Firefox 3.6.7 was just released and addresses a number of security and stability issues. You can update to this latest version by going to Help, Check for Updates... or by downloading the latest version from the Firefox site. While security issues are always good, a number of people have visited 404 Tech Support and commented that they were experiencing stability problems with … [Read more...]
Disabling Stationery in Outlook 2007 & 2010
This post is brought to you by that person (or persons) who use the stationery in Outlook to gussy up their e-mail messages. I'm sure you all know one or two. So, here's how they can turn it off and how we can prevent Outlook from showing it to us. Stationery in your e-mail looks something like a hideous 80s wallpaper is on the background of your e-mail, like this: Some … [Read more...]
Deploying Skype to Your Organization via Group Policy
I was unfortunately given the task a while ago to deploy Skype to select computers within my organization. I say 'unfortunately' because I've heard many instances involving Skype that make me cringe with my network administrator hat on. Skype has a 'feature' that takes advantage of its P2P nature that it calls becoming a supernode. A supernode is just a computer that has Skype … [Read more...]
Mozilla Recalls Two Add-Ons
Yesterday, Mozilla announced that they pulled two add-ons from the Mozilla Add-ons site. One add-on was not approved but still installed by roughly 1,800 users with 334 users currently reportedly using it. The problem with this add-on, appropriately called Mozilla Sniffer, is that it compromised users security. If somebody with this add-on installed submitted a login form with … [Read more...]
End of the Line for Windows XP SP2 While Adobe Reader Changes Without Improving
Support for Windows XP SP2 Ends With today's Patch Tuesday, it marks the end of support for Windows XP Service Pack 2. This shouldn't be that much of a news story except at the same time, we find out from Microsoft that 74% of business computers are still running Windows XP. Chances are that there is a significant percent of those that might not be running the latest service … [Read more...]