gHacks technology news » windows server 2003 http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:22:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Internet Explorer Vulnerability Fix http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/07/internet-explorer-vulnerability-fix/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/07/internet-explorer-vulnerability-fix/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:04:39 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=14190 internet explorer vulnerabilityMicrosoft has released a security advisory about a vulnerability in Microsoft Video ActiveX Control which can be exploited remotely in Internet Explorer. The vulnerability advisory states that Microsoft is aware that attackers are trying to exploit the vulnerability. Internet Explorer users are therefor advised to fix the vulnerability as soon as possible to prevent possible attacks on their computer system.

The security vulnerability affects only Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 systems. Computer systems running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 or Windows 7 are not affected because “the ability to pass data to this control within Internet Explorer” is restricted in these operating systems.

A successful attack will give the attacker the same user rights as the currently logged in user. Microsoft has issued a workaround for the Internet Explorer vulnerability that can be applied manually or using Microsoft Fix It.

The fastest way to patch the security vulnerability is to use the Microsoft Fix It script that will perform all the actions of the workaround automatically. The fix will basically remove support for the ActiveX Control in Internet Explorer. This should not have any impact on the web browser’s functionality according to Microsoft.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/07/internet-explorer-vulnerability-fix/feed/ 5 Internet Explorer 8 And 64-bit Windows Fixes http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/01/internet-explorer-8-fixes/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/01/internet-explorer-8-fixes/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:43:41 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/01/internet-explorer-8-fixes/ Microsoft’s new web browser Internet Explorer 8 has been released about two weeks ago and received more praise than criticism since then. Two non security related fixes were released today by Microsoft for Internet Explorer 8. The first fix deals with a problem encountered when running the web browser in the 64-bit edition of Windows Vista. A system administrator that wants to prevent users from working with Internet Explorer 8 can clear the “Enable access to this program” check box in the “Set Program Access and Computer Defaults”. This should disable access to Internet Explorer on the computer system.

While this works as intended in the 32-bit edition of Windows Vista it does not in the 64-bit edition as it is still possible for users to access Internet Explorer from the Windows start menu. The hotfix corrects the issue so that the function is working as intended on 64-bit editions of Windows Vista as well.

The second problem affects the 64-bit editions of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. Microsoft describes the problem the following way:


The Image Delivery server that runs the 64-bit version of Windows Server 2008 or of Windows Server 2003 stops delivering images when you deploy an operating system by using an image-based installation method

The hotfix can also be downloaded directly by visiting the Microsoft Knowledge Base article.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/01/internet-explorer-8-fixes/feed/ 0 Windows 2003 Software http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/10/windows-2003-software/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/10/windows-2003-software/#comments Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:30:17 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=7544 Windows 2003, also known as Windows Server 2003, is the successor of Windows 2000 server. It has been Microsoft’s flagship product in the last years and got recently replaced by the newest Microsoft server product Windows Server 2008. One could say that Windows Server 2003 incorporated many features of Windows XP while Windows Server 2008 did the same with Windows Vista.

A total of 11 different Windows Server 2003 editions have been released by Microsoft from Windows Home Server over Windows Small Business Server to Windows Server 2003 Enterprise or Windows Storage Server 2003.

Microsoft released many Windows 2003 software additions including multiple feature packs, service packs and tools many of which are recommended to install to increase system stability, performance, security and functionality.

Two Windows Server 2003 Service Packs have been released, one Windows Rights Management Services Service Pack and one Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack. All of those Windows 2003 downloads are available from the Microsoft website.

In addition to Service Pack downloads for the Windows 2003 software a total of 16 feature packs have been released throughout the years including important additions such as the Group Policy Management Console, Windows Services For UNIX or Identity Integration Feature Pack.

Additionally 19 Windows Server 2003 Tools have been released for download adding new features like the Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack, Log Parser 2.2 Tool or Remote Desktop Web Connection.

The Microsoft websites contains lots of Windows 2003 software and should be the starting point for everyone who is setting up a new Windows 2003 Server environment.

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