Issue:

Computers that have Office 2003 or components of Office 2003 installed fail to run a detection against a WSUS server that has the latest Office updates. This prevents the computers from receiving any updates from the WSUS server.

Affected products:

· WSUS 3.0 Server (RTM or SP1)

· Computers with Office 2003 or components of Office 2003 installed.

WSUS Team Blog

This was brought up on a tech list I am a member of and thought it might really through some folks that hadn't read their license agreements a total curve ball.

Q.Does the SBS 2003 R2 CAL allow me to access Windows Server 2008 connected to the SBS 2003 R2 domain?

A.Yes, until May 31, 2009, SBS 2003 R2 customers who buy a copy of Windows Server 2008 and add it to the SBS 2003 R2 domain can use their SBS 2003 R2 CALs to access the Server.

How SBS 2003 CALs Work with Windows 2008 in Your SBS Domain

HP has jumped the gun so to speak with Windows and Touch by taking the power of Microsoft Surface and putting it on a iMac like 22" LCD all in one. Based on Windows Vista Home Premium the unit sports a huge LCD, webcam, and 4GB of ram but the key feature is what HP is calling the HP TouchSmart Software Suite. It's not clear if it fully supports all the Surface features or if it's even Surface on the Desktop but from the web demo it certainly appears so. In store demonstrations certainly pointed to it being Surface as the presentation said it would automatically sync your portable devices, had the same picture viewing tools and one rep referred to it as having the "next version of Windows."

These units have been seen on display at BestBuy in Florida although the product is not shipping yet per the HP website. Word is also they will be upgraded to Blu-ray and Quad Core CPU's shortly after release.

Product Specs for the two models are:

Microsoft today announced it will allow the manufactures of so called "Low Cost" notebooks to also install XP on "Low Cost" desktops until 2010. As Microsoft has not defined exactly what constitutes a "low cost" machine to date this basically puts XP on life support until 2010 for anyone who can get a copy.

At Computex on Tuesday it said it has now also extended the deadline for low-cost desktops. PC makers can now include Windows XP in those systems until 2010, the same as the deadline for low-cost laptops, said Rob Young, a senior director with Microsoft's OEM group.

In a statement, Microsoft said the extension applies to "nettops," a term coined by Intel to refer to low-cost desktops that have limited system configurations and are intended for simple tasks like surfing the Internet and sending email. Examples include the upcoming Asus Eee Box, which is on show here at Computex." New York Times

You wait, extended support for XP will be coming.

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Here's one that appears to have been ignored by just about everyone and if you’re not using DNS Forwarders on your Windows Servers you may have had your DNS “hijacked” and not even know it. It appears ICANN changed the IP address of the L Root Server some time ago however it’s highly unlikely your own DNS server knows anything about this. What makes this a “hijack” is it appears when the IP changed over somebody else continued serving up as a Root Server so instead of a DNS lookup failing you actually got a response and likely even a correct one.

The problem is since these fake root servers are not owned and operated by ICANN there is no telling at what point they might start redirecting traffic to an incorrect address, redirecting you to a server full of Trojans or other attacks and not to mention the data collection these fake servers are getting.

So are your servers at risk? If your running a Windows Server and your own DNS it’s highly likely your at risk. This is easy enough to check by opening the DNS MMC:

From there right click on the server and bring up the Properties:

Now over on the Root Hints tab you can see what your current L.root-server is pointed at and change it if required. The incorrect address is shown and we will manually change that to the correct IP of 199.7.83.42:

Just click “Edit” and enter in the New IP, Add it, Remove the Old IP and click ok:

I would recommend you clear the cache, restart DNS and for good measure run a IPConfig /flusdhdns: