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Vol. 13, #36 - Sep 1, 2008 - Issue #690
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Gotcha: IE8 Lock-In With XP SP3
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- Editor's Corner
- Gotcha: IE8 Lock-In With XP SP3
- Sunbelt Makes Inc 5000... Again
- Quotes of the Week
- Webinars and Seminars
- Upcoming Sunbelt Seminars
- Free One-Day Seminar: Optimizing Exchange Performance
- Admin Toolbox
- Admin Tools We Think You Shouldn't Be Without
- Tech Briefing
- Microsoft Releases IE 8 Beta 2
- Make Sure Your ISP Isn't Interfering
- New Website Focused On Enterprise Desktop Technologies
- Server Virtualization At The Hardware Level With Hyper-V
- Microsoft Exchange Server Backup Method Pros And Cons
- Tip: Free Security Testing Toolkit Review Of BackTrack 3
- Windows Server News
- Small Business Server 2008 Hits Metal
- Small Business Server 2008 Gets New Exam
- WServer Third Party News
- Sunbelt Exchange Archiver V3.6: What's New?
- Are Your AV Signatures Outdated? SNSI Will Tell You
- WServerNews FAVE Link
- This Week's Links We Like. Tips, Hints And Fun Stuff.
- WServerNews - Product of the Week
- Instantly Recover Active Directory without Rebooting, Panic or Stress
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Editor's Corner |
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Gotcha: IE8 Lock-In With XP SP3
This week, Redmond on its IE blog warned XP SP3 users that in some
circumstances they will not be able to uninstall either SP3 or IE 8
This heads-up was similar to an earlier warning in May, when XP SP3 had
just been released. Redmond said then that you wouldn't be able to
downgrade from IE7 to the older IE6 browser without uninstalling SP3.
Jane Maliouta, an IE program manager, gave specifics about this new gotcha,
which impacts you when you downloaded and installed IE8 Beta 1 prior to
updating XP to SP3. If you then upgrade IE8 to Beta 2, which Redmond
unveiled on the 28th, you will be stuck with both IE8 and Windows XP SP3.
You will get a warning dialog: "If you continue, XP SP3 and IE8 Beta 2
will become permanent, you will still be able to upgrade to later IE8
builds as they become available, but you won't be able to uninstall
them." So how to get around this lock-in? First uninstall XP SP3, then
uninstall IE8 Beta 1; then reinstall XP SP3 and follow that by installing
IE8 Beta 2. Dang, that's a hassle. Here is the blog with the write up in
detail:
http://www.wservernews.com/080901-IE8-Beta2
Here is the link to the IE8 download itself:
http://www.wservernews.com/080901-IE-8-Download
Sunbelt Makes Inc 5000... Again
Sunbelt made the Inc 5000 list again this year! We moved up the list a
few hundred spots from last years position. We'll tell the world about
it in the next few days, you heard it here first:
http://www.wservernews.com/080901-Inc-5000
Quotes of the Week
"No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as
the will and moral courage of free men and women." -- Ronald Reagan
"Those who have the privilege to know, have the duty to act".
-- Albert Einstein
"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil,
but because of those who look on and do nothing." -- Albert Einstein
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were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons
were terribly inconvenienced. Please tell your friends about us.
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The End Of AV As You Know It
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Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog. Sunbelt Software
introduces VIPRE Enterprise; a completely new technology combining corporate
antivirus plus an enterprise antispyware solution for total endpoint security
designed by admins for admins. Save your IT budget and don't renew products
from Symantec, McAfee and Trend Micro, Learn how VIPRE Enterprise takes much
less resources than the competition! It's clearly time to ditch expensive,
bloated, old-style AV products. Get your 30-day eval here:
http://www.wservernews.com/080901-VIPRE-Enterprise
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Webinars and Seminars |
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Upcoming Sunbelt Seminars
"Implementing an Effective Email Archiving Strategy for Exchange" - Join
Sunbelt and Mike Osterman, president and founder of Osterman Research,
Inc., one of the leading analyst firms in the messaging and collaboration
space, for an engaging discussion on how an effective email archiving
strategy can help you deal with the issues resulting from growth in email
storage and new discovery and privacy requirements.
Hosted at Delta Chelsea Hotel in Toronto, ON, Canada on Tuesday, September
16th. Register here:
http://www.wservernews.com/080901-Seminar-Toronto
"Protecting Against the New Wave of Malware: A New Approach to Endpoint
Security" - Join Sunbelt and Mike Osterman, president and founder of
Osterman Research, Inc., for an informative seminar that will examine why
older, traditional antivirus approaches don't work and why a new approach
to endpoint security is required to better protect your users, your data
and your long-term viability as a company from malicious threats.
Hosted at Microsoft in Waltham, MA on Thursday, October 2nd.
Register here:
http://www.wservernews.com/080901-Seminar-Waltham
"Recovery Made Easy for Exchange, SQL, and other Critical Applications"
- Join Sunbelt and Double-Take Software as we discuss strategies for
implementing high availability, remote availability and offsite disaster
recovery solutions for SQL, Exchange and other mission critical apps
using Double-Take. Learn about Double-Take v5.0 and Double-Take's NEW
solutions that power your keys to recoverability.
Hosted at Microsoft in Hartford, CT on Thursday, September 25th.
Register here:
http://www.wservernews.com/080901-Seminar-Hartford
Direct from Microsoft: Tips for Integrating Exchange 2007 and Double-Take Software
Date: September 9, 2008
Time: 11pm - 12pm ET
4pm - 5pm London Time
5pm - 6pm Paris Time
Exchange Server 2007 represents a new platform for messaging, collaboration
and communication from Microsoft. It creates new opportunities for e-mail
data protection and availability including Exchange-specific replication
capabilities for the first time with the inclusion of Local Continuous
Replication (LCR) and Continuous Cluster Replication (CCR) for Exchange
data. Together, the protection and recovery capabilities of Double-Take
Software combined with the new recovery features within Exchange 2007
provide an end-to-end solution for Exchange protection, eliminating single
points of failure and providing the utmost flexibility and redundancy for
your business-critical Exchange messaging data.
Please join this webinar, with a guest speaker from Microsoft, to learn:
More from Microsoft about the strong partnership between Microsoft and
Double-Take Software. Why you should upgrade to Exchange 2007 (if you
haven't already). How to provide an additional level of protection for
Exchange 2007 server Hub and Transport, Mailbox Server and Client Access
Server roles by replicating the data using asynchronous, byte-level
replication to standby systems. How to use Double-Take Software solutions
in addition to Exchange 2007 for advanced disaster recovery or remote
availability purposes - including recovery of Microsoft Clusters running
Exchange Server 2007.
http://www.wservernews.com/080901-Exchange-DT-Webinar
Free One-Day Seminar: Optimizing Exchange Performance
Independent expert Richard Luckett provides real world advice and best
practices to solve your Exchange performance issues and properly maintain
your servers. He also takes time to explain the changes and advantages of
Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1. This event comes to Chicago, Dallas,
and New York starting in September. Reserve your seat today!
http://www.wservernews.com/080901-Exchange-Seminars
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Tech Briefing |
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Microsoft Releases IE 8 Beta 2
Microsoft released Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2, and the company spilled
a lot of pixels explaining the beta's new features. Full article at
MCPmag, by Kurt Mackie:
http://www.wservernews.com/080901-IE-8-Beta2-Released
Make Sure Your ISP Isn't Interfering
Is your ISP interfering with your BitTorrent connections? Cutting off your
VOIP calls? Undermining the principles of network neutrality? Developed by
the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Switzerland is an open source software
tool for testing the integrity of data communications over networks, ISPs
and firewalls. Download here, but it may be very slow:
http://www.wservernews.com/080901-Switzerland
New Website Focused On Enterprise Desktop Technologies
SearchWindowsSecurity.com is now the brand new SearchEnterpriseDesktop.com,
your best resource for desktop management, desktop virtualization and security.
Visit today to access the latest tips, articles, podcasts, guides, webcasts
and more.
http://www.wservernews.com/080901-Enterprise-Desktop-Technologies
Server Virtualization At The Hardware Level With Hyper-V
Microsoft changed its approach to server virtualization with the release
of Hyper-V. In this tip from SearchWindowsServer.com, find out how the
new technology changes the way virtual machines interact with physical
hardware. (registration required)
http://www.wservernews.com/080901-Hyper-V-Server-Virtualization
Microsoft Exchange Server Backup Method Pros And Cons
Past options for backing up Microsoft Exchange Server were to perform either
an online backup or an offline backup. Other technologies, such as continuous
data protection and continuous replication, have been added to the mix. This
tip explains various available backup methods for Exchange Server, and the
pros and cons of each. (registration required)
http://www.wservernews.com/080901-Exchange-Backups
Tip: Free Security Testing Toolkit Review Of BackTrack 3
BackTrack, one of the most popular Linux-based security toolkits, has
introduced a new "live" version for the first time in 18 months. Learn
what BackTrack 3 has to offer, and how these new updates will help you
in your enterprise security testing efforts. (registration required)
http://www.wservernews.com/080901-BackTrack
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Small Business Server 2008 Hits Metal
Microsoft released Windows Small Business Server 2008 to hardware
manufacturers, with an eye toward achieving a full product launch in
November. Story at the MCPMag site:
http://www.wservernews.com/080901-SBS-2008
Small Business Server 2008 Gets New Exam
Microsoft is developing a new exam for IT professionals who plan to
implement Small Business Server 2008; the exam is in beta until Sept.
12. Story at the MCPMag site:
http://www.wservernews.com/080901-SBS-2008-Exam
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WServer Third Party News |
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Sunbelt Exchange Archiver V3.6: What's New?
What's New In SEA Version 3.6? Apart from a series of bugfixes, here are
the highlights:
- DirectArchive redesign - The synchronous event sink was replaced by an
asynchronous event sink.
- DirectArchive support on MS Exchange 2007. The synchronous event sinks
are supported on Exchange Server 2007 (64-bit). The DirectArchive
registration is the same for all Exchange server types.
- Ability to place legal hold on documents through ArchiveWeb.
- Initial database recovery model is set to FULL.
- Shortcut synchronization for faster public folder processing.
- PST import/export optimizations; more information is available during
the import/export process.
- ArchiveWeb export redesigned - using the same export functionality
as EnterpriseManager.
- New setup for 64-bit Exchange Server 2007
- Orphaned shortcut handling; shortcut synchronization job will remove
any orphaned shortcuts in the mailbox when setting the configuration
key AllowDeletingPugedShortcuts=1.
- Enhanced statistical reporting grouped by hour, day, week, month, and year.
You will find the new Release Notes on the SEA page:
http://www.wservernews.com/080901-Sunbelt-Exchange-Archiver
Are Your AV Signatures Outdated? SNSI Will Tell You
SNSI uses the latest Mitre Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
list of computer incidents. It also contains the latest SANS/FBI top 20
vulnerability list. SNSI also uses the latest CERT, CIAC Microsoft and
FedCIRC (Department of Homeland Security) advisories.
New Checks
S484 Emulex SAN adapter error handling - Solaris 8 - 10
S487 Java Portal Server XSLT handling - Solaris 8 - 10
W1714 Nslookup Vulnerability - W2K/XP
W2618 VideoLAN VLC player TTA processing vulnerabilities
Updated Checks
W1142 Anti-virus Signature Outdated - McAfee
W1986 Anti-virus Signature Outdated - Symantec
W1999 Anti-virus Signature Outdated - Trend Micro
W2067 Anti-virus Signature Outdated - F-Secure
W2070 Anti-virus Signature Outdated - CA eTrust
Sunbelt Network Security Inspector version 1.6.113.0 was released August
25, 2008. Sunbelt Software recommends you download the new SNSI version
1.6.113.0, scan, and patch your machines today. To get the latest SNSI
version, visit:
http://www.wservernews.com/080901-SNSI
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WServerNews FAVE Link |
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This Week's Links We Like. Tips, Hints And Fun Stuff.
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WServerNews - Product of the Week |
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Instantly Recover Active Directory without Rebooting, Panic or Stress
Instant recovery of Active Directory without rebooting, panic or stress.
Rebuild memberships and attributes on the fly. No one will ever know...
Active Administrator from ScriptLogic allows you to recover, audit, assign
permissions, make and track changes to Group Policy and set security
settings in Active Directory from the safety of an integrated management
console. Download now and see why Active Administrator was voted #1
in systems management and group policy management.
http://www.wservernews.com/080901-Active-Directory-Recovery
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