Whether you are planning to deploy Windows Vista or already did, it is important that you keep security high on your list and make sure that all of your desktops are secured. So, how do you know if your desktops have Windows Firewall settings turned off...

As we wind up 2007, I thought I'd share with you an emailed security communiqué sent last week by Ed Gibson, Chief Security Advisor at our Microsoft UK office in Reading, providing a gentle reminder to take the necessary precautionary measures to ensure...

The new version of the Windows Live OneCare service is being made available today, running on both 32- and 64-bit Windows Vista systems (32-bit Windows XP SP2 is also supported). We built OneCare because we know that most homes have more than a single...

Hello Windows Vista Team Blog readers, We've heard that some of you are very interested in getting the localized version of the Windows Vista Hardware Assessment 2.1 but was not sure how the download process works for this globalized integrated download...

In a recent meeting with my colleagues Mike Burk, a Security Center Program Manager, and Austin Wilson, a Director from Windows Client Marketing, I had the opportunity to find out more about how and why the Windows Vista Security Center evolved. If you...

While you may have heard of BitLocker, what you may not know is that you don't need Trusted Platform Module to use it on your system. BitLocker Drive Encryption is a new security feature integrated into the Windows Vista operating system that provides...

[This is a post originally penned by Alex Kochis over on the WGA blog.] Earlier today the Chinese Public Security Bureau and the FBI announced the largest bust of counterfeit software manufacturing or distribution ever. The bust took place in the southern...

The Windows Live OneCare team today released the Beta version of OneCare 2.0 -- you can download it here . Windows Live OneCare 2.0 is designed to make it easier to secure and maintain multiple PCs on a network so that households and small businesses...

In a recent post to his blog, Alex Kochis, Senior Product Manager for Windows Genuine Advantage, discusses the on-going work on anti-piracy features incorporated into many of the products Microsoft releases. Part of the job is to communicate advances...

An astute Windows user was intrigued by the holographic image on the face of the Windows Vista Business DVD and decided to take a much closer look, discovering in the margin a microscopic photograph of three men. Just who they could be? The user posted...

One more thing we announced at TechEd last week was the release of the Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs . The Toolkit is the newest in a suite of Windows Vista Solution Accelerators, and provides tested guidance and powerful tools to help you protect...

One of the most basic conundrums in computer security is the constant trade-off between security and usability. At the end of the day, if security is too complicated to use, then it simply won't be used. Even if a feature offers a good level of security...

Hi all: I'd like to introduce you to David George, Director of Trustworthy Computing for Windows Vista and one of the individuals responsible for the Family Safe Computing initiative. David in this article gives an overview of the new Parental Controls...

Back in September, several of our security partners expressed concern over certain key technologies in Windows Vista such as Windows Security Center and Windows PatchGuard, a technology designed to protect the Windows kernel from advanced attacks such...

Wow, you describe a specific situation and suddenly people extrapolate something completely different! During a recent discussion with journalists about the release to manufacturing for Windows Vista, I made a comment about how attacks on the Internet...