So called fine-grained password policies are a new feature of Windows Server 2008. This new feature allows system administrators to configure password policies for different user groups. Windows Server 2003 was not as flexible as it only allowed to set one password policy for all users. The manual configuration of fine-grained password policies requires quite [...]
Internet Explorer 8 And 64-bit Windows 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 [...]
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 RC Download
Microsoft has initially distributed the release candidates of both Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 to MSDN and Technet subscribers. Today they announced that both service pack releases are available for the general public. Everyone interested can download and install the service packs for both Windows Vista and Windows [...]
Windows Vista SP2 Beta Download
Microsoft released the beta of the upcoming Windows Vista Service Pack 2 to Technet and MSDN subscribers a few days ago with plans to release the service pack to the public later on. It did not take long before Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 made their way [...]
Windows 2008 Server Core Configurator
Windows Server 2008 is the latest product of Microsoft’s Server series which provides new features compared to previous Windows Server versions like Hyper-V, a hypervisor-based virtualization system, self-healing NTFS or Server Core.
Server Core is a bare bones installation of Windows Server 2008 without Windows Explorer which means that configuration is done through a command [...]
