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  1. August 2012 Bulletin Release

    Security Advisory 2661254 - Update For Minimum Certificate Key Length Before we get into the details of this month’s bulletin release, let’s take a look at an important change on how Windows deals with certificates that have RSA keys of less than 1024 bits in length. We’ve been...
  2. Microsoft Security Advisory: Update for minimum certificate key length

    Provides a link to Microsoft Security Advisory (2661254): Update for minimum certificate key length. Link Removed
  3. Windows 8 IE 10 won't accept secure certificate from battle.net gaming site

    Has anyone out there experienced strange security behavior from IE 10 either from a site like battle.net (World of Warcraft) or any other site? I find that I cannot log into my Warcraft account when using internet explorer 10. With firefox, this works just fine but I don't see a reason why IE...
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    Windows 7 This copy of windows is not genuine?

    I bought a laptop on 3/11/11. It came with windows 7 premium. I did a clean install of Windows 7 Ultimate about 1 week later. I activated windows no problem. At times during using the laptop, I had checked to verify Windows was legitimate. It always said YES!! Last night I noticed I lost my...
  5. The Lsass.exe process crashes when you sign in to Lync 2010 to load a certificate from roaming profi

    Fixes an issue that occurs when you run an application that calls the CredWrite function by using a CRED_TYPE_GENERIC_CERTIFICATE type credential. This issue occurs when roaming profiles are used on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server... More...
  6. Certificate Trust List update and the June 2012 bulletins

    For Update Tuesday we’re releasing seven security bulletins – three Critical-class and four Important – addressing 26 unique CVEs to further improve the security postures of Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Dynamics AX, Microsoft Lync, and the Microsoft .NET Framework. In...
  7. Windows 7: The PIN dialog box does not appear when certificate security level set to High

    Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2 : The PIN dialog box does not appear when certificate security level is set to High or Medium Link Removed
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    Windows 7 WPA2 - Enterprise. Possible Password Recovery

    Hello, i'm looking to see if i can get some help regarding an issue i've been stumped on. Until tonight, i have never come across a WPA2 - Enterprise network connection so bear with me. I recently received a work laptop which came auto-configured with passwords to my companies networks across...
  9. Microsoft releases Security Advisory 2641690, updates Untrusted Certificate Store

    Hi everyone, As a follow-up to Friday’s blog post, today we released Security Advisory 2641690 to notify customers that we revoked the trust of DigiCert Sdn.Bhd in an update that moves two Intermediate Certificate Authorities (CA) certificates to the Microsoft Untrusted Certificate Store...
  10. MS11-086 - Important : Vulnerability in Active Directory Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2630837

    Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (November 8, 2011): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Active Directory, Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM), and Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service...
  11. Untrusted Certificate Store to be updated

    Hi everyone, This post is to notify customers that Microsoft will revoke trust in an Intermediate Certificate Authority, DigiCert Sdn. Bhd. (Digicert Malaysia) in an update to be released through Windows Update. DigiCert Sdn. Bhd is a Malaysian subordinate CA under Entrust and Verizon (GTE...
  12. A certificate mapping rule in IIS 7.5 does not work for a client certificate that has Unicode encodi

    Fixes an issue in which a certificate mapping rule does not work for a client certificate that has Unicode encoding attributes in IIS 7.5. This issue occurs on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7. Link Removed
  13. "0x80092013, CRYPT_E_REVOCATION_OFFLINEA" error message when you try to verify a certificate that ha

    Fixes an issue in which a certificate that has multiple chains cannot be validated in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7. This issue occurs when one chain has a revoked certificate. Link Removed
  14. "ERROR_IPSEC_IKE_CERT_CHAIN_POLICY_MISMATCH" error when you try to start an IPsec connection between

    Fixes an issue in which you receive an "ERROR_IPSEC_IKE_CERT_CHAIN_POLICY_MISMATCH" error message when you try to start an IPsec connection between two computers. This issue occurs in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 More...
  15. Description of the Cryptography API proxy detection mechanism when downloading a Certificate Revocat

    This KB article describes the proxy detection mechanism that the Cryptography (Crypto) API uses to download a CRL from a CRL distribution point. It discusses the locations of the registry where proxy information is found. Link Removed
  16. Q&A from the September 2011 Security Bulletin Webcast

    Hello, Today we published the Link Removed due to 404 Error. We fielded 15 questions primarily regarding the Diginotar Certificate compromise and the associated Security Advisory. There was one question that we were unable to answer during the webcast due to time constraints, and we have...
  17. Microsoft Releases Security Advisory 2607712

    Today we’re releasing Link Removed due to 404 Error, to address at least one fraudulent digital certificate issued by Link Removed - Invalid URL, a root certificate authority. DigiNotar has since revoked the digital certificate. This is not a Microsoft security vulnerability; however, the...
  18. Members of a security group cannot modify the security settings of a certificate template even if yo

    Fixes an issue in which you cannot modify the security settings of a certificate template even after you are delegated the full control permission for the template. The issue occurs on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7. More...
  19. Florida Statute Allows Man To Get Away With Bigamy [VIDEO]

    ORLANDO, Fla. -- A Florida man has two wives, two families and two marriage certificates, but under Florida's current bigamy law, the state cannot do a thing about it. Watch Video: Link Removed due to 404 Error
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    Windows 7 Java applet displays incorrectly in Windows 7

    Hello As my school project I, with help, have created a remotely controlled real-time closed circuit TV system for the school so that teachers can post messages on TVs, sort of like an information board system. One way to leave a message is through a website with a java applet. The applet we...