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?  What if some desktops do not have Anti-Virus or Anti-Spyware software ...

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 PC Health Status. Here is Amy Barzdukas, Senior Direct here at Microsoft, to talk about ...

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 you're safe when using the Web.  As Ed mentions, if you're running Windows Vista, you ...

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 computer (surely not news to you if you're a reader of this blog), with PC security ...

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. To clarify, the Windows Vista Hardware Assessment 2.1 is available in any of the SEVEN ...

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 used Windows Vista, I’m sure you've noticed that the Firewall, Automatic Updating, ...

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 considerable protection to the OS and data stored on the operating system volume.  ...

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 over the last couple of weeks.  While the value of the software actually seized is ...

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 alike can manage their PCs from a single control panel.  Aside from multiple-PC ...

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 that keep pace with those of pirates, so his team has updated their How to Tell website -- a ...