Vista Squad

Don't forget when doing this you will need to use a command prompt with elevated permissions. Right click CMD and Run As Administrator or Ctrl+Shift+Enter when you launch the cmd prompt

Windows Firewall tip When using the command line to configure application exception rules it is best for ease of administration to make sure that you name the exception, for example. netsh firewall set allowedprogram program=c:\windows\notepad.exe This command will work fine and the syntax is more than acceptable and the rule would be added ...

These links are from TechNet and well worth a look http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9033357 Service Pack 1UAC improvements http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9033340 Interview with Vista UAC Product Manager Austin Wilson http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9033341 Keith Combs on Windows Vista 30, Rootkits 0  

Yes I agree, but after studying all the links and resources used at the end of the report, It would be hard to disbelieve that this is anything but a good quality and well put together O/S from the word get go.

This makes some very interesting reading! http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver/compare/ReportsDetails.mspx?recid=54  

If you still having trouble with UAC check out this article on Microsoft's Technet site. Click Here  

Well I’ve just got back from my round trip of 160 miles, attending the second meeting of Vistasquad, I must say It was nice to sit back and watch two great presentations on Vista technologies rather than giving a presentation myself. The first presentation was really informative by Steve Lamb on Bitlocker drive security features supported by ...

Bullguard have just announced the release of a new firewall for Vista & XP that will be added to all versions of their Bullguard Internet Security, and currently they are looking for beta testers on both platforms. With the beta release due late May I’ve just signed myself up on the following link will keep you posted on how it ...

 This is a handy new command line tool that now ships with Windows Vista.   You can use this tool to find out the name of the account currently logged in and it’s SID, along with the names of any security groups to which it is a member, with listing’s of privileges.   To use this tool you will NOT need to open the command ...

I'm looking for customer stories about successful implementations of BitLocker and am willing to provide information, support and my help to make this so - if you're interested then please let me know. My email address is stephlam@microsoft.com