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Monthly Archives: February 2008

The Short NAP: Tuesday February 19 2008

19-Feb-08

The Short NAP is a quick list of links covering Microsoft Network Access Protection and Server/Domain Isolation topics and related information.
Network Access Protection is a great new feature of Windows Server 2008 that will help you understand the health of your client machines (Windows Vista and Windows XP Service Pack 3) and increase the [...]

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Server Manager’s Power Is In The Command Line

18-Feb-08

Like most IT Pros deploying and managing Windows Server, I’ve avoided the wizard interfaces, like Manage Your Server, in previous versions of Windows. However with Windows Server 2008, Microsoft have actually succeeded in creating a tool that I think people will find indispensable.
Server Manager is an MMC-based front-end for anything you will need to manage [...]

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Update Adobe Reader Now, PDF Exploits In The Wild

13-Feb-08

Adobe have recently released an update for Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8, updating them to version 8.1.2, to address a serious vulnerability that is leading to infections of Trojan.Zonebac via malicious banner advertisements.
The Sunbelt Software blog has some more detail on the exploit here: If you have Adobe Acrobat 7 or 8, make sure it’s updated, [...]

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Citrix Hotfix Turns Oracle JInitiator Pink

11-Feb-08

A workaround has been posted in the forums. Run the following command to exclude Internet Explorer from the multiple montior hooks that Presentation Server provides:
REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Citrix\CtxHook\AppInit_Dlls\Multiple Monitor Hook" /v Exclude /d "iexplore.exe" /t REG_SZ /f
Avert thy eyes, lest you be turned to stone! Well, not quite, but your users might be stoning you if [...]

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