Tag: 2000

Microsoft is getting together security updates for Windows 2000. There are five security bulletins that are set for release on September 11th 2007 that will update a version of the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool on Windows Update, Microsoft Update, Windows Server Update Services and in the Download Center. Of the five updates deemed an "important update" for users, only one has ...

Internet security watchdogs at the SANS Institute Internet Storm Center are reporting two unrelated issues with the DST changeover on Windows platforms. The first issue incolves isolated problems where clocks display incorrect times despite being patched for the new US Daylight Savings Time rules. Apparently the problem affects certain systems that were patched using directions from Microsoft the ...

Microsoft has unveiled a Vista upgrade matrix, detailing which present versions of Windows are eligible for upgrading to one of the four relevant versions of Vista (Starter and Enterprise are targeted for specific markets and therefore not included in this matrix). To make matters a bit complicated, however, some editions (such as XP Pro or Win2K) are only eligible to upgrade to a "corresponding ...

Slashdot's interviews are always most interesting when they're with unexpected subjects, like Mike Nash, Microsoft's VP of Security, and the guy at whom about half of Slashdot's endless parade of anti-Microsoft jokes are indirectly aimed. It's a decent interview, and Nash's answers are fairly canded and relatively free of PR-speak. He retreads the same ground a couple of times, though, and the ...