In a recent Microsoft blog post, the company revealed it will be changing the Creative Commons license to allow companies to employ their Security Development Lifecycle software.
Individuals and organizations can now copy, distribute and transmit a variety of Microsoft’s security-related content.
Essentially, the announcement means public and private organizations can gain access to the company’s research [...]
Thwart hackers by securing Dynamic DNS (Microsoft Windows Server 2003)
Dynamic DNS (DDNS) in Windows Server 2003 offers you the convenience of clients and servers updating their own DNS records. (If you use DHCP, the DHCP server is capable of updating its clients’ resource records within DDNS for them.) Obviously, DDNS saves you considerable time because [...]
If you’re a filing fanatic like many Word power users, you may find yourself annoyed by unruly temp files that hang around in your folders long after you’ve closed your last document.
Word generates temporary files for many reasons, but if you find one hanging on, you may have some extra text hiding out in your [...]
Microsoft Windows XP’s Forgotten Password Wizard allows you to create a password reset disk that you can use to recover your user account and personalized computer settings in the event you forget your login password.
The procedure to do so differs depending on whether your computer is on a domain or in a workgroup, and whether [...]
Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch Beta is a new addition to the Visual Studio family from Microsoft that helps you to quickly create professional-quality business applications, regardless of your development skills.
Visual Studio LightSwitch Beta will be available on August 23.
Visit this link on August 23 to download it. LightSwitch videos will also be posted here [...]
Just announced: consumers who purchase and activate Microsoft Office 2007 will be able to download Office 2010 at no additional cost when it becomes available in June 2010.
All you need to be eligible for this program – Office 2010 Technology Guarantee – is the following:
* Purchase Office 2007, or a new [...]
When you insert a worksheet using the Insert | Worksheet menu command, Excel automatically bases the new sheet on the default template. However, you may not want to insert just a blank worksheet. For instance, say your company uses a special Project Tracking template. A workbook is dedicated to each client and there could be [...]
Missing a Title Master? Insert one in a snap (PowerPoint 2000/2002/2003/2004)
Some presentations lack a Title Master when you choose View | Master from the menu bar, so the option is unavailable (either grayed out or not displayed at all). When this happens, you can simply insert a new Title Master.
To do so, choose View | [...]
If you’re attached to the Run command, you may have been dissapointed when you noticed it’s missing from the Windows Vista Start Menu. While the Start Search command performs the same functions as the Run command, (allowing you to find and open files, folders, even web site urls quickly) you can get the Run command [...]
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