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Microsoft is offering two new patches for their latest operating system Windows XP in order to squash some issues some users are said to encounter. It may add to system stability to download them. Read more...

Microsoft is taking the Unchecked Buffer in SNMP Service Could Enable Arbitrary Code to be Run issue out of business step by step. The Security Bulletin MS02-06 has now reached revision 3 with the release of the Windows NT4 patch...

Title: Unchecked Buffer in Windows Shell Could Lead to Code Execution
Date: 07 March 2002
Software: Microsoft Windows 98, NT 4.0, 2000
Impact: Run code of attacker's choice
Max Risk: Moderate Read more for more details and patch availability.

Ibelite.com: Hackers can run anything on your Windows with command written in HTML, an Israeli security researcher said. The trick works on Internet Explorer and Outlook even if active scripting and ActiveX are disabled. A demonstration script is available. It starts the calculator out of an HTML file. MS said they will patch the hole, but a workaround proposed by Axel Pettinger and Garland Hopkins is apparently working. The registry patch is also available on the source. Although the workaround will cause IE to launch a security warning that can not be turned off.

Microsoft Virtual Machine for Internet Explorer
Build 3805, released 3/4/02. The Microsoft virtual machine (Microsoft VM) is designed to run on the Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me), Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows XP operating systems or later. For a complete list of updates, view the list of fixes. Read More

Ibelite.com: A whole while ago, Microsoft has pulled the popular Powertoys for Windows XP from its website for some odd reason... Now it seems that the german ZDNet has revealed the reason: The Autologon feature of Tweak UI enabled users of Windows XP Home Edition to join domains on a network, eventhough this feature is only intended to be available for Windows XP Professional clients! Our german readers may want to check that out... Read more!

An updated release of the Windows XP Powertoys will be available for download in April.

The ColdStorage sample was created by the MSDN Architectural Samples Team as an educational tool. The main goal of the sample is to show how a company might develop both a set of XML Web services to store data as well as a rich-client application that would consume the Web services.

In this episode of The .NET Show, we talk with Shaykat Chaudhuri and Habib Heydarian about just a few of the debugging features and capabilities of Visual Studio .NET. They will show how easy it is to debug a local client application, a remote ASP.NET server component, as well how to use Visual Studio .NET to debug a SQL Server stored procedure.

NTcompatible.com microsoft have released the latest WHQL Tools II for testing hardware to qualify for the Designed for Windows logos.

So if u want theses tools then hit read more

CNET has published an article regarding the release of the first major update to Windows XP. According to a Microsoft spokesperson the update (SP1?) is to be expected as early as Q3 this year. Of course the SP1 will contain the usual rollup of fixes released since XP entered the market. Furthermore Microsoft will include additonal software to enhance productivity as well as compatibility with their latest OS. Software in question is support for Mira "smart" display devices, the Tablet PC and the multimedia-oriented Freestyle graphical interface. Read more...

Yesterday I watched The ComputerClub a german TV show and they reported about something very very interesting:
They had a normal MS Word document with just one sentence in it like 'Hello World'. They opened the document with the Norton Commander (you can use a hex-editor or the notepad too). And guess what happened? Read More...

MSN has released a new version of it's MSN Explorer. The version # is now 7.00.0021.1900 (or Build 2119). Go

ActiveWin.com have updated their Microsoft Hardware Compatibility Lists for for Windows XP x86 / 2000 / XP ia64 / NT / ME / 98 /95. These are essential for anyone who is looking to see if hardware will work on a OS or not.

This update resolves several issues in the Windows Messenger Client and eliminates popping sounds coming from the speakers. It also enables users of the Voice.Net service to reach the telephony service from behind Network Address Translators (NATs). These issues are discussed in Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) Article Q316397. Download now to resolve these issues.

Have you ever taken a closer look at the powerful Computer Management utility that comes with the XP Professional administrative tools? No? Well Microsoft might have included a little surprise for you... You can manage all computer user accounts with this tool and surprise: an undocumented support account is included! Read more...

This is the Commerce Server 2000 Security Fix for KB article Q317615. It is a patch for the production version of Commerce Server 2000 SP2. To update, you must first upgrade your Commerce Server 2000 to Service Pack 2.

Microsoft has released a patch for Windows 2000 that will eliminate a vulnerability that exists because a malicious user could issue a specially formatted, non-RFC compliant SMTP command that will result in a Denial of Service attack. This would be carried out more typically through a custom application where the malformed data would cause the SMTP service to fail. Download now to prevent a possible Denial of Service Attack.

Microsoft has released a patch that for Windows XP that will eliminate a vulnerability that exists because a malicious user could issue a specially formatted, non-RFC compliant SMTP command that will result in a Denial of Service attack. This would be carried out more typically through a custom application where the malformed data would cause the SMTP service to fail. Download now to prevent a possible Denial of Service Attack.

Activewin.com Microsoft has just posted a new Microsoft Processor Driver Version 5.1.2600.28 on the Windows XP Windows Update website. The download size is 32 KB but there is no description of the file. If you know what it is, do tell!