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  1. Should developers be scared of what Windows 8 will bring?

    In an attempt to make the operating system more 'finger friendly' Microsoft seems to be getting ready to move away from plaform technologies such as Win32, COM, MFC, ATL, .NET, Silverlight, and... Source: Yahoo! News
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  2. MS10-083 - Important: Vulnerability in COM Validation in Windows Shell and WordPad Could Allow Remot

    Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted file using WordPad or selects or opens a shortcut file that is on a network or...
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    Windows 7 can't register dll for use with ActiveXObject

    Hi, I built a .NET application and I'm trying to register it as a dll on my new Windows 7 machine and use it from a JavaScript page. I made sure I specified a GUID and I made it COM visible in the code. I registered it with "regasm MyAx.dll /codebase /tlb" and I received no error messages (in...
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    Windows 7 windows 7 pro installation problems

    I tried to install windows 7 pro and came back with an error message saying there was an internal error with com. Does anyboy know what this means and how to fix the problem. I am currently using Windows 7 Ultimate 7100 rc1 evaluation copy.