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How can I get hold of Windows Vista Beta software? How much is TechNet Plus?

Following my post about recent builds of Windows Vista I received a comment from hir8er pertaining to frustration about the cost or difficulty of getting hold of the Beta software. This is the only blog post I've written over the last couple of years Read More
posted Friday, May 12, 2006 7:53 AM by Steve Lamb | 19 Comments
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Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 is now available - download IE7 here

Click here to download Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2.  IE 7 is nearing release bringing with it a wealth of security improvements including significant re-engineering and new features including the anti-phishing filter. Much will no doubt be Read More
posted Tuesday, April 25, 2006 6:12 AM by Steve Lamb | 4 Comments
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ISA 2006 Pulic Beta together with Technical Product details and User Interface Walkthroughs

Internet Security and Acceleration Server is an established security product that's been in production environments since the year 2000. The second major release of the product was denoted "ISA 2004". ISA 2004 majors on protecting Microsoft Server applications Read More
posted Monday, April 03, 2006 9:02 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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How to securely publish multiple HTTPS websites on a single port via ISA

At last week's PKI TechNet event in Reading several people asked how to get around the challenge of allowing multiple certificates to be used (corresponding to individual HTTPS web sites) in conjunction with ISA's web server publishing feature. For those Read More
posted Saturday, April 01, 2006 9:01 AM by Steve Lamb | 5 Comments
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Windows Vista build 5342 is NOT a Community Technology Preview

There's a great deal of chatter on the web with regard to "a new CTP" (Community Technology Preview) of Windows Vista. Personally I'm participating in a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) community gathering - just like online there's a great Read More
posted Monday, March 27, 2006 5:12 PM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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Try Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 for yourself - it's really good

I've read some entertaining posts about IE 7 beta 2 comparing it to some other browsers. One in particular made me laugh though I can't post it as it included an expletive ;-( and I don't want to offend anyone. I've been surprised by the number of children Read More
posted Friday, March 24, 2006 7:32 PM by Steve Lamb | 3 Comments
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Windows Defender Beta 2 is now available - it's the new name for Microsoft AntiSpyware

Click here to find out more about our updated AntiSpyware offering. Windows Defender is the new name for Microsoft AntiSpyware and it's built into the current Beta of Windows Vista. The website includes an interesting comparison of Windows Defender to Read More
posted Thursday, February 16, 2006 6:07 PM by Steve Lamb | 6 Comments
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If you're planning to buy new laptops and want to make the most of the security features of Windows Vista

Note: The information in this post is based on the features of beta software and hence they may change before Windows Vista ships. To make the most of Windows Vista's advanced security features you need to ensure that new machines are TPM 1.2 compliant. Read More
posted Friday, February 03, 2006 7:21 PM by Steve Lamb | 3 Comments
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Running Virtual Server R2 on Windows Vista

This is not a supported configuration nor am I recommending you to try this at home/work HOWEVER I'm happily running Virtual Server R2 (pre-release version) on Windows Vista Beta 1 - I'm runnning the beta that's available from the MSDN subscriber centre. Read More
posted Friday, December 09, 2005 4:28 PM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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Make sure you get your wireless security passphrase right on Windows Vista

This won't come as a surprise for those of you who've read many of my blog entries or who've discussed security with me directly but I have a somewhat obtuse Wireless Protected Access (WPA) passphrase and I've just mistyped it on my newly built Windows Read More
posted Wednesday, December 07, 2005 6:41 PM by Steve Lamb | 4 Comments
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Ooops - my "Was is R2" post slipped out before I'd finished it

Some of you may have read my post "What is R2" and wondered why on earth I only posted a single (not particularly funny) line entry. Many people ask me about R2 and so I figured I'd write a meaningful post - unfortunately I accidentally posted it as it Read More
posted Tuesday, August 23, 2005 2:27 PM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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How will Network Access Protection be enforced for IPSEC? How to secure IPSEC clients? How does IPSEC work?

We have just released a white paper which explains in detail the plans for Network Access Protection(NAP) to enforce the security of IPSEC clients. NAP will be a very powerful part of Windows Vista and the corresponding server operating system (currently Read More
posted Friday, July 29, 2005 3:45 PM by Steve Lamb | 3 Comments
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How to get hold of Windows Vista Beta 1(code name Longhorn)

As of just a few moments ago there is content on the Windows Vista site which announces the limited availability of Beta 1. The software itself is being released to a limited number of official beta testers and hence you can't browse there and start pulling Read More
posted Wednesday, July 27, 2005 8:23 PM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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Send messages to your MSN Space from your mobile phone

With SMS to Spaces you can easily send text messages to your MSN Space even if you are not near a PC! There is no charge for sending messages to your MSN Space however standard mobile charges apply. So you can be out on the road and still post text entries Read More
posted Thursday, May 19, 2005 2:35 PM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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Microsoft Anti-spyware Beta software is ready for you to try - it's on time following the Giant acquisition

Michael Swanson beat me to it blogging about the availability of the beta code - if you've not already seen it I recommend checking out his article for an excellent overview. The beta code itself can be freely downloaded from here. Our internal Read More
posted Thursday, January 06, 2005 3:42 PM by Steve Lamb | 3 Comments
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