Who the hell is still using operating system software that hasn't been patched since October 2008? And even then, only one of the affected operating systems (Windows Server 2008) is still receiving security updates. If there are public-facing Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 machines still in the wild, I'd go so far as to say those companies deserve to be compromised.
You misunderstand what Billy Gates said. Windows sets a very restricted execution policy in PowerShell by default. It doesn't matter whether your systems are domain joined or not. In addition, PowerShell does not run with elevated privileges unless you explicitly tell it to (right-click > Run as Administrator).
As far as I can tell, these scripts cannot affect the average user because they would be blocked both by the default execution policy (cannot run unsigned scripts from external sources) and by the lack of elevated privileges to make system changes.
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit on Core i7-4790, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founder's Edition, Samsung 840 EVO 512GB SSD
I used Notepad++ for most of my editing, and I use Google Chrome for my browser (with LastPass, AdBlock, and Google Personal Blocklist as my extensions).
It's more confusing than that. WinRT (formally known as "Windows Runtime") is the new API for Metro-style app development. Windows RT is the Windows version for ARM-based tablets.
On Windows XP this is certainly true, but both Windows Vista and Windows 7 have a more sophisticated firewall configuration tool under Administrative Tools. Since the article also talks about server operating systems, I should note that Windows Server 2003 SP1 and later also include this tool.
I came here to say exactly this. It has been a running gag on reddit for some time that whatever is on reddit will be on Digg within 24 hours. It would be funnier if it wasn't so true.
That is because the cache file is stored on your SD card and not in the phone's internal flash memory. A factory reset does not format your SD card. The BGR article was not thoroughly researched.
They've been planning to replace eOpen for months. If you had viewed the warning message in red text at the top of the eOpen page since November 1st, you would know this.
Also, the volume licensing site is usually down on weekends for "maintenance" even though it seems like it's to deter piracy in the form of IT licensing admins logging in from home and downloading software. I don't think I've ever been able to connect to it from a Time Warner home cable connection.
Can we please stop with the "registry editing will end the world" warnings? It's no more dangerous to delete something from your registry than it is to delete something from the Program Files or Windows folders, and System Restore is more-than-capable of bringing the system back to life after your incompetence.
Also, the ability to remove this plug-in was covered on Slashdot a few months ago when Microsoft released version 1.1. It was included in an earlier service release to the.NET Framework for Windows XP and Windows Vista. This plug-in doesn't even exist in Windows XP by default. You must have installed.NET Framework 3.0 or higher to get it. Windows Vista includes.NET Framework 3.0, but if you've bothered to keep up with security updates you would have the ability to uninstall or disable the plug-in without modifying the registry by hand. Windows 7 allows you to do it because the earlier service release is part of the operating system.
Microsoft bashing is fun, but let's stick to facts.
Would you rather that RAM sit there doing nothing? Windows Vista has many features that utilize RAM to its fullest extent. Any free RAM on my system is RAM that is sitting on its lazy ass doing nothing. Windows Vista is actually smart enough to user it (Super Prefetch comes to mind) when my applications are not.
I'm actually typing this in Internet Explorer 8 on Windows Vista Business SP1 32-bit on a Pentium M 1.4 GHz with 1 GB RAM, and it's actually quite snappy.
If we follow what has happened for centuries with diseases then we should be able to eliminate this one fairly quickly.
Firstly, identify how the disease spreads. We have done this already by noting that the main method of transmission is by consuming brain parts from infected cattle. Since cattle are normally herbivores, feeding them purely vegetarian diets should stop the spread from the most obvious source.
Secondly, develop a better test. If the existing test only detects it once it has incubated for more than 24 months, find out why and make a better one. Make a test that detects it at 12 months or so. That's when you implement mandatory testing. Supply and demand being what they are, it will start out expensive until enterprising sorts start up new manufacturing plants and bring supply up. Demand will remain relatively consistent, so prices will eventually fall (unless there's price fixing or something of that nature that our legal system will need to address).
Finally, work on a cure. Since this disease involves malfolded proteins, I'm assuming this would need to be some sort of genetic cure instead of making a regular vaccine to prevent it in the first place. Perhaps breeding cattle with disease-resistant genetics would be sufficient. I don't know a lot about this, and I'm not going to pretend to.
If IIS provided no opportunity for revenue then Microsoft would drop the product entirely. They are a business that is held accountable by their shareholders. Everything Microsoft does is geared toward increasing their revenue.
Some of the ways in which IIS earns revenue are Windows Server licensing, product support contracts, ISV partnerships, and integrated products (Office SharePoint Server 2007, Exchange Server 2007, etc.) that require IIS and their licensing.
Reworking their integrated products to work with Apache is probably not a trivial task. There's more development dollars Microsoft would be "gulping down." Destroying the IIS ISV economy within five years (gives Microsoft time to transition most customers to the new operating system) would not be an option, either. And if Windows Server ran the well-known and cross-platform Apache, there would be no more incentive for those businesses who have locked-in to IIS to continue using Windows Server. There goes more licensing revenue and product support revenue.
As far as Microsoft having no interest in operating system kernels, I should say the Windows Server 2008 kernel disproves your hypothesis. The Windows kernel is a marvel of computer science (as are the linux and BSD kernels), and it will continue to be improved until such time that Microsoft cannot gain revenue from Windows licensing, product support contracts, ISV and IHV partnerships, and certification programs. There will come a time when the Windows kernel in its current form will have to change. The Singularity kernel could be Microsoft preparing for that day, or it could be an interesting experiment from which they will take valuable lessons to apply to their revenue-generating kernel. I don't know the answer to that, but I do know that Microsoft has to care about kernel development. It's part of their core business.
Finally, you mentioned Microsoft Office as being one of their greatest revenue generators. I do see OpenOffice.org eventually taking more marketshare from Microsoft, but that is not likely to happen within the next five years. Steve Balmer's infamous "developers" chant gave them exactly what they wanted. Enough developers came on board to build a huge economy around Microsoft's products. It's that very "economy" that will keep Microsoft Office installed on millions of desktop systems for years to come. Custom solutions built with Office Outlook and Exchange Server, various add-ons for Office Word and Office Excel, and the reliance by so many on Office Access databases are some of the many reasons we won't see a major shift in the near future.
Whether these are best-of-breed applications and application servers is irrelevant to the discussion. They are in use, they have thousands of businesses built around providing software and services based on these products, and there are various contracts and agreements in place to keep it going for some time.
And before anyone says anything, I never said Office Access was good. I just said people use it.;)
Personal attacks about being a troll aside, I yield to you on the wording of my fourth point. Had I bothered to scroll down the page a bit more, I would have seen the other graph and more appropriately worded my point to reflect an increase in marketshare instead of usage.
Also, as if attempting to defend myself, we use Apache on CentOS to host all of our web sites. I'm not praising Microsoft. I'm just pointing out how ridiculous it would be for them to abandon IIS and put Apache in its Windows Server product.
1. Microsoft has invested far too much time and far too many dollars into making Internet Information Services (IIS) what it is today. 2. Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) have invested far too much time and far too many dollars into making modules for IIS. Several ISVs have built their entire business around providing these modules for cost. 3. Many of Microsoft's own products, such as Exchange Server 2007, Office SharePoint Server 2007, Office Project Server 2007, and more, have been built around the IIS architecture. Changing to a different back-end server architecture would cost Microsoft financially. 4. Usage of IIS has been increasing dramatically since March 2006. Usage of the Apache HTTP Server has declined significantly beginning in that same month. Netcraft provides these statistics here: http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2008/06/22/june_2008_web_server_survey.html
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Here's an old but fun method of configuring your kernel:
Firstly, I do not subscribe to any magazines or newspapers. I have been considering a subscription to Paste mainly for the CD and/or DVD every other month.
Second, I pre-record all of my shows on my TiVo so I can skip all of the ads while watching the show. I find they are obtrusive, sometimes ruin the mood of the show, and generally are irrelevant to me.
Third, I use NoAdHOSTS to make sure I see very little advertisement on the web. I don't like things flashing while I'm reading, as it causes my eye to drift toward the thing that is flashing. The ads aren't relevant (even Google ads suck now). Even if they were relevant, I know exactly what I want when I want it/can afford it - no ads needed.
Essentially, they are useless to me and have far more cons than pros.
Given that their current poll concerns a recent browser security controversy instead of an actual security issue, I would guess they are a company that was recently started by an amateur computer security consultant.
Actually, why does a security site even have a poll?
I have two scenarios where Microsoft has not listened to their customers. Both of these involve Microsoft Publisher.
1) Users have requested the ability to print multiple and non-sequential pages from a publication at one time since around the time of Publisher 3.0. For example, this feature is used in Microsoft Word to allow a user to print pages 1, 3, 8, 14, and 75 at one time. This feature is still not guaranteed to be in Office 12.
2) Users have requested that the Publisher Design Gallery not be publication specific. A global Design Gallery would allow one to create Design Gallery Objects that could be used across multiple publications. This feature is still not guaranteed to be in Office 12.
On top of that, Mario was originally (circa Donkey Kong) concepted as a carpenter.
The Donkey Kong character was originally called Jumpman until his "jump," if you'll pardon the pun, to the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). The Mario character had no conscious design until the arcade game Mario Bros. where he was given the job of plumber. Jumpman was an early predecessor of today's Mario, so, technically, Mario has only been a construction worker in Wrecking Crew for the NES and Wrecking Crew '98 (also known as BS Wrecking Crew 98) for the Super Famicom.
I'm finding that programming jobs are up in the Metroplex, but administrative and engineering jobs tend to still be on a decline. I'm a Windows administrator by trade, but I haven't found that kind of work since the last company I worked for shut down. I'm doing desktop support now.
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This is old news.
Who the hell is still using operating system software that hasn't been patched since October 2008? And even then, only one of the affected operating systems (Windows Server 2008) is still receiving security updates. If there are public-facing Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 machines still in the wild, I'd go so far as to say those companies deserve to be compromised.
You misunderstand what Billy Gates said. Windows sets a very restricted execution policy in PowerShell by default. It doesn't matter whether your systems are domain joined or not. In addition, PowerShell does not run with elevated privileges unless you explicitly tell it to (right-click > Run as Administrator).
As far as I can tell, these scripts cannot affect the average user because they would be blocked both by the default execution policy (cannot run unsigned scripts from external sources) and by the lack of elevated privileges to make system changes.
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit on Core i7-4790, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founder's Edition, Samsung 840 EVO 512GB SSD
I used Notepad++ for most of my editing, and I use Google Chrome for my browser (with LastPass, AdBlock, and Google Personal Blocklist as my extensions).
It's more confusing than that. WinRT (formally known as "Windows Runtime") is the new API for Metro-style app development. Windows RT is the Windows version for ARM-based tablets.
I was helping out on a bug similar to this in the 8.04 days. Do you happen to use a Toshiba Satellite Pro?
On Windows XP this is certainly true, but both Windows Vista and Windows 7 have a more sophisticated firewall configuration tool under Administrative Tools. Since the article also talks about server operating systems, I should note that Windows Server 2003 SP1 and later also include this tool.
I came here to say exactly this. It has been a running gag on reddit for some time that whatever is on reddit will be on Digg within 24 hours. It would be funnier if it wasn't so true.
That is because the cache file is stored on your SD card and not in the phone's internal flash memory. A factory reset does not format your SD card. The BGR article was not thoroughly researched.
Would this help to explain the Pioneer anomaly?
They've been planning to replace eOpen for months. If you had viewed the warning message in red text at the top of the eOpen page since November 1st, you would know this.
Also, the volume licensing site is usually down on weekends for "maintenance" even though it seems like it's to deter piracy in the form of IT licensing admins logging in from home and downloading software. I don't think I've ever been able to connect to it from a Time Warner home cable connection.
Can we please stop with the "registry editing will end the world" warnings? It's no more dangerous to delete something from your registry than it is to delete something from the Program Files or Windows folders, and System Restore is more-than-capable of bringing the system back to life after your incompetence.
Also, the ability to remove this plug-in was covered on Slashdot a few months ago when Microsoft released version 1.1. It was included in an earlier service release to the .NET Framework for Windows XP and Windows Vista. This plug-in doesn't even exist in Windows XP by default. You must have installed .NET Framework 3.0 or higher to get it. Windows Vista includes .NET Framework 3.0, but if you've bothered to keep up with security updates you would have the ability to uninstall or disable the plug-in without modifying the registry by hand. Windows 7 allows you to do it because the earlier service release is part of the operating system.
Microsoft bashing is fun, but let's stick to facts.
Would you rather that RAM sit there doing nothing? Windows Vista has many features that utilize RAM to its fullest extent. Any free RAM on my system is RAM that is sitting on its lazy ass doing nothing. Windows Vista is actually smart enough to user it (Super Prefetch comes to mind) when my applications are not.
I'm actually typing this in Internet Explorer 8 on Windows Vista Business SP1 32-bit on a Pentium M 1.4 GHz with 1 GB RAM, and it's actually quite snappy.
If we follow what has happened for centuries with diseases then we should be able to eliminate this one fairly quickly.
Firstly, identify how the disease spreads. We have done this already by noting that the main method of transmission is by consuming brain parts from infected cattle. Since cattle are normally herbivores, feeding them purely vegetarian diets should stop the spread from the most obvious source.
Secondly, develop a better test. If the existing test only detects it once it has incubated for more than 24 months, find out why and make a better one. Make a test that detects it at 12 months or so. That's when you implement mandatory testing. Supply and demand being what they are, it will start out expensive until enterprising sorts start up new manufacturing plants and bring supply up. Demand will remain relatively consistent, so prices will eventually fall (unless there's price fixing or something of that nature that our legal system will need to address).
Finally, work on a cure. Since this disease involves malfolded proteins, I'm assuming this would need to be some sort of genetic cure instead of making a regular vaccine to prevent it in the first place. Perhaps breeding cattle with disease-resistant genetics would be sufficient. I don't know a lot about this, and I'm not going to pretend to.
In the end, you eradicate the disease. Hurrah!
If IIS provided no opportunity for revenue then Microsoft would drop the product entirely. They are a business that is held accountable by their shareholders. Everything Microsoft does is geared toward increasing their revenue.
Some of the ways in which IIS earns revenue are Windows Server licensing, product support contracts, ISV partnerships, and integrated products (Office SharePoint Server 2007, Exchange Server 2007, etc.) that require IIS and their licensing.
Reworking their integrated products to work with Apache is probably not a trivial task. There's more development dollars Microsoft would be "gulping down." Destroying the IIS ISV economy within five years (gives Microsoft time to transition most customers to the new operating system) would not be an option, either. And if Windows Server ran the well-known and cross-platform Apache, there would be no more incentive for those businesses who have locked-in to IIS to continue using Windows Server. There goes more licensing revenue and product support revenue.
As far as Microsoft having no interest in operating system kernels, I should say the Windows Server 2008 kernel disproves your hypothesis. The Windows kernel is a marvel of computer science (as are the linux and BSD kernels), and it will continue to be improved until such time that Microsoft cannot gain revenue from Windows licensing, product support contracts, ISV and IHV partnerships, and certification programs. There will come a time when the Windows kernel in its current form will have to change. The Singularity kernel could be Microsoft preparing for that day, or it could be an interesting experiment from which they will take valuable lessons to apply to their revenue-generating kernel. I don't know the answer to that, but I do know that Microsoft has to care about kernel development. It's part of their core business.
Finally, you mentioned Microsoft Office as being one of their greatest revenue generators. I do see OpenOffice.org eventually taking more marketshare from Microsoft, but that is not likely to happen within the next five years. Steve Balmer's infamous "developers" chant gave them exactly what they wanted. Enough developers came on board to build a huge economy around Microsoft's products. It's that very "economy" that will keep Microsoft Office installed on millions of desktop systems for years to come. Custom solutions built with Office Outlook and Exchange Server, various add-ons for Office Word and Office Excel, and the reliance by so many on Office Access databases are some of the many reasons we won't see a major shift in the near future.
Whether these are best-of-breed applications and application servers is irrelevant to the discussion. They are in use, they have thousands of businesses built around providing software and services based on these products, and there are various contracts and agreements in place to keep it going for some time.
And before anyone says anything, I never said Office Access was good. I just said people use it. ;)
Personal attacks about being a troll aside, I yield to you on the wording of my fourth point. Had I bothered to scroll down the page a bit more, I would have seen the other graph and more appropriately worded my point to reflect an increase in marketshare instead of usage.
Also, as if attempting to defend myself, we use Apache on CentOS to host all of our web sites. I'm not praising Microsoft. I'm just pointing out how ridiculous it would be for them to abandon IIS and put Apache in its Windows Server product.
This will definitely not happen, and here is why.
1. Microsoft has invested far too much time and far too many dollars into making Internet Information Services (IIS) what it is today.
2. Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) have invested far too much time and far too many dollars into making modules for IIS. Several ISVs have built their entire business around providing these modules for cost.
3. Many of Microsoft's own products, such as Exchange Server 2007, Office SharePoint Server 2007, Office Project Server 2007, and more, have been built around the IIS architecture. Changing to a different back-end server architecture would cost Microsoft financially.
4. Usage of IIS has been increasing dramatically since March 2006. Usage of the Apache HTTP Server has declined significantly beginning in that same month. Netcraft provides these statistics here: http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2008/06/22/june_2008_web_server_survey.html
Here's an old but fun method of configuring your kernel:
The Kernel Adventure Configurator
http://slashdot.dot/
Woohoo!
So we get music from Pirates of the Carribean, a robot with weapons, and a whole bunch of guys walking around hunched over like apes...
Pirate Monkey Robot!!!
Why did everyone walk like that, anyway? It seems like the only guy that stood up straight was the one with his arms in the air.
Firstly, I do not subscribe to any magazines or newspapers. I have been considering a subscription to Paste mainly for the CD and/or DVD every other month.
Second, I pre-record all of my shows on my TiVo so I can skip all of the ads while watching the show. I find they are obtrusive, sometimes ruin the mood of the show, and generally are irrelevant to me.
Third, I use NoAdHOSTS to make sure I see very little advertisement on the web. I don't like things flashing while I'm reading, as it causes my eye to drift toward the thing that is flashing. The ads aren't relevant (even Google ads suck now). Even if they were relevant, I know exactly what I want when I want it/can afford it - no ads needed.
Essentially, they are useless to me and have far more cons than pros.
Given that their current poll concerns a recent browser security controversy instead of an actual security issue, I would guess they are a company that was recently started by an amateur computer security consultant.
Actually, why does a security site even have a poll?
I have two scenarios where Microsoft has not listened to their customers. Both of these involve Microsoft Publisher.
1) Users have requested the ability to print multiple and non-sequential pages from a publication at one time since around the time of Publisher 3.0. For example, this feature is used in Microsoft Word to allow a user to print pages 1, 3, 8, 14, and 75 at one time. This feature is still not guaranteed to be in Office 12.
2) Users have requested that the Publisher Design Gallery not be publication specific. A global Design Gallery would allow one to create Design Gallery Objects that could be used across multiple publications. This feature is still not guaranteed to be in Office 12.
On top of that, Mario was originally (circa Donkey Kong) concepted as a carpenter.
The Donkey Kong character was originally called Jumpman until his "jump," if you'll pardon the pun, to the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). The Mario character had no conscious design until the arcade game Mario Bros. where he was given the job of plumber. Jumpman was an early predecessor of today's Mario, so, technically, Mario has only been a construction worker in Wrecking Crew for the NES and Wrecking Crew '98 (also known as BS Wrecking Crew 98) for the Super Famicom.
I'm finding that programming jobs are up in the Metroplex, but administrative and engineering jobs tend to still be on a decline. I'm a Windows administrator by trade, but I haven't found that kind of work since the last company I worked for shut down. I'm doing desktop support now.