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Hello everyone - It's a new year and the Microsoft Security Response Center is ready to provide the Link Removed - Invalid URL for January's security bulletins. We have two bulletins addressing three vulnerabilities in Windows. The first bulletin is Important and affects Windows Vista. The...

Hello - Today we released Link Removed due to 404 Error, which addresses a publicly disclosed vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows Graphics Rendering Engine on Vista, Server 2003, and Windows XP. We are not aware of any affected customers, nor of any active attacks targeting customers. The...

In this video, John sits down with Kyle McClellan of the WCF RIA Services team and responds to top questions from the RIA Services forums. Kyle runs through various scenarios and provides great guidance on how to identify and solve these issues. Here are some of the topics he covers: How do I...

[SOLVED] Restoring partition drive permissions Hello, I was tweaking some security permissions on my partition D and removed the options "Authenticated Users" and "Users", now I can't access it, even though I'm an administrator. After some time playing with it it seems I can't find how to add...

Today, Microsoft is announcing a shift in philosophy on how we approach the topic of vulnerability disclosure, reframing the practice of "Responsible Disclosure" to "Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure." In recognition of the endless debate between responsible disclosure and full disclosure...

Overview Today we released MicrosoftLink Removed due to 404 Error. This is different from other Microsoft Security Advisories because it's not talking about specific vulnerabilities in Microsoft products. Rather, this is our official guidance in response to security research that has outlined a...

Hi everyone, Since we released Link Removed due to 404 Error on August 23, we've continued to conduct an investigation not only into our own affected products, but also into how we can best help to protect customers given DLL preloading also affects some third-party applications. We'd like to...

Hi everyone - We've just updated Link Removed due to 404 Error as we've begun to see limited attacks with the ASP.NET vulnerability. We have added questions and answers and encourage customers to review this information and evaluate it for their environment. We have also added additional...

I'm using Windows 7 platform and after I install farsi from the language and regional from the control pannel it was typing in hebrew or some other language other than farsi. I tried googling the fonts for it so I could replace the incorrect language for the actual farsi language, but that...

I've used this site for good advice, esp by Kari to whom I send hopes for speedy recovery. I'm trying to enable multiple users to access programs via XP mode, through Win7 64-bit computer (Win7 Professional). Using Admin Profile, when trying to open Win XP mode within All Programs from Start...

Link Removed Ensuring that applications work well with Windows Power Management is a vital step in providing a solid end user experience and reducing IT energy costs. Key advantages of following the guidance and best practices are: Extended battery life for users of mobile computers...

In this video, I bring you into the world of the elusive Blue Screen of Death, and the forensic level of study required to analyze such crashes. At Windows 7 Forums, we have an entire team of BSOD experts, many of whom are prolific, ingenious members that know their stuff. Although I am 7x...

Hello, help need Getting blue screen recently and had reinstalled windows 7 but still ii am getting the same code ( BC-Code: 7a ) :confused: Source : Windows Summary: Shut down unexpectedly Date: 11-07-2010 14:50 Problem signature Problem Event Name: Blue Screen OS Version...

I have recently purchased Office 2010 Professional Plus. I am a student and at weekends I spend time with my parents about 150 miles away from my normal residence. Can I install the software on my PC that I use at my residence and will I be able to install a second copy at my parents house...

My new notebook has a number of partitions with windows 7 on one. I would like to do a complete format and then install windows 7 on about a 20 gig partition. Can anyone tell me how to go about this please as I can't find out how to do the format. Thanks Henry

I installed a Videomate E750 TV Card without any software as I intended to use it with Media Centre in Windows 7 Home Premium and afterwards the computer refused to boot eventually coming up with "Can't find BOOTMGR" so I uninstalled the card but was left with the same problem, tried running...

I have 3 computers in my house, and 1 printer. The computer who's connected to the printer created the group, and 1 of the other computers joined it successfuly and was able to print through it. The 3rd computer succeeded to join the group, but it just doesn't add the printer in the 1st computer...

Hi... Was hoping for a bit of guidance please. I'm looking to add a Blu-Ray drive to my system, simply to play films on my PC. I've heard that not all Blu-Ray drives actually do this, and that some drives are purely just for data storage and access etc. Can anyone recommend a drive...

I guess in some event, the program files for a program were deleted. I now see the program listed in the "Programs and Features" window, and I really want to get rid of it, but every time I click it, I get a message that says: "An installation support file could not be installed. The system...

I am thoroughly confused as to which copies of win 7 i need. I have a new build desktop running the rc copy of 7, 2 laptops and a netbook also running the rc and a server which all my computers are connected to. I need to know what i need specifically for the new build which has run the rc copy...