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• Video Demo: Identifying Security Vulnerabilities for Your Desktop Infrastructure

  Whether you are planning to deploy Windows Vista or already did, it is important that you keep security high on your list and make sure that all of your desktops are secured. So, how do you know if your desktops have Windows Firewall settings turned off? Read More... Posted Thursday, August 14, 2008 3:20 PM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Windows, Security, Announcement, Featured News, Demo, demos, Windows Vista Hardware Assessement Tool, MAP, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Deployment, IT Pro

• Get Green and Stay Green with Windows Live OneCare

  To help celebrate St. Patrick's Today - the Windows Live OneCare Team is kicking off a brand new campaign: Get Green Stay Green . The Get Green Stay Green campaign is designed to make sure Windows Live OneCare users are staying "green" - meaning their Read More... Posted Monday, March 17, 2008 6:36 PM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Windows Live, Security, Windows Live OneCare, Featured News, Backup, Staying Green, Protection

• "Keep Everything Clear of the Doors"

  As we wind up 2007, I thought I'd share with you an emailed security communiqué sent last week by Ed Gibson, Chief Security Advisor at our Microsoft UK office in Reading, providing a gentle reminder to take the necessary precautionary measures to ensure Read More... Posted Friday, December 28, 2007 12:22 PM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Security, Featured News

• Upgrade to Next Version of Windows Live OneCare Announced for All Subscribers

  The new version of the Windows Live OneCare service is being made available today, running on both 32- and 64-bit Windows Vista systems (32-bit Windows XP SP2 is also supported). We built OneCare because we know that most homes have more than a single Read More... Posted Thursday, November 15, 2007 12:09 AM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Windows Live, Security, Windows Live OneCare, Featured News

• How to Download the Localized Version of Windows Vista Hardware Assessment 2.1?

  Hello Windows Vista Team Blog readers, We've heard that some of you are very interested in getting the localized version of the Windows Vista Hardware Assessment 2.1 but was not sure how the download process works for this globalized integrated download. Read More... Posted Sunday, August 26, 2007 10:53 PM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Windows, Security, Business Deployment, IT Professionals, Announcement, Featured News, 2007 Office System, Group Policy, Feature Spec

• Windows Vista Security Center

  In a recent meeting with my colleagues Mike Burk, a Security Center Program Manager, and Austin Wilson, a Director from Windows Client Marketing, I had the opportunity to find out more about how and why the Windows Vista Security Center evolved. If you've Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 07, 2007 7:56 PM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Security, Featured News

• 10 Things - Using BitLocker, even without a TPM

  While you may have heard of BitLocker, what you may not know is that you don't need Trusted Platform Module to use it on your system. BitLocker Drive Encryption is a new security feature integrated into the Windows Vista operating system that provides Read More... Posted Thursday, July 26, 2007 2:15 PM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Security, Featured News, Tips and Tricks

• Sting! The biggest software counterfeiting bust in history

  Earlier today the Chinese Public Security Bureau and the FBI announced the largest bust of counterfeit software manufacturing or distribution ever. The bust took place in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong and includes arrests that took place Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 24, 2007 3:00 PM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Security, Featured News, Windows Genuine Advantage

• Demo: Windows Live OneCare 2.0

  Last week Nick announced that the Windows Live OneCare 2.0 Beta Program has begun. Windows Live OneCare 2.0 is the next major release of Microsoft's all-in-one PC protection program. Windows Live OneCare not only protects users from viruses and spyware, Read More... Posted Thursday, July 19, 2007 4:51 AM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Windows Live, Beta, Security, Windows Live OneCare, Networking, Windows Home Server, Demo, Windows Firewall

• Check out the Windows Live OneCare 2.0 Beta

  The Windows Live OneCare team today released the Beta version of OneCare 2.0 -- you can download it here . Windows Live OneCare 2.0 is designed to make it easier to secure and maintain multiple PCs on a network so that households and small businesses Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 11, 2007 4:55 PM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Windows Live, Security, Announcement, Featured News, 64-bit

• Keeping it real

  In a recent post to his blog, Alex Kochis, Senior Product Manager for Windows Genuine Advantage, discusses the on-going work on anti-piracy features incorporated into many of the products Microsoft releases. Part of the job is to communicate advances Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 04, 2007 12:58 AM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Security, Featured News, Windows Genuine Advantage

• Taking a detailed look at Windows Vista DVD hologram

  An astute Windows user was intrigued by the holographic image on the face of the Windows Vista Business DVD and decided to take a much closer look, discovering in the margin a microscopic photograph of three men. Just who they could be? The user posted Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 13, 2007 7:00 PM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Security, Featured News

• Teched 2007 Finale: Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs

  One more thing we announced at TechEd last week was the release of the Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs . The Toolkit is the newest in a suite of Windows Vista Solution Accelerators, and provides tested guidance and powerful tools to help you protect Read More... Posted Monday, June 11, 2007 12:39 PM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Security, Featured News

• Security Features vs. Convenience

  One of the most basic conundrums in computer security is the constant trade-off between security and usability. At the end of the day, if security is too complicated to use, then it simply won't be used. Even if a feature offers a good level of security Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 23, 2007 5:32 PM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Jim Allchin, Security, Featured News

• Positive progess on security APIs

  Back in September, several of our security partners expressed concern over certain key technologies in Windows Vista such as Windows Security Center and Windows PatchGuard, a technology designed to protect the Windows kernel from advanced attacks such Read More... Posted Friday, December 22, 2006 6:12 PM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Windows Security Center, Security, Featured News, PatchGuard