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Tuesday, September 02, 2008 10:39 AM

Updated VPC images have been released...

Download here - the images will expire in January 2009 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=21EABB90-958F-4B64-B5F1-73D0A413C8EF&displaylang=en Images available: Windows XP SP3 with IE6 Windows XP SP2 with IE7 Windows XP SP3 with...
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008 1:59 PM

Google is acting a bit weird today...

Is anybody else seeing this? Google in Firefox seems ok. Google in Internet Explorer is showing a strange overlay...
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Thursday, July 31, 2008 12:02 PM

FIX: msfeedssync.exe crashes (RSS synchronization - IE7 and IE8)

I have over 400 RSS Feed subscriptions that I keep an eye on, and which need to be checked regularly, sometimes every 15 minutes. A couple of days ago, msfeedssync started crashing every time a synchronization was due. The errors were: Faulting application...
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Wednesday, July 09, 2008 10:34 PM

The Sun Java installer still sucks....

I was prompted to install the latest update to Sun Java a short while ago, and the installer still sucks. The installer still triggers a UAC prompt. The installer still does NOT remove old versions of Java - old versions that take 136 megabytes per version...
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Thursday, June 12, 2008 10:25 AM

Press Release: Attorney General McKenna’s new laws go into effect Thursday

The full press release is below. The section most relevant to this blog is the new laws related to spyware. A change that I anticipate will have a great impact is that the new laws " Create liability for web hosting services who ignore violators...
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Wednesday, June 04, 2008 2:50 PM

Mark Russinovich: The Case of the Random IE and WMP rashes

I have just finished glancing over Mark Russinovich's latest blog entry, in which he described how he tracked down the cause of, and fix for, crashes affecting Internet Explorer on his Vista x64 gaming system, as well as crashes affecting Windows...
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Thursday, May 08, 2008 8:36 AM

Me.dium has undergone a major rework...

We have gone from this... to this.... Or this... showing only online friends. And we get a choice of backgrounds. The last background, "70s Tux", doesn't seem to be working properly on my system. Me.dium have chosen to turn off "find...
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Friday, April 18, 2008 10:24 AM

Apple, pardon the pun, changes its (i)tune and rejiggs the Apple Software Updater....

Remember how I got so grumpy with Apple back in March, when they were pushing out Safari to Windows users as an "update"? I was far from the only person criticizing Apple for their behaviour, and it seems Apple have listened and changed the...
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Monday, April 07, 2008 12:40 AM

Me.dium and TRUSTe have a falling out...

The falling out between TRUSTe and Me.dium was brought to my attention by an associate because I have a Me.dium widget on my blog. My immediate reaction was "Oh no, surely Me.dium has not turned bad - if they have I'll have to remove their widget...
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Saturday, March 29, 2008 3:57 PM

Java setup sucks...

It's bad enough that the java setup window includes an in-your-face advertisement for OpenOffice. It's bad enough that old versions of java are not removed automatically, nor is the user prompted to remove old versions. It's bad enough that...
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 2:01 PM

EULA screw-up: installing Safari on a Windows system in in breach of the Safari EULA

Cite: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/26/apple_safari_eula_paradox/ Via: http://www.setteb.it/content/view/3647 According to the Register article, we can't be sued for not reading the EULA and installing Safari on Windows, but that doesn't...
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Sunday, March 23, 2008 12:50 AM

I have two words for Apple - "*** you"

If users on my network have QuickTime installed (which, unfortunately, is required by some law courts that use Quicktime for recording official proceedings) then I CANNOT let them update QuickTime at their own behest. Why? Because Apple insists on trying...
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:35 PM

Yay, me.dium loves me....

Look what I've got :o) Yep, that's IE8 Beta 1 with Me.dium running..... Here's the official blurb re me.dium. I don't have time to check it out tonight... but will soon.... " Me.dium was selected as one of a small handful of partners...
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Sunday, March 09, 2008 2:50 PM

Password theft - the potential dangers of shareware

Thanks to Susan for the heads-up about this frightening story. All of us have felt a high degree of trust when downloading and installing software (whether it be freeware, shareware or pay-for). Today I read a story that is a frightening reminder that...
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Sunday, March 09, 2008 1:34 PM

Me.dium and IE8 - not quite friends yet

Here's what I've discovered so far.... I installed Me.dium while using IE7. I then upgraded to IE8, and was not be able to use the Me.dium uninstaller - it failed with an error warning that IE7 is required. I needed to uninstall IE8, then uninstall...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008 8:23 AM

Pakistan hijacks YouTube...

Those of you with a technical mindset may find this explanation about what happened, and the timeline, informative: http://www.renesys.com/blog/2008/02/pakistan_hijacks_youtube.shtml Some chatter at NANOG (with a few glimmers of paranoia to add spice...
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Thursday, January 17, 2008 4:09 PM

MacSweeper (the fraudware) versus Mac Sweeper

Look closely, the former - MacSweeper (one word) is the fraudware all over the popular press. " Mac Sweeper " (two words), on the other hand, has been around for a few years now and as far as I know is unrelated to the "MacSweeper"...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008 8:22 AM

A once-every-four-years bug...

This made me laugh http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2008/01/15/the-ceicw-certificate-generator-will-be-out-of-the-office-on-february-29-2008.aspx " Running the CEICW on SBS 2003 on February 29, 2008 and choosing to create a certificate may fail...
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Thursday, January 03, 2008 9:57 PM

Perhaps Symantec should password protect their server!!

I ask you, how inane is the "warning" below? BTW, I was able to navigate all the way to root and wander around unimpeded. Exclamation mark, scary "restricted access system" description and lack of explicit permission notwithstanding...
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Thursday, December 20, 2007 9:14 PM

Acid2 fisticuffs (yes, I am joking) ;o)

Same computer, same web page, same time, same place ... VIDEO: IE 8: On the Path to Web Standards Compliance - ACID 2 Test Pass Complete http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=367207 Firefox 2.0.0.5 - default install Internet Explorer 8 Firefox...
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