Windows Server 2016 may have slipped to release in calendar year 2016 but the rest of Microsoft's supporting infrastructure is still making progress. Microsoft has released a preview to MDT 2013 Update 1. This update will be required in order to use Microsoft's free Solution Accelerator imaging process with Windows 10. The Preview should not be used in production … [Read more...]
Stardock releases Start10, an alternative Windows 10 Start Menu, to beta
Windows 10 hasn't even reached general release yet but an alternative Start Menu alrady has. Stardock, the company which released Start8 in response to the poorly received Start Screen of Windows 8, has announced and released an alternative Start Menu for Microsoft's upcoming operating system. Start10 was released to beta for Object Desktop subscribers. It requires Windows 10 … [Read more...]
Microsoft: Windows 10 supports FIDO 2.0 to replace the password
At the White House Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection summit, Microsoft announced its collaboration with the Fast IDentity Online (FIDO) Alliance. They have contributed design inputs which are being incorporated into the FIDO 2.0 specifications. FIDO 2.0 is being incorporated into Windows 10 and is already available in the Windows 10 Technical Preview. This allows … [Read more...]
VirusTotal works with Microsoft to ease antivirus false positives
VirusTotal, the website that allows you to upload a file and scan it against numerous antivirus engines, shared yesterday that it has been working with Microsoft to help solve the problem of false positives. A false positive is where an antivirus flags a file as malicious incorrectly. These can range from mildly annoying to havoc-producing, week-ruining events. If a core … [Read more...]
Windows Server 2003 support ends in July
Everybody is well versed in Microsoft's operating systems reaching the end of their lifecycle since we've been through Windows XP recently, right? This time around, we're talking about Windows Server 2003. It will reach its end of support on July 14, 2015. After support ends, the operating system will no longer receive security patches from Microsoft or software and content … [Read more...]