Today's News: XP SP2's good vibe takes a hit

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Published by SearchWin2000.com   August 27, 2004 >> Receive this e-mail as text   >> About this e-mail  ISSUE SPONSORED BY: >>  SearchWindowsSecurity.com: Sign up for the Windows Security Advisor newsletter  Top News of the Week  >>  A free kit, a thumbs-up and a dubious ranking SPONSORED BY: SearchWindowsSecurity.com Receive in-depth technical articles, expert advice and the latest news about Windows security techniques, tools and best practices, delivered Tuesday through Thursday from SearchWindowsSecurity.com. Subscribe today!  Headline  XP SP2's good vibe takes a hit By John Hogan, Senior News Editor So much for the honeymoon Microsoft has gotten for Windows XP Service Pack 2. Despite its very public reputation as an application buster, the upgrade has received heaps of good press -- until now. The positive tone changed somewhat as reports circulated that the security console in SP2 is vulnerable to a spoofing attack. It was a charge that Microsoft didn't take lightly, and it fired back in statements to the media on Wednesday and Thursday. Click here to read more about the latest developments with XP SP2, as well as a wrap-up of the week's Windows news. More on this topic: >  Microsoft offers kit for XP SP2 application testing >  XP SP2 gets an IT thumbs-up -- so far >  XP SP2 to generate jump in help desk calls, study says >  Microsoft: Reports of SP2 flaws 'misguided' >  America is the world's spam king  Survival Tips for the Windows Manager   Chapter of the Week: 'Creating a fault-tolerant environment' The key to achieving higher availability is creating a solid, fault-tolerant environment. In this chapter, from the book "Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Insider Solutions," by Rand Morimoto et al, learn how to make full use of Volume Shadow Copy, optimize disk management for fault tolerance, leverage network load balancing and many other important steps to avoid downtime. Featured Topic: IT Career Success -- 10 tips in 10 minutes Frustrated with your job or scared you might lose it? Here are 10 tips to help you stay at the top of your class, reach for a bigger paycheck or a promotion, and stay out of the unemployment line. Roberta Bragg's 10 Windows hardening tips in 10 minutes Roberta Bragg explains how to think proactively about Windows security and offers 10 things to do right now to harden your Windows systems. All 10 tips are excerpted from Chapter 1 of her book "Hardening Windows systems." TRUE IT BLOOPERS Oops! True IT Blooper #149: The man who handles the money... Whatever he says is right... But what if it's just not possible??? Accountants are known for penny-pinching, but why stop there? This accountant found an innovative way to add a CD-ROM drive to his computer. How? Take one part technology, one part ignorance, three parts stubbornness, stir and viola! It didn't work, but it didn't stop him from trying again and again!  Vent!  Should Microsoft get into the antivirus software business? Take our latest poll and sound off. Member Surveys Enter your e-mail and start receiving Member Surveys. E-mail    Not a member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription.   Contact Us   SENIOR NEWS EDITOR John Hogan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your news, press releases and product announcements. SENIOR SITE EDITOR Marilyn Cohodas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your original articles and best practices. SITE SALES MANAGER Mike Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact me to sponsor this or any other TechTarget newsletter.   A B O U T   T H I S   N E W S L E T T E R Contact us: SearchWin2000 Member Services 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 800 Needham, MA 02494 This e-newsletter is published by SearchWin2000.com, a targeted Web site from TechTarget, the most targeted IT media and events company. TechTarget offers magazines, Web sites, e-newsletters, Webcasts and conferences for enterprise IT professionals. Copyright 2004 TechTarget. All rights reserved. To unsubscribe from "Today's News": Go to unsubscribe: http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/unsubscribe?track=NL-118&ad=490420 Please note, unsubscribe requests may take up to 24 hours to process; you may receive additional mailings during that time. A confirmation e-mail will be sent when your request has been successfully processed.