A few months ago, I discussed several file-access problems that Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) users experience when they access files on a Windows 2000 domain controller (DC) or file server on which Server Message...
Microsoft released two important security hotfixes during the last 2 weeks of December. If you don’t use Windows XP’s Automatic Update feature to apply hotfixes, you should manually install the hotfix that eliminates...
It’s time to wrap up yet another year of bugs, blue screens, diagnostic techniques, and troubleshooting topics. I’d like to finish the year on a positive note, and to that end, I'll share with you the contents of an...
Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) are embedded in Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows Me, and Windows 9x OSs. MDAC functions enable clients and servers to connect to, query, and return information stored in a...
If you lock out accounts after a certain number of logon failures, you expect the account to remain locked out until the time period you define in your security policy expires. A bug in how the Microsoft Management...
Last week, Microsoft released a security update for Internet Explorer (IE) 6.0, IE 5.5, and IE 5.01 that eliminates three security vulnerabilities, all of which might let a malicious user read browser-compatible local...
Four factors can adversely affect a successful Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3) upgrade. To ensure success, you must identify potential post-SP3 hotfix conflicts, identify necessary security hotfixes, update...
If you haven’t updated Microsoft Office applications recently or installed the most recent security hotfixes, you need to upgrade your systems. On October 21, Microsoft released Office 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3) in two...