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  1. W

    Windows 7 Blue Screen of Death - Help needed

    Hi getting blue screens since a few days when I move around larger files from different hard drives (non-SSD) to others in order to format my truecrypt encrypted drives to remove the encryption (want to switch to modern tool, which is still developed and gets bug fixes). Attached you the files...
  2. News

    SQL Server 2016 Always Encrypted | Data Exposed

    In this episode of Data Exposed, Scott welcomes Jakub Szymaszek, a Senior Program Manager in the SQL Server team. In this episode, Jakub discusses the Always Encrypted technology in SQL Server 2016. Quite different from TDE, Always Encrypted, as Jakub explains, is the encryption of data not only...
  3. Mike

    June 2015 Website Updates and Changes

    Good evening! June is upon us, and with no shortage of news or updates regarding WindowsForum.com As of the 1st of June: We have worked throughout most of the day to connect with Network Solutions, CloudFlare, ICANN, Google, and a number of other online institutions to resolve a problem that...
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    Windows 7 With the latest Win7 updates, my WinXP PC is no longer able to access shared files!

    I have a LAN comprised of two Win7 Ultimate 64bit (sp1) PC's and one or more XP PC's. They have been able to share files between them pretty well for many months, but with the latest Win7 updates, the XP PC is no longer able to access the Win7 shared files. They, however, have full access to...
  5. finalbarrage

    Windows 8 Will BitLocker Prevent Access via USB Flash Drive?

    so, i just enabled bitlocker cause my brother is starting to get into hacking and stuff like that, and i dont want him to be messing around with my computer when im not home.. so what i would like to know is, will bitlocker pervent him from disabling my windows password with a USB flashdrive...
  6. News

    TechNet Radio: (Part 20) Building Your Hybrid Cloud - Protecting Data with Encryption |...

    Keith Mayer and Andy Syrewicze are back for the next part in their “Build Your Cloud” series and in today’s episode they discuss how you can protect your data in the cloud through At-Rest Data Encryption. [Link Removed] What are some at-rest data encryption options? [Link RemovedLink Removed...
  7. News

    3042058 - Update to Default Cipher Suite Priority Order - Version: 1.0

    Revision Note: V1.0 (May 12, 2015): Advisory published. Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of an update to cryptographic cipher suite prioritization in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2. The update adds...
  8. News

    MS15-055 - Important: Vulnerability in Schannel Could Allow Information Disclosure...

    Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (May 12, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow information disclosure when Secure Channel (Schannel) allows the use of a weak Diffie-Hellman ephemeral...
  9. News

    3042058 - Update to Default Cipher Suite Priority Order - Version: 1.0

    Revision Note: V1.0 (May 12, 2015): Advisory published. Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of an update to cryptographic cipher suite prioritization in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2. The update adds...
  10. News

    TA15-120A: Securing End-to-End Communications

    Original release date: April 30, 2015 Systems Affected Networked systems Overview Securing end-to-end communications plays an important role in protecting privacy and preventing some forms of man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks. Recently, researchers described a MITM attack used to inject...
  11. I

    Windows 8 Any freeware enable password protection on a folder

    Hello, Is there Any freeware to enable password protection on a folder on windows 8 ? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  12. News

    SHA512 is disabled in Windows when you use TLS 1.2

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  13. kemical

    Microsoft confirms FREAK vulnerability affects Windows as well

    Ref: http://www.winbeta.org/news/microsoft-confirms-freak-vulnerability-affects-windows-well If you pop onto the site above it will check whether your browser is vulnerable to attack. Apparently the latest Chrome is fine as is IE (version 11.0.9800.0. the one that comes with win 10 build 9926)
  14. News

    Episode 169: Azure Key Vault with Sumedh Barde | Microsoft Azure Cloud Cover Show

    In this episode Chris Risner and Haishi Bai are joined by Link Removed, Program Manager on the Azure Security team. Sumedh joins us to talk about Azure Key Vault, a new technology for storing sensitive keys and secrets within Azure. Key Vault offers the ability to store secrets which you can...
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    Windows 7 Troubleshooting BitLocker Encryption Failure After System Restore on Windows 7 Ultimate

    I've been searching through endless threads to find an answer to a bitlocker issue I'm having, and not having any luck. I had backed up my computer a few months ago (system image), and just restored it. I do this every few months. After I reinstall the old image, I do all of my updates, then...
  16. Danarus

    Windows 8 After HDD decompression many .pdf .docx. .xlsx files have .encryption after them and cannot be acces

    Server OS: Windows Server 2008 R2 64-Bit Client System: Windows 8.1 64-Bit We operate a small office setup with a server and about 8 clients. The network drives we access have always been compressed: under HDD Properties>General Tab: 'Compress this drive to save disk space' is checked...
  17. News

    TA14-329A: Regin Malware

    Original release date: November 25, 2014 Systems Affected Microsoft Windows NT, 2000, XP, Vista, and 7 Overview On November 24, 2014, Symantec released a report on Regin, a sophisticated backdoor Trojan used to conduct intelligence-gathering campaigns. At this time, the Regin campaign has...
  18. zabberwan

    Outlook 2013 does not send emails

    Hi, Suddenly, since a a few days, Outlook 2013 does not send emails anymore. It does not give any error message as it is unable to finish the task, it just churns and churns infinitely until I end the task in Task Manager. With the receiving part it has no problems. On verifying the account...
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    Windows 7 asking for thoughts on posting a sensitive doc to a cloud

    Hello to all, I have a word doc with sensitive info. I've used Windows to encrypt the document. I want to be able to share and update this doc from various platforms: win7 pc, win8 pc, surface etc. Seems to me this doc belongs on OneDrive, but my question to you is, how secure would...
  20. News

    November 2014 Updates

    Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released 14 security updates – four rated Critical, nine rated Important, and two rated Moderate, to address 33 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office, .NET Framework, Internet Information Services...
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