Hi, I use Yahoo for my email. I sell things onlin and it is a constant thing
that I get email replys from supposedly interested persons wanting my items.
But, they turn out to be scams. Most of those have Gmail accounts. How can I
tell where the email originates from. like in the ...

I went to the Windows Critical Update page to see if there were any Critical
Updates. There was a pop-up asking if I wanted to download "Windows
Component." I didn't know what to do; so I clicked no. Then I tried to get
into the Critical Update page again and I got the same ...

Can anyone help me with a question.  I have a fully implemented and running
Microsoft 2003 Cetificate services solution.  As you may know alot of vendors
release there solution as a hardwware based applaince with a Web UI.  Most of
them use there own Self Signed certificate.  I ...

I've developed a test web application that will use an AzMan store to
control security. The store is currently on my XP box and the
application is
developed in VS2008 using C# and .NET 2.0. The application works fine

Your Identity is Exposed!
Did you know your IP address is exposed every time you
visit a website?
http://squidoo.com/hide-my-id

Dear members,
in the document  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa378749.aspx#  is
described how the NTLM authentication
works. We have our own client (written in java) and a server with api for

I have several MS Access DB's that are in a folder that is Read/Execute for
Authenticated users. No one can open the DBs. If I change the permissions to
Read/Write/Execute than it works because the DB lock file needs to be written
to the folder that the DB is located. Is there ...

What I am faced with is a network with a central location with 11 satelite
locations. I hope to explain this the best way I can.
We run a script when a user logs on that maps their "home" drive. Simple, no
problem. Most, 95% use only one machine. But that is at our central ...

I'm using MBSA 2.1, Vista Home Premium, Norton Internet Security, and have
Windows Firewall off since I use Norton as my firewall. Also use Linksys
Wireless Router
I continue to get the following Incomplete Scan notification when I run MBSA.

I am trying to scan a windows embedded machine using MBSA 2.1. I downloaded
the latest WUA in my server machine and installed it. But I still get the
following error scan result:
"The Windows Update Agent may not be supported on this version of Windows

When I run the Baseline Security Analyzer, I get "incomplete updates" as a
problem.  I have rebooted the PC numerous times and I still get it.  I
checked  what it states under "how to correct this" and nothing seems to
help.   Any advice as to what it thinks that is still pending ...

On Windows Server 2008, using MBSA 2.1, I am not getting a scan result
that a previous software update installation was not completed." I have
rebooted, checked HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Updates... for
UpdateExeVolatile, checked the other registry entry for

When I implement security hardening on a server, mbsacli will not report on
the status of Microsofts patches.
I am pretty sure the problem is that I remove the Admin$ share(all of the
other services are running). Is there a way to make mbsacli use a different

Need help using this product, all i get is a "The catalog file is damaged or
an invalid catalog."
Thinking offline is the way to go since we use a proxy and we are not in
controll of the firewall.

I get the error on the Security Update Scan Results. I enabled the 'Configure
computers for Microsoft Update and scanning prerequisites' option checked. I
can successfully scan other computers in the same subnet with no problems.
Anyone have an idea?

I am using mbsacli.exe with the following params.
mbsacli /xmlout /catalog c:\xxxx.cab >results.xml
I am mostly having a problem with MS08-001 I see it as installed in the
registry of the system but there is no entry for it in the xml file.  I

Not sure whether this is a suitable group for asking Win32 API
questions.
I'm trying the Cryptography examples from the MSDN Library and I
cannot get the "Example C Program: Enumerating CSP Providers and

I cant find an CryptoAPI function to export and import a certificate in CER
format (X509 DER).
I dont want to export the private key and i dont want to use
PFXExportCertStoreEx because the format is PKCS12.

In my CLM enviroment, I am able to hit the site go to manage my
information, request new set of certificates, select the profile,
Enrollment Request Initiation, then:
There is no such object on the server.

Hello. I posted the following back on 9/26 and have received no
responses.  This is still a problem for us.  I would appreciate
someone with experience in this area to try to help me.  Or a
suggestion of where else I could get help.

I'm issuing smart cards via CLM to our users, however, when they log
on with the smart card and try to start "Outlook anywhere" they get
prompted for password authentication to the (exchange proxy).  I have
looked in the Exchange Proxy settings page within the email account

SMIME.org was created to promote email encryption usage, by providing
help and references to email encryption products and standards.
Although S/MIME standard is supported by most of the email clients, it
is not widely used. The supplied information in SMIME.org will help

I’m testing the minidriver with certutil –scinfo
and I get an execption saying “The exception
Privileged instruction. (0xc0000096) occurred
in the application at location 0x00ed4dc2.”

My understanding of certificate enrollment is that the generated certificate
request would support *all* of the CSPs named in the certificate template (if
the client generating the request supported them). I have since been advised
by a Microsoft person that this is not ...