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May 2004
This and past newsletters, and
various articles are available on our web site. You can receive this newsletter
via email.
The Sasser virus has made the April
Windows critical updates even more critical. Computers behind a firewall
should be protected. For more information:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp
Windows 2003 Server is immune
to the sasser virus, due to built in security.
There appears to be a problem
with one of the April Windows updates on some Windows 2000 workstations. Some systems
that use security update MS04-011 stop responding when they start up, prevent
users from logging onto Windows or bog down.
It affects users with DLT Tape drives, or IPSEC based VPN’s, among
others.
http://www.computerworld.com/printthis/2004/0,4814,92757,00.html
See this link for the Microsoft Knowledge base article: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;841382
Office XP SP3
is out. Remember, you also need to keep MS Office and other applications up to
date with patches – both for bug fixes and security. Office 2000 and above will
want you to insert the CD from which you originally installed when doing
updates. That’s why we generally
recommend copying the CD to your hard drive and installing from there. With
40GB + hard drives coming standard with computers, there is usually plenty of
storage space.
http://office.microsoft.com/officeupdate/
Microsoft offers a huge array
of free online seminars. Topics vary from computer basics to in-depth
programming training. Office 2003
(including just Outlook 2003 if you have Exchange or Small Business Server)
includes help links to online training in all aspects of using the software. Go
to Help on the menu, select Office Online.
http://www.microsoft.com/seminar/default.mspx http://office.microsoft.com/training/
The FBI,
DOJ and DEA are trying to convince the FCC to mandate that providers of
broadband, IP telephony, and instant-messaging services build in "backdoors" for easy wiretapping.
What makes this request particularly creepy is that the agencies are asking the
FCC to move forward with minimal public input, instead of asking Congress to
approve the request. The three agencies argue that the 1994 Communications
Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) permits the FCC to "rewire the
Internet" to facilitate eavesdropping.
If you are involved in project management, check out the
Ganthead web site and newsletter: http://www.ganthead.com
Microsoft Java Virtual Machine Support has been
extended thru 2007. This is a follow up
from last month on the Sun-Microsoft Java Settlement: http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/java/
Torian,
Group, Inc.
http://www.toriangroup.com