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Microsoft warns of ActiveX attack
News By default, Internet Explorer (IE) on Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 runs in a restricted mode known as Enhanced Security Configuration that sets the security level for the internet zone to 'high'. [08 Jul 2008]
Customize the List of Recently Used Files
White Paper If one closes a file and then move it to another location, such as by using Windows Explorer, the link to that file in the program in which the user created it no longer works. This feature is turned on by default, but he or she can turn it off... [11 Apr 2008]
Microsoft details Vista search tweaks
News The search changes mean that, "in addition to the numerous ways a user could access a third-party search solution in Windows Vista, they can now get to their preferred search results from additional entry points in the Start Menu and Explorer... [13 Sep 2007]
Driving Sidebar Gadgets With ActiveX and C#
White Paper It's a sort of virtual "Desktop Appliance" which hosts DHTML applets in Windows Explorer. The Windows Sidebar is one of the most striking features of the new Vista desktop. With Vista and its Sidebar, one can enhance the formerly static Windows... [11 Jul 2007]
Microsoft to open Vista to Google
News That includes the Start menu, but not other areas, such as the Windows Explorer, where Microsoft includes a search bar. Under the agreement, Microsoft will create a mechanism whereby both computer makers and individuals will be able to choose a... [20 Jun 2007]
IE lets attackers hijack network traffic
News An attacker can set up that "detour sign" because Internet Explorer on Windows PCs by default searches for a proxy server using the Web Proxy Autodiscovery Protocol, or WPAD, Paget said. A problem in the way Windows PCs obtain network settings... [26 Mar 2007]
Yahoo! fixes errant update
News Finally, for some people running Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6.0, Yahoo! The new version, she said, fixes that issue and bundles in new features such as interoperability with Windows Live Messenger. [18 Dec 2006]
Inside the Windows Meta File Format
White Paper Machines running Windows XP are vulnerable without user interaction, because XP has a default handler for WMFs that can be launched from within Internet Explorer without user interaction. The Windows Meta File (WMF) format has received a lot of... [15 Dec 2006]
Internet Explorer 7 Beta 1 Review
White Paper The current Beta 1 release of Internet Explorer (IE) 7 is too buggy to use as an everyday browser but it shows promise. The author has crashed the browser hard several times in Windows Vista Beta 1, and the standalone version won't retain its... [22 Nov 2006]
Vista security: What's in it for you?
News Okin said: "From a consumer point of view I think the biggest improvements are going to be around user-access controls and Internet Explorer. Among more than a dozen security features within Vista are improvements such as the malicious software... [20 Nov 2006]
Windows worm holes plugged
News A "critical" update for Internet Explorer, MS06-067, addresses three vulnerabilities, two of which cyber crooks are already tapping. Microsoft has provided fixes for eight flaws related to Windows, including three that could be used to compromise a... [15 Nov 2006]
Alert over "extremely critical" XML bug
News The vulnerability, which affects only systems running Internet Explorer, is caused by an unspecified error in the XMLHTTP 4.0 ActiveX Control and could be used to seize control of an affected system, according to an advisory from Secunia. [07 Nov 2006]
EC Vista antitrust concerns fleshed out
News The EC also expressed concern about default upgrades from Internet Explorer 6 to IE 7, according to Fathi. The Commission was concerned that Windows Security Center would give Microsoft an unfair advantage by flashing up alerts that would guide... [25 Oct 2006]
Applet Deployment Guide for Microsoft Internet Explorer
White Paper Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 running on the following platforms are affected by this change - Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1), and supported versions of Windows XP and Windows Server... [20 Oct 2006]
Increasing the Folder Cache
White Paper The default setting for Windows XP is to cache the Explorer settings for 400 folders. These are other values one can set: 1000 folders - 3e8, 2000 folders - 7d0, 3000 folders - bb8, 4000 folders - fa0, and 5000 folders - 1388. [01 Sep 2006]
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