +20dB Boost</p>
<p>thats it, now your Microphone will be very sensitive so maybe you should reduce the voice activation in the Voip programm of your choice. Have Fun!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[How do I check if a SQL Server 2005 installation has been Service Packed?]]></title>
<link>http://dba4life.wordpress.com/?p=18</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dba4life</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[You can check whether a SQL Server 2005 installation has been service packed by running the followin]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You can check whether a SQL Server 2005 installation has been service packed by running the following SQL code:</p>
<blockquote><p>SELECT SERVERPROPERTY ('productlevel')</p></blockquote>
<p>If SQL Server <strong>has </strong>been service packed, it will return with the Service Pack version installed, eg. "SP2". If it <strong>has not</strong> been service packed, it will return with the result "RTM".</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Integrare il Service Pack 3 sul CD di installazione di Windows XP]]></title>
<link>http://spaziocurvo.wordpress.com/?p=32</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>spaziocurvo</dc:creator>
<guid>http://spaziocurvo.wordpress.com/?p=32</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mi ha fatto impazzire un po&#8217; il tool mkisofs ma alla fine ce l&#8217;ho fatta.
Serve:

CD di i]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:left;">Mi ha fatto impazzire un po' il tool mkisofs ma alla fine ce l'ho fatta.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Serve:</p>
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<li>CD di installazione di Windows XP</li>
<li><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5b33b5a8-5e76-401f-be08-1e1555d4f3d4&#38;DisplayLang=it">Service Pack 3</a></li>
<li>Un programma per estrarre l'immagine di boot dal CD (<a href="http://www.nu2.nu/bbie/">BartBootImageExtractor</a> oppure <a href="http://www.isobuster.com">IsoBuster</a>)</li>
<li>Un tool per creare l'ISO come mkisofs anche se si potrebbe benissimo masterizzare direttamente con <a href="http://www.nero.com">Nero</a>. mkisofs è contenuto nei <a href="http://www.student.tugraz.at/thomas.plank/index_en.html">CDRTools precompilati anche per Windows</a>.</li>
<li>Applicativo per masterizzare l'immagine (<a href="http://isoburn.sourceforge.net/">ISOBurn</a> o Nero)</li>
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<p style="text-align:left;">In soldoni:</p>
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<li><span style="color:#008080;">Estrarre dal CD di installazione i dati e l'immagine di boot</span></li>
<li><span style="color:#008080;">Decomprimere ed incorporare il service pack</span></li>
<li><span style="color:#008080;">Creare ISO e masterizzare</span></li>
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<h1>1)</h1>
<p>Copiare tutti i files contenuti nel CD di installazione in <span style="color:#008080;">c:\temp\cd</span></p>
<p>Estrarre i CDRTools, la <span style="color:#008080;">cygwin1.dll</span> e il BBIE in <span style="color:#008080;">c:\temp</span></p>
<p>Estrarre l'immagine di boot dal CD con BBIE e posizionarla in <span style="color:#008080;">c:\temp\cd\cdboot\msboot.img</span></p>
<h1>2)</h1>
<p>Copiare il file del service pack scaricato in c:\temp\sp3</p>
<p>Estrarre il service pack con: <span style="color:#008080;">c:\temp\sp3&#62;</span> <span style="color:#333399;"><span><span>WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ITA.exe –x</span></span></span></p>
<p>Integrare il service pack con: <span style="color:#008080;">c:\temp\sp3\i386\update&#62;</span> <span style="color:#333399;">update.exe /integrate:c:\temp\cd3</span></p>
<h1>3)</h1>
<p>Dalla cartella <span style="color:#008080;">c:\temp\cd</span> lanciare il seguente comando senza andare a capo:</p>
<p><span style="color:#333399;">..\mkisofs -b cdboot/msboot.img -no-emul-boot -boot-load-seg 1984 -boot-load-size 4 -iso-level 2 -J -joliet-long -l -D -relaxed-filenames -N -v -V "XPPROsp3ITA" -o ../XPPsp3it.iso .</span></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:left;">
<p style="text-align:left;">E' possibile masterizzare l'ISO con qualsiasi software di masterizzazzione come ISOBurn o <span style="color:#008080;">cdrecord.exe</span> (contenuto nei CDRTools).</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Si potrebbe anche saltare il terzo passo e masterizzare direttamente sul CD la cartella <span style="color:#008080;">c:\temp\cd</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">avendo l'accortezza di impostare i parametri di boot del CD:</p>
<ul>
<li>Specificare l’immagine di boot <span style="color:#008080;">c:\temp\cd\cdboot\msboot.img</span></li>
<li>Tipo di emulazione: <span style="color:#808000;">Nessuna</span></li>
<li>Carica Segmento: <span style="color:#808000;">07C0</span></li>
<li>Settori: <span style="color:#808000;">4</span></li>
<li>formato: <span style="color:#808000;">ISO 9660 senza restrizioni</span></li>
<li>Non aggiungere l’estensione versione file ISO (;1)</li>
<li>Volume Label (a piacere): <span style="color:#808000;">XPP_SP3_IT</span></li>
<li><span style="color:#808000;">il CD va finalizzato.</span></li>
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<title><![CDATA[Dica SQL SERVER 2000]]></title>
<link>http://mgasparin.wordpress.com/?p=16</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mgasparin</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Caso o Banco de Dados Sql Server, depois de instalado, começar a ter comportamento estranho ou apre]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Caso o Banco de Dados Sql Server, depois de instalado, começar a ter comportamento estranho ou apresentar erro de conexão via rede. A dica é instale os Service Pack de atualizações, hoje (12/06/2008) o Service Pack 4 é o mais atual para o Sql Server 2000.</p>
<p>Onde achar:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=pt-br&#38;FamilyID=8e2dfc8d-c20e-4446-99a9-b7f0213f8bc5" target="_blank">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=pt-br&#38;FamilyID=8e2dfc8d-c20e-4446-99a9-b7f0213f8bc5</a></p>
<p>Att.</p>
<p>Marcelo Gasparin.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Onsite Computer and Microsoft Windows Vista Compatibility Issues]]></title>
<link>http://onsitenola.wordpress.com/?p=115</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>elilucas</dc:creator>
<guid>http://onsitenola.wordpress.com/?p=115</guid>
<description><![CDATA[From Onsite&#8217;s experience since the release of Microsoft Windows 3.0 through the release of Vis]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From <strong><a href="http://www.neworleanscomputerservice.com">Onsite's</a></strong> experience since the release of <strong>Microsoft Windows 3.0</strong> through the release of <strong><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/default.aspx">Vista</a></strong>, one of the major advantages of PCs running <strong>Microsoft</strong> operating systems is the plethora of hardware and software choices available to users.  The resulting infinite combinations and permutations of hardware and software options has also always been one of the main problems with successful Windows installations. <!--more--></p>
<p>Successful <strong><a href="http://www.microsoft.com">Windows</a></strong> installations generally depend on <strong>compatibility</strong> between the infinite combinations of available hardware and software.  This is a monumental task for all involved in the manufacture of hardware (video displays, network interfaces, USB devices) as well as the publication of software (Windows and third party publishers of items like drivers, virus protection, browsers, ect.).  PCs give users several choices; however PCs also give users compatibility concerns from software and hardware that weren't specifically designed to work together.</p>
<p>Generally the release of the <strong>first service pack </strong>from Microsoft, in addition to the release of <strong>updated drivers </strong>from hardware and software vendors, addressed many of the incompatibility issues discovered after the initial release of the operating system.  Hopefully <strong>Microsoft Windows Vista SP1</strong>, as well as updated drivers and third-party application updates, have addressed the majority of SNAFUs with the initial release of Vista.  Only time will tell.  Stay tuned as our clients and Onsite continue the <strong>Vista compatibility </strong>odyssey as the sale of XP is scheduled to expire at the end of this month.</p>
<p>If you're searching for <a href="http://neworleanscomputerservicerepair.com">New Orleans computer service or repair </a>of your Microsoft based system or network, then call the Microsoft specialists at 504-469-6991. <a href="http://onsitecomputerneworleans.com">Onsite Computer Services, Inc. in New Orleans</a></p>
<p>You may also be interested in <a href="http://www.neworleanscomputeronsiterepairservice.com">Onsite Computer's </a><a href="http://onsitenola.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Blog.</a></p>
<p>This <a href="http://neworleansonsitecomputerservice.com">New Orleans On-Site Computer Service </a>post was provided by Eli Lucas. Eli can be reached at eli@onsitenola.com. <a href="http://www.onsitenola.com">Onsite Computer </a>serves the Microsoft computing needs of small businesses throughout the Greater New Orleans area including Uptown, Lakeview, Broadmoor, Mid-City, Metairie, Jefferson, Kenner, Westbank, French Quarter, and the Warehouse District. Please visit our website for <a href="http://www.neworleanscomputerservice.com">New Orleans Computer Service</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Vista SP1 installation --&gt; Mic Boost deactivated?!]]></title>
<link>http://fretful.wordpress.com/?p=55</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fretful</dc:creator>
<guid>http://fretful.wordpress.com/?p=55</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Today i installed my Vista SP1 I dunno why it took so long, i guess because i have got a damn slow i]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today i installed my Vista SP1 I dunno why it took so long, i guess because i have got a damn slow internet connection at the home I am living at. Just got about 1 Mbit down and 256kbit up, it just sucks i am also limited by a transfer volume which is about 6GB per month, what are 6GB in the year 2008 on the Internet? Nothing. But what i really wanted to tell ya if you install the SP 1 the "boost microphone by 20dB"  checkbox is unchecked, even if you checked it before you did the update. I did not know why my Sennheiser Headset is not working till I noticed it.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Windows XP Service Pack 3 Türkçe]]></title>
<link>http://webinsesi.wordpress.com/?p=11</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>webinsesi</dc:creator>
<guid>http://webinsesi.wordpress.com/?p=11</guid>
<description><![CDATA[
Artık Türkçe Windows XP kullananlar da SP3&#8242;ün nimetlerinden yararlanabilecek.
Windows XP ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright" style="border:0;float:right;" src="http://sinerjik.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/ipcq49.jpg" alt="" width="128" height="93" /></p>
<div>Artık Türkçe Windows XP kullananlar da SP3'ün nimetlerinden yararlanabilecek.</div>
<p>Windows XP SP3 boyut olarak tam 320 MB. SP2'nin yayımlandığından beri arada kalan tüm güncellemeleri ve ekstra bazı eklentileri içeriyor. <!--more-->Yeni özelliklerden ilk göze çarpanlar kurumsal ağlara girişi kısıtlayan SP3 Network Access Protection (NAP) ve Microsoft Management Console (MMC) uygulamasının 3.0 güncellemesi. Windows Installer uygulaması da 3.1 v2 sürümüne güncellenmiş.</p>
<p>SP3 yüklenen Windows XP'ler aynı zamanda ağlarda Windows Vista ve Server 2008 yüklü sistemlerle daha rahat iletişim kurabiliyorlar.</p>
<p>Normal bir bilgisayar kullanıcısı için en önemli yenilik ise artık SP2 kurulu bir sisteme MB'larca yama indirip kurmaya gerek kalmaması oluyor. İster SP1 yüklü olsun ister SP2; hatta hiçbir yama yüklü olmasa bile SP3 ile sisteminizi doğrudan en güncel seviyeye getirebilirsiniz.</p>
<p>Yükle/Download: <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/119146220/XP_Turkce_sp3_farkihisset.com.part1.rar">Part 1</a> &#124; <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/119157796/XP_Turkce_sp3_farkihisset.com.part2.rar">Part 2</a> &#124; <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/119169525/XP_Turkce_sp3_farkihisset.com.part3.rar">Part 3</a> &#124; <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/119179921/XP_Turkce_sp3_farkihisset.com.part4.rar">Part 4</a> &#124; <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/119189744/XP_Turkce_sp3_farkihisset.com.part5.rar">Part 5</a> &#124; <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/119199062/XP_Turkce_sp3_farkihisset.com.part6.rar">Part 6</a> &#124; <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/119199931/XP_Turkce_sp3_farkihisset.com.part7.rar">Part 7</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Downloads - Service Pack 3 do Windows XP]]></title>
<link>http://blogmais.wordpress.com/?p=1487</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Áulus Silva</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogmais.wordpress.com/?p=1487</guid>
<description><![CDATA[
O Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) foi desenvolvido para aperfeiçoar os mecanismos de seg]]></description>
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<p>O <strong>Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3</strong> (SP3) foi desenvolvido para aperfeiçoar os mecanismos de segurança contra vírus, worms e hackers, através de um sistema pró-ativo, como as opções de configuração de segurança deste sistema operacional. Agora em português.</p>
<p>O <strong>SP3</strong> oferece ainda informações que podem ajudar você a defender com ainda mais eficácia o seu micro, trazendo cerca de 1100 correções e melhorias.</p>
<p>Mas cuidado... faça um ponto de restauração antes de instala-lo pois a Microsoft ainda não dá suporte ao mesmo!</p>
<p><a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/c/c/dccd3e5b-aef9-4f61-bfc4-d973396282aa/WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-PTB.exe" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1199" src="http://blogmais.wordpress.com/files/2008/04/download.png" alt="" width="135" height="43" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://blogmais.wordpress.com/category/downloads/" target="_blank">Mais Downloads</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.google.com.br/custom?hl=pt&#38;client=pub-7015414455991175&#38;cof=FORID%3A1%3BGL%3A1%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fblogmais.wordpress.com%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fblogmais.wordpress.com%2Ffiles%2F2007%2F06%2Fblogmais.jpg%3BLH%3A50%3BLW%3A252%3BLBGC%3A336699%3BLC%3A%230000ff%3BVLC%3A%23663399%3BGFNT%3A%230000ff%3BGIMP%3A%230000ff%3BDIV%3A%23336699%3B&#38;domains=blogmais.wordpress.com&#38;ie=ISO-8859-1&#38;oe=ISO-8859-1&#38;q=corre%E7%E3o+do+Windows+Xp&#38;sitesearch=" target="_blank">Mais Sobre correções do Windows Xp</a></p>
<p><strong>By: Áulus Silva</strong></p>
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