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Thin Clients Vulnerable To Blaster Virus

It is possible that Thin Clients based on Embedded Windows and Windows XPe could be attacked by the Blaster Worm. Keep that in mind and patch accordingly.

Microsoft does have a patch for Windows XP Embedded with SP1.

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Quote of the Week

"I wish criminals and terrorists didn't use crypto, and specifically I wish they didn't use PGP, but they do."

- Phil Zimmerman, PGP Creator (from eweek)

posted by Geek at 6:15 AM : Permalink :

BLACKOUT- When Wireless Phones Failed, Callers Turned to Land Lines

I hate to see any type of disaster, but maybe the US Blackout will continue to force "infrastructure" companies to plan a little better for times like this. I would be somewhat upset if I needed my cell phone only to find out that it did not work because my provider did not have a generator in place.

When Wireless Phones Failed, Callers Turned to Land Lines (NY Times)

posted by Geek at 5:52 AM : Permalink :

Free E-book- Chapter 3

Tricerat is producing a free e-book on Windows 2003 Terminal Services that will be written in real-time. Chapter three is available now.

From the PR site - This new eBook, authored by industry expert Greyson Mitchem, will take an in-depth look at how to maximize enterprise investments in Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services. The Definitive Guide to Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services is available at no charge and published in real-time, with chapters posted as they are written. Real-time publishing provides the most up-to-date information available. Registered readers will receive email notification when each chapter of the eBook is made available for download. New chapters will post every 4 to 6 weeks. The first three chapters are available immediately here.

posted by Geek at 7:00 AM : Permalink :

MacSlash | Microsoft Virtual PC Plans

MacSlash of all places has an update on the Microsoft Virtual PC plan.

posted by Geek at 9:50 PM : Permalink :

Windows Worm Should Never Have Been a Problem

Paul Thurrott really does a nice job in his editorial on why the latest worm should have never become the problem it is. In a nutshell he suggests that we all knew about this a month ago and it is a system admins job to secure the network. I have to agree no matter how much we want to bash Microsoft.

posted by Geek at 8:22 PM : Permalink :

Citrix Printing Help Is Here

Project Compatibility 3.0 has been released from DABCC.

From the site: The principles behind Project Compatibility are, simply put, to grab a list of MetaFrame servers, then parse through their logs to find failed printer drivers and present those drivers to the administrator to take action against. From this core philosophy, I’ve added a few other features and logic to account for every circumstance that I can think of.

Also check out Printing Support.COM. This is a killer site dedicated to the creation and maintenance of printer mapping database files.

posted by Geek at 7:00 AM : Permalink :

Wireless Companies Try to Keep Customers Happy

Wireless companies are trying extra hard to keep customers happy because of the new US regulation that forces them to allow users to keep their cell phone numbers even if they switch carriers.

Now let's figure out a way to force the software companies to be extra nice.

posted by Geek at 4:31 AM : Permalink :

Blog Photo Collage

NetworkScience is up to it again with a cool application called Blog Collage.

posted by Geek at 3:56 AM : Permalink :

HP LaserJet Printers Supported in Citrix

Citrix collaborated with HP to test selected HP print drivers under MetaFrame and then they produced CTX102356 - HP LaserJet Printers Supported as a whitepaper.

posted by Geek at 6:02 AM : Permalink :

Robotic Nation, by Marshall Brain

Robotic Nation, by Marshall Brain

The robot designers better spend the bulk of their time on usability.

posted by Geek at 5:57 AM : Permalink :

CTX102373 - Advanced Concepts for MetaFrame XP with Feature Release 3

Citrix updated the must-have Advanced Concepts for MetaFrame XP which now includes information on FR3.