With Vista and Windows 7 "TCP Autotuning" is introduced. It will use up to a 16 MB maximum receive window and "Compound TCP (CTCP)".
To enable this enhance Network TCP through put launch a command prompt with administrator right:-
May 4th, 2011
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April 29th, 2011
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After a week windows mobile 7 also joins the party along with Google Android and Apple iPhone, both companies are sued against stealing user sensitive data (like GPS cordinates which is user's pin point location) from user's mobile devices and transmitting over internet then stored at Google and Apple databases.
CNET reported the location tracking on Monday, almost a week after reports of similar tracking in Apple's iPhone and Google's Android mobile OS raised concerns that smartphones could be used by police, civil litigants, or abusive spouses to track an owner's movements over extended periods of time.
Microsoft Version:-
https://www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/howto/wp7/web/location-and-my-privacy.aspx
Sources:-
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/25/apple_sued_for_location_tracking/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/28/google_sued_over_android_location_tracking/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/27/windows_phone_location_tracking/
April 4th, 2011
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After a decade of abuse, Autorun is finally being retired in older versions of Windows.
Microsoft has finally removed Autorun function from earlier versions of its Windows operating system that has been widely abused by miscreants to surreptitiously install malware on users' computers.
Vista/Windows 7 introduces some new features like UAC and improved AutoPlay (aka Autorun) that disables certain functionality which has been abused by malware (like Conficker). These changes will be backported to down level platforms.
This functionality was made available for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 .
Please visit the following KB article for more information and how to download the new updates http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971029 for disabling Autorun abuse.
Previous update http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967715
March 29th, 2011
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Internet Explorer 9 has been released.
Includes new security features http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/downloads/ie
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March 1st, 2011
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Like most administrators, you’ve probably received a call from a user complaining that the network was “slow.” The good news is that with TPing you can monitor network latency, set maximum thresholds, and resolve problems before your users complain. Understanding your network, its performance, and its problems often requires a suite of tools that allows you to examine various aspects of your network. This tool provide solid data that let you baseline your network, troubleshoot problems, and measure anomalies and improvements.
TPing is a network monitoring tool written in Python. It uses its own low level socket programming to send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to a host or device. With each collection, it sends 1 pings to get the latency. Results are then displayed in real-time so you can monitor network latency.
TPing can be used to continuously monitor a number of servers, routers, workstations, or other devices and continually show real-time response rates.
TPing is a simple console based utility that allows you to view ping results in a console window, TPing can even track the network latency high/low limit recorded during the sample period.
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The TPing network latency application has the ability to concurrently store network latency results in a log file for later review and analysis.
The different colors are a function of packet loss. Yellow means life is good; red means you’ve got troubles.
Please download the TPing Package from here TPing and extract in same folder
For executing TPing (with Administrative Rights), syntax is :-
TPing.exe IP,MaximumLatency IP,MaximumLatency and so on
e.g. TPing.exe 192.168.0.1,100 yahoo.com,300 google.com,200
Incase of VC2008 Dlls missing error you might need to download & Install VCRedist package from here vcredist_x86
