This download provides the end-user Redistributable that developers may include with their product. The redistributable license agreement covers the terms under which developers may use the Redistributable. If you choose to distribute the Redistributable Code, you must include the files as specified listed in the Redist Directory Read Me file. If anyone knows how to install this running Windows XP - Please leave a comment. When I run dxsetup.exe and click on install it just shows a popup 'Install succesful' but nothing happens. No reboot, no updated DirectX...

According to WindowsXP.nu, Build 1063 for SP1 for XP has been leaked. No links available.

Update: Just got word that Ibelite.com have snagged some screenshots!

Just got this in my email box from MS and if company is looking to upgrade to Microsoft new Licensing agreements then this is a must!

To help you make the best decisions for your company, an independent panel of industry analysts from IDC, Giga, Gartner, and Meta have been selected to give their perspectives and answers to your questions. This is your opportunity to hear the truth about the licensing changes.

Join us for a live Web broadcast to learn more on how licensing works and what it can do for you. There will be no spin, no fluff, and no sales talk. Just real answers from independent experts.

This session will feature an address from a noted analyst, followed by a discussion of the Microsoft licensing changes!

Just got word from Iexbeta.com that if you have downloaded Windows XP SP1 build 1060 that this build DOES make your desktop say "For testing purposes only" in the bottom right corner, too see the screenshot of this build! hit read more.

Microsoft UK is offering you the opportunity to test drive the latest Beta 3 of Windows .NET Server by ordering it for free but you need to be a Microsoft Passport user. I already ordered 10 copies! LOL.

Juts saw this @ our good friends Neowin.net:

Well - guys - exclusivly to Neowin from one of my under-ground sources I can tell you that in Windows XP's Service Pack 1 there is clear spyware.

Windows XP sp1ers have found a registry key setup by the program "Alexa", a subsiduary of Amazon (see link below). On the top link, we can see that Alexa has been found to send detailed information about users to its servers, which im sure not only breaks microsofts privacy statement, but also breaks laws. My source says that the popular anti-spyware program Ad-aware detects elements of the installation as adware, and this registry key confirms it:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > Software > Microsoft > Internet Explorer > Extensions > {c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003}

xtechnet.net has been informed that this new build has already been leaked to the 'net, but no download links are currently available. We will inform you when more information becomes available. In the meantime, take a look at the screenshot: from xtechnet.net they have 7 in total!

I saw this @ Neowin and this is what they said:
Well avid SP1 fans, neowin has yet another (please- no medals) scoop for its beautiful readers; microsoft have released built 1060 internally to its own beta testers, and hasn't yet been made public. As ever, theres no real word on whats new, but one makes the presumption of a few bug fixes. But it is already leaked! Click on Read More... for a picture for proof.

Title: Cumulative Patches for Excel and Word for Windows (Q324458)
Date: 19 June 2002
Affected Software: Microsoft Excel 2000 for Windows Microsoft Office 2000 for Windows Microsoft Excel 2002 for Windows Microsoft Word 2002 for Windows Microsoft Office XP for Windows Impact: Run Code of Attacker's Choice
Max Risk: Moderate
Bulletin: MS02-031 This is a set of cumulative patches that, when applied, applies all previously released fixes for these products. In addition, these patches eliminate four newly discovered vulnerabilities all of which could enable an attacker to run Macro code on a user's machine. The attacker's macro code could take any actions on the system that the user was able to.

Just saw this @ Xp-erience.org

This free online utitilty lets you check Internet Explorer for security holes and certain 'hacks'. If it does indeed find anything wrong, it will then tell you what you need to do to fix the problems.

Internet Explorer Security Check

The PC manufacturers and integrators make pressure. Errors like the registry bluescreen or the false alarm of the registration function after changing memory modules force the PC manufacturers to high expenditures for support. Therefore these are dependent on Microrofts fast reactions. Now Microsoft prepares distribution of the service pack on CD to its OEMs. A download version will be available some days later. Insiders maintain that the download version will not repair all errors, because Microsoft would hardly offer large files on its web server up to 120 MByte. Microsoft is expected to release updates in question via Windows Update in small portions. Source: VNunet.de

Recently Microsoft & Hotmail have added 3 new user info sharing options under hotmail accounts. These checkboxes are checked by default without the user permission, so "by default" you are letting Microsoft use your private info for offering it to companies.

Too disable it, go under Options/Personal into hotmail account preferences.

Sorry for my poor english. Bye!

Proxy Server 2.0 Security Patch for Unchecked Buffer in Gopher Protocol Handler: A problem could occur on a Proxy Server 2.0 computer while processing Internet Gopher protocol requests. When a malicious Gopher request is received, the Proxy Server 2.0 Web Proxy may send back an invalid response, generate an access violation error message, and stop providing services.

ISA Server 2000 Security Patch for Unchecked Buffer in Gopher Protocol Handler: A problem could occur on an Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server computer while processing Internet Gopher protocol requests. When a malicious Gopher request is received, the ISA Server Web Proxy service may send back an invalid response, generate an access violation error message, and stop providing services.

REDMOND, Wash. -- June 17, 2002 -- Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.2 for Mac OS X, the latest update to the most popular browser available for the Macintosh operating system. The update includes a number of enhancements that make the browsing experience better for customers using Mac OS X. For example, using Quartz text smoothing, Internet Explorer 5.2 now provides smooth display of text, making Web sites easier to read. The free* download is available @ http://www.microsodt.com/mac/.

Just saw this @Theinquirer.net

INDUSTRY SOURCES close to Microsoft's plans say that certain OEMs will be proved with service pack one as early as the end of this month. System integrators have wanted Microsoft to introduce the service pack for some time. At a system builder conference in Monaco earlier this year, Microsoft was suggesting that it could arrive in September.

But, we are told, Microsoft is being forced to ship the product earlier than it wished to because of problems OEMs and integrators have encountered.

Those include factors such as the re-activation nightmare that our own Asian editor experienced when substituting 1066RDRAM for 800MHz RDRAM in Intel own motherboards.

Neowin.net the Command Prompt Explorer Bar is a small tool that extends Windows Explorer.

Ever tried to run one of those console programs ("Hello World!" to name a few), .BAT, .VBS or .JS scripts just to see black window popping up and disappearing? I did. Especially after I started using .Net framework I find myself doing this more often. No wonder - with all this ALs , NGENs and TLBIMPs. So if you are like me then this tool is right for you.

Next time you need to run a program without GUI, just press the 'Ctrl+M' key combination in your explorer. A command prompt will start and appear automatically. Its current directory will be exactly the same as the current path you are browsing. And better yet the console will appear inside your explorer window - like any other explorer bar does - 'History', 'Favorites', 'Folders' etc.

Registry damage often occurs when programs with access to the registry do not cleanly remove temporary items that they store in the registry. This problem may also be caused if a program is terminated or experiences a user-mode fault.

Building on the industry-leading Windows Media Audio and Video codecs, "Corona" introduces two new professional-level audio and video codecs. The new WMA Professional codec is the first codec to enable Web-based delivery of 6 channel surround sound with full-spectrum, full resolution audio (24 bit / 96 kHz sampling). A new version of the Windows Media Video (WMV) codec provides a 20% efficiency boost compared with the previous version and now introduces the ability to provide HDTV-like video quality at file sizes half that of today?s DVDs, for local playback on the PC.

Fast Streaming delivers an "instant-on, always-on" streaming experience for broadband users, effectively eliminating the ever-present buffering delays. Fast Streaming also automatically optimizes the delivery of streaming audio and video to take advantage of the full bandwidth available to the user, which vastly reduces or eliminates the impact of congestion on the Web for broadband users.

Just got word from our good friends @ Neowin.net that there's 2 new updates on the Windows Update site:

Q321599: Security Update: for W2K This update resolves the "Heap Overrun in HTR Chunked Encoding Could Enable Web Server Compromise" security vulnerability in Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0. Download now to prevent a malicious user from running code of his or her choice on your computer.

Q318138: Security Update: for W2K / XP This update resolves the "Unchecked Buffer in Remote Access Service Phonebook Could Lead to Code Execution" security vulnerability in Windows 2000/XP. This vulnerability is the result of an unchecked buffer in the Remote Access Service (RAS) Phonebook. Download now to eliminate this vulnerability by instituting proper input checking on the RAS phonebook entries.

PivX Solutions provides a free fix for the MSIE Gopher Root[1] Vulnerability. Recently, this hole in Microsoft's Internet Explorer (all versions) leaves most windows computes wide open.

If you leave this vulnerability unpatched any hacker or cracker can gain root access control over your system. Once root is achieved, the attacker can steal anything they want from you including your personal databases, contacts, records, documents and more... PivX cleans up someone else's mess with another small, free, streamlined security tool to make your computer safe once again.