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How to get rid of the installer / configuration dialog when running Office 2007 and Office 2003 on the same system - for Vista and other versions of Windows

2011-05-23T05:07:00.001-07:00

I have been asked this many times following up on the blog entry Installing Office 2003 and Office 2007 on the same system where once peoplehave removed the problem with the End User Licensing Agreement (EULA) appearing every time they start Office they then get the dialogs below every time they switch between Word 2007 and Word 2003.

when starting Word 2003
when starting Word 2007

The fix to the problem is very simple as it turns out - simply run the following commands (by pressing the Windows Key+R or typing it into the Start/Run command box. Use the line with Office\11.0 if you have Office 2003 installed and Office\12.0 if you have Office 2007 installed. You can use both if you have both installed :

reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word\Options /v NoReReg /t REG_DWORD /d 1
reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Options /v NoReReg /t REG_DWORD /d 1

That is it. Office 2007 might want to have one more spin round the block with it's configuration dialog box, but that should be it.
ttfn
David

10 Advanced Windows 7 Tips Part 1

2011-05-02T02:20:00.001-07:00

10 Advanced Windows 7 Tips Part 1

Windows 7 has been out for a few months now and it is already clear that it will not become a second-Vista for Microsoft. The operating system’s market share has already climbed to respectable levels and it is only a matter of time when it will surpass its predecessor Windows Vista. Microsoft has build in lots of new features in the operating system, some visible on first glance like the new taskbar, others under the hood like better troubleshooting support or power management options.

The following article lists twelve advanced tips for Windows 7 that make the operating system faster, more reliable or speed up the daily tasks.

Tip 1: Opening a new instance of a pinned program or folder in the Windows 7 taskbar

Pinned items are opened with a left-click in the Windows 7 taskbar. Another left-click will bring the window to the front but does not open a new instance of the program or folder. This can be done by either middle-clicking on the icon or by holding [shift] and left-clicking on it.

Tip 2: Extend the options of the right-click menu in Windows Explorer

A right-click on a folder or file in Windows Explorer opens a menu with options like copying, opening or renaming the file or folder. Holding [shift] while right-clicking extends that option. New options that are displayed are for instance to open the file or folder in a new process or to open the command window from that location.

Tip 3: Enabling AHCI to speed up hard drive operations

The Advanced Host Controller Interface needs to be enabled in the computer’s bios. Windows 7 will not load if this is done without ensuring that the AHCI driver is loaded in the operating system (which it is not by default). The benefit of enabling AHCI is that it will speed up read and write operations of the hard drive if the hard drive supports AHCI. It is therefor recommended to check the hard drive first to ensure that it is supporting AHCI.

Here is a step by step guide to enabling AHCI in the Windows 7 Registry.

Press [Windows R], enter [regedit] and hit [enter].
This opens the Windows Registry editor.
Move to the path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Msahci
Locate the parameter [Start] on the right side and double-click it.
Change its value from 3 to 0
Restart the computer and enable AHCI in the bios

Windows will install the AHCI drivers on the next start and prompt for another reboot afterwards.

Tip 4: Run as keyboard shortcut

Several programs require administrative rights to work correctly in Windows 7. This is usually done by right-clicking the program and selecting the run as administrator option in the menu. An alternative to that is to press [ctrl] and [shift] while left-clicking on the program which will have the same effect.

Tip 5: Display the old context menu in the taskbar

A right-click on an icon in the Windows 7 taskbar opens the new jumplist menu. The old menu that displays options like moving, minimizing or maximizing the program windows can be displayed by holding down the [shift] key while right-clicking on the icon.

Tip 6: New Keyboard Shortcuts

Microsoft has introduced several new keyboard shortcuts in Windows 7. Here are some of the more practical ones:

[Windows]+[t] Switch through the icons in the Windows taskbar
[Windows]+[g] Display the gadgets
[Windows]+[+] or [Windows]+[-] Zoom in and out of the selected part of the screen.
[Windows]+[arrow key up] or [Windows]+[arrow key down] Maximize or minimize the active window
[Windows]+[arrow key left] or [Windows]+[arrow key right] Place the active window in the left half or right half of the computer screen

Tip 7: Configure the volume of applications individually

Windows 7 offers the feature to configure the volume for each application individually. It will automatically list the applications using sound in their own mixer making it possible to configure these individually. Even better is the fact that these settings are saved so that they are still available after system restarts.

Tip 8: Configure Cleartype for better readability on lcd monitor systems.

The Cleartype text tuner is a new configuration tool in Windows 7. It allows the computer user to enable Cleartype and configure it so that it offers the best readability. The easiest way to start the Cleartype Tuner is by typing in [cleartype] in the Windows 7 start menu form.

Tip 9: Change the shut down button in the start menu

Windows 7 displays a shut down button by default in the start menu which will shut down the computer when it is activated. Some users might prefer a different default action. This can be configured by right-clicking the shutdown button and selecting properties from the menu.

This opens the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties with an option to change the Power button action from Shut down to all other available actions that become available when clicking on the down arrow next to the shut down button. This includes switching users, restarting the system or entering sleep mode.

Tip 10: Change system links in the start menu from links to menus

The system links in the start menu point to the Windows control panel or Windows Explorer. Clicking those links will open the desired item in a new window. It is possible to change some or even all of the items from functioning as links to menus.

This will for instance display all Control Panel modules right in the Window Start Menu or all drives under the Computer entry. The very same configuration can also be used to remove selected items from the start menu.

The configuration menu can be opened by right-clicking blank space in the Windows 7 start menu and selecting Properties. A click on the Customize button in the window that opens will open the config for the start menu items.

Bonus Tip: Disable or enable Hibernation in Windows 7

Hibernation can be disabled or enabled from the command line. Open an elevated command prompt by right-clicking on the command prompt link in the Windows 7 start menu in the accessories folder and select run as administrator.

powercfg -h on will enable hibernation
powercfg -h off will disable hibernation

Disabling hibernation makes sense to free up hard drive space that is automatically assigned to hibernation if it is active.

We hope that you have enjoyed those ten tips. Stay tuned for a next batch of tips which we will publish at our sister website Windows 7 news

Two Windows 7 Taskbar Speed Up Tips
5 Windows Tips To Speed up Your Workflow
Five Quick Windows Tips II
How To Pin Files And Folders To The Windows 7 Taskbar
Windows 7 Taskbar Tweaker

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About the Author: Martin Brinkmann is a journalist from Germany who founded Ghacks Technology News Back in 2005. He is passionate about all things tech and knows the Internet and computers like the back of his hand.You can follow Martin on Facebook or Twitter.

Remove System Tool and SystemTool (Uninstall Guide)

2011-04-28T06:13:00.001-07:00

Remove System Tool and SystemTool (Uninstall Guide)

Posted by Grinler on October 22, 2010 @ 06:07 PM · Views: 914,533

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What this infection does:
System Tool is a computer infection from the same family as Security Tool. This infection is also categorized as a rogue anti-spyware program as it pretends to be an anti-virus program, but is actually a program that displays fake security alerts and scan results in order to make you think your computer is infected. System Tool is installed through the use of malware that will install the program onto your computer without your knowledge or permission. When installed, the infection files will be created in a random named folder in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\, in XP, or C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\, in Windows Vista and Windows 7. It will then be configured to start automatically when you login to your computer.

System Tool screen shot
For more screen shots of this infection click on the image above.
There are a total of 7 images you can view.

Once running it will scan your computer and state that there are numerous infections present, but will not allow you to remove them until you purchase the program. It is important to understand that SystemTool is scripted to display fake scan results regardless of whether or not your computer is infected. Therefore, please do not be concerned if this program states you are infected. System Tool will also terminate any executables that you attempt to run in order to protect itself from being removed. When you attempt to run any program, it will terminate that program's process and then display a message similar to the following:

Warning!
Application cannot be executed. The file cmd.exe is infected.
Please activate your antivirus software.

Just like the scan results, this message is fake and should be ignored.
While System Tool is running it will also display fake security alerts and warnings from your Windows taskbar. These alerts are designed to scare you into thinking that your computer is severely infected and that you should purchase the program to protect yourself. The text of these messages include:

System Tool Warning
Your PC is infected with dangerous viruses. Activate antivirus protection to prevent data loss and avoid the theft of your credit card details.
Click here to activate protection.
System Tool Warning
Intercepting programs that may compromise your private and harm your system have been detected on your PC.
Click here to remove them immediately with System Tool.
Security Monitor: WARNING!
Attention: System detected a potential hazard (TrojanSPM/LX) on your computer that may infect executable files. Your private information and PC safety is at risk. To get rid of unwanted spyware and keep your computer safe you need to update your current security software.
CLick Yes to download official intrusion detection system (IDS software).
Warning: Your computer is infected
Windows has detected spyware infection!
Click this message to install the last update of Windows security software...

This infection will also change the background of your Windows desktop to display the following over-the-top, and almost insensible, warning:

Warning!
Your're in Danger!
Your Computer is infected with Spyware!
All you do with your computer is stored forever in your hard disk. When you visit sites, send emails... All your actions are logged. And it is impossible to remove them with standard tools. Your data is still available for forensics, and in some cases
For your boss, your friends, your wife, your children. Every site you or somebody or even something, like spyware, opened in your browsers, with all the images, and all the downloaded and maybe later removed movies or mp3 songs - ARE STILL THERE and could break your life!
Secure yourself right now!
Removal all spyware from your PC!

Just like the fake scan results and warning messages, you should not be alarmed with this message as they just tactics that the malware writer is using to try and scare you into purchasing the System Tool program.
As you can see, System Tool was created solely to make you think that your computer is infected so that you will then buy the program. It goes without saying that you should definitely not buy System Tool, and if you already have, please contact your credit card company and dispute the charges stating that the program is a scam and a computer virus. To remove System Tool and other related malware, please use the free removal guide below.

Threat Classification:

Information on Rogue Programs & Scareware

Advanced information:

View System Tool files.
View System Tool Registry Information.

Tools Needed for this fix:

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware

Symptoms that may be in a HijackThis Log:

O4 - HKCU\..\RunOnce: [cPpIg00902] C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\lElLf00902\lElLf00902.exe

Guide Updates:

10/21/10 - Initial guide creation.

Automated Removal Instructions for System Tool using Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware:

Print out these instructions as we may need to close every window that is open later in the fix.
It is possible that the infection you are trying to remove will not allow you to download files on the infected computer. If you run into this problem when following the steps in this guide you will need to download the files requested in this guide on another computer and then transfer them to the infected computer. You can transfer the files via a CD/DVD, external drive, or USB flash drive.
Reboot your computer into Safe Mode with Networking using the instructions for your version of Windows found in the following tutorial:

How to start Windows in Safe Mode
When following the steps in the above tutorial, select Safe Mode with Networking rather than just Safe Mode. When the computer reboots into Safe Mode with Networking make sure you login with the username you normally use. When you are at your Windows desktop, please continue with the rest of the steps.
This infection changes your Windows settings to use a proxy server that will not allow you to browse any pages on the Internet with Internet Explorer or update security software. Regardless of the web browser you use, for these instructions we will first need need to fix this problem so that we can download the utilities we need to remove this infection.

Please start Internet Explorer, and when the program is open, click on the Tools menu and then select Internet Options as shown in the image below.
You should now be in the Internet Options screen as shown in the image below.

Now click on the Connections tab as designated by the blue arrow above.
You will now be at the Connections tab as shown by the image below.

Now click on the Lan Settings button as designated by the blue arrow above.
You will now be at the Local Area Network (LAN) settings screen as shown by the image below.

Under the Proxy Server section, please uncheck the checkbox labeled Use a proxy server for your LAN. Then press the OKbutton to close this screen. Then press the OK button to close the Internet Options screen. Now that you have disabled the proxy server you will be able to browse the web again with Internet Explorer.
Now we must end the processes that belong to System Tool so that it does not interfere with the cleaning procedure. To do this, please download RKill to your desktop from the following link.

RKill Download Link - (Download page will open in a new tab or browser window.)

When at the download page, click on the Download Now button labeled iExplore.exe download link. When you are prompted where to save it, please save it on your desktop.

If you are unable to connect to the site to download RKill, please go back and do steps 3-6 again and make sure the infection has not reenabled the proxy settings. You may have to do this quite a few times before you can get RKill downloaded. If you still cannot download the RKill program on the infected computer, you should download it to a clean computer and copy it to the infected one via a USB flash drive or CDROM.
Once it is downloaded, double-click on the iExplore.exe icon in order to automatically attempt to stop any processes associated with System Tool and other Rogue programs. Please be patient while the program looks for various malware programs and ends them. When it has finished, the black window will automatically close and you can continue with the next step. If you get a message that RKill is an infection, do not be concerned. This message is just a fake warning given by System Tool when it terminates programs that may potentially remove it. If you run into these infections warnings that close RKill, a trick is to leave the warning on the screen and then run RKill again. By not closing the warning, this typically will allow you to bypass the malware trying to protect itself so that RKill can terminate System Tool . So, please try running RKill until the malware is no longer running. You will then be able to proceed with the rest of the guide. Do not reboot your computer after running RKill as the malware programs will start again.

If you continue having problems running RKill, you can download the other renamed versions of RKill from the RKill download page. Both of these files are renamed copies of RKill, which you can try instead. Please note that the download page will open in a new browser window or tab.
Now you should download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, or MBAM, from the following location and save it to your desktop:

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Download Link (Download page will open in a new window)

If you are unable to connect to the site to download Malwarebytes', please go back and do steps 3-6 again and make sure the infection has not reenabled the proxy settings.
Once downloaded, close all programs and Windows on your computer, including this one.
Double-click on the icon on your desktop named mbam-setup.exe. This will start the installation of MBAM onto your computer.
When the installation begins, keep following the prompts in order to continue with the installation process. Do not make any changes to default settings and when the program has finished installing, make sure you leave both the Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware checked. Then click on the Finish button. If MalwareBytes' prompts you to reboot, please do not do so.
MBAM will now automatically start and you will see a message stating that you should update the program before performing a scan. As MBAM will automatically update itself after the install, you can press the OK button to close that box and you will now be at the main program as shown below.
On the Scanner tab, make sure the the Perform full scan option is selected and then click on the Scan button to start scanning your computer for System Tool related files.
MBAM will now start scanning your computer for malware. This process can take quite a while, so we suggest you go and do something else and periodically check on the status of the scan. When MBAM is scanning it will look like the image below.
When the scan is finished a message box will appear as shown in the image below.

You should click on the OK button to close the message box and continue with the SystemTool removal process.
You will now be back at the main Scanner screen. At this point you should click on the Show Results button.
A screen displaying all the malware that the program found will be shown as seen in the image below. Please note that the infections found may be different than what is shown in the image.

You should now click on the Remove Selected button to remove all the listed malware. MBAM will now delete all of the files and registry keys and add them to the programs quarantine. When removing the files, MBAM may require a reboot in order to remove some of them. If it displays a message stating that it needs to reboot, please allow it to do so. Once your computer has rebooted, and you are logged in, please continue with the rest of the steps.
When MBAM has finished removing the malware, it will open the scan log and display it in Notepad. Review the log as desired, and then close the Notepad window.
You can now exit the MBAM program.
As this infection also changes your Windows HOSTS file, we want to replace this file with the default version for your operating system. Please note that if you or your company has added custom entries to your HOSTS file then you will need to add them again after restoring the default HOSTS file. In order to protect itself, SystemTool changes the permissions of the HOSTS file so you can't edit or delete it. To fix these permissions please download the following batch file and save it to your desktop:

hosts-perm.bat Download Link
When the file has finished downloading, double-click on the hosts-perm.bat file that is now on your desktop. If Windows asks if you if you are sure you want to run it, please allow it to run. Once it starts you will see a small black window that opens and then quickly goes away. This is normal and is nothing to be worried about. You should now be able to access your HOSTS file.
We now need to delete the C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\HOSTS file. Once it is deleted, download the following HOSTS file that corresponds to your version of Windows and save it in the C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc folder. If the contents of the HOSTS file opens in your browser when you click on a link below then right-click on the appropriate link and select Save Target As..., if in Internet Explorer, or Save Link As.., if in Firefox, to download the file.

Windows XP HOSTS File Download Link
Windows Vista HOSTS File Download Link
Windows 2003 Server HOSTS File Download Link
Windows 2008 Server HOSTS File Download Link
Windows 7 HOSTS File Download Link
Your Windows HOSTS file should now be back to the default one from when Windows was first installed.
Now reboot your computer.
As many rogues and other malware are installed through vulnerabilities found in out-dated and insecure programs, it is strongly suggested that you use Secunia PSI to scan for vulnerable programs on your computer. A tutorial on how to use Secunia PSI to scan for vulnerable programs can be found here:

How to detect vulnerable and out-dated programs using Secunia Personal Software Inspector

Your computer should now be free of the SystemTool program. You may want to consider purchasing the PRO version of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware to protect against these types of threats in the future, as if you had the real-time protection component, that comes with the paid for version, activated it would not have allowed this infection to install.
If you are still having problems with your computer after completing these instructions, then please follow the steps outlined in the topic linked below:
Preparation Guide For Use Before Using Malware Removal Tools and Requesting Help

Associated System Tool Files:

c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\\
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\\
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\\.exe

Associated System Tool Windows Registry Information:

KEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce ""

Windows Server 2008 Editions: Compare and Contrast

2011-04-28T00:00:00.000-07:00

Windows Server 2008 Editions: Compare and Contrast

> Compare different versions of Windows Server 2008

Windows Web Server 2008This version is designed as a dedicated web server. It has all the features you need to deploy as a web server. Compared to other editions, this version only includes web hosting specific features—IIS, ASP.NET, etc.

Windows Server 2008 Standard EditionThis is a basic version for Server 2008. It includes features such as .NET framework, IIS 7 and Active Directory for small to medium size businesses and supports up to two processors and 4GB of memory.

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise EditionThis version is designed for companies that need an enterprise class system. It has all the features of the Standard Edition as well as support for up to eight processors, clustering, from 64GB RAM for x86 version up to 2TB of RAM for x64 version and hot swappable memory.

Windows Server 2008 Datacenter EditionAs the name implies, this version is designed for data centers. In addition to featuring all those of the Enterprise edition, it also supports hot swappable processors and processors from 8 to 32.

BEX error on iexplore.exe

2011-04-20T00:07:00.001-07:00

Everytime I try to send an email using Outlook Web Access Internet Explorer closes with the following:

Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:                        BEX
  Application Name:                             iexplore.exe
  Application Version:                           8.0.6001.18702
  Application Timestamp:                    49b3ad2e
  Fault Module Name:                          StackHash_fd00
  Fault Module Version:                        0.0.0.0
  Fault Module Timestamp:                 00000000
  Exception Offset:                                0066cc66
  Exception Code:                                  c0000005
  Exception Data:                                   00000008
  OS Version:                                          6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
  Locale ID:                                             2057
  Additional Information 1:                  fd00
  Additional Information 2:                  ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
  Additional Information 3:                  fd00
  Additional Information 4:                  ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160

followed by a DEP message - can anyone help with a reason & possible solution?

Answere ??

You can try this.
1.      Open IE
2.      Switch to the Advanced tab.
3.      Click the Reset Internet Explorer Settings button.
4.      Click Reset to confirm the operation.
5.      Click Close when the resetting process finished.
6.      Uncheck Enable third-party browser extensions option in the Settings box.
7.      Click Apply, click OK.

After this, check to see if it works and if it does, enable one addon at a time until you find the culprit. Then uninstall it and reinstall it if you need it.

I hope this helps.

Please let us know if we can do anything else.

Office Language Interface Pack (LIP) downloads

2011-04-20T00:01:00.001-07:00

Office Language Interface Pack (LIP) downloads

Applies to: Microsoft Excel 2010, OneNote 2010, Outlook 2010, PowerPoint 2010, Word 2010, Excel 2007, Outlook 2007,PowerPoint 2007, Word 2007, Excel 2003, Outlook 2003, PowerPoint 2003, Word 2003

The Office Language Interface Pack (LIP) is a translated User Interface that installs on top of a copy of Microsoft Office 2003, 2007 or 2010, and can be downloaded and installed for free. With the LIP download, you can use Microsoft Excel, OneNote (Office 2010 only), Outlook, PowerPoint and Word features in a different language. After you have installed the LIP, you can change languages through Microsoft Office Language Preferences to see a translated user interface.

Nearly all available LIP languages also include a spelling checker. Translated Help is not part of the LIP download package, but may be available as a separate download for your selected language.

IMPORTANT You must install the LIP version that matches your version of Office. For example, if you are using Microsoft Office 2007, you must install a 2007 Microsoft Office Language Interface Pack. A 2003 LIP version will not work with Office 2007.

AVAILABLE LIP DOWNLOADS

NOTE If a language is available in a language pack or as a fully localized version, it is not available as a language interface pack.


Language	Native Name	2003	2007	2010
Afrikaans	Afrikaanse	Download	Download	Coming Soon
Albanian	Shqip	Download	Download	Download
Amharic	አማርኛ	Not Available	Download	Coming Soon
Armenian	Հայերեն	Not Available	Download	Coming Soon
Assamese	[অসমীয়া]	Not Available	Download	Download
Azeri (Latin)	Azərbaycan	Not Available	Download	Download
Basque	Euskara	Download	Download	Download
Bengali (Bangladesh)	বাংলা (বাংলাদেশ)	Not Available	Download	Coming Soon
Bengali (India)	বাংলা	Not Available	Download	Download
Bosnian (Cyrillic)	Босански	Download	Download	Not Available
Bosnian (Latin)	Bosanski	Download	Download	Coming Soon
Catalan	Català	Download	Download	Download
Dari	درى	Not Available	Not Available	Coming Soon
Filipino	Filipino	Not Available	Download	Coming Soon
Galician	Galego	Download	Download	Download
Georgian	ქართული	Not Available	Download	Coming Soon
Gujarati	ગુજરાતી	Download	Download	Coming Soon
Hausa	Hausa	Not Available	Download	Coming Soon
Icelandic	íslenska	Download	Download	Download
Igbo	Igbo	Not Available	Download	Coming Soon
Indonesian	Bahasa Indonesia	Download	Download	Download
Inuktitut (Latin)	Inuktitut	Download	Download	Coming Soon
Irish	Gaeilge	Download	Download	Download
isiXhosa	isiXhosa	Not Available	Download	Coming Soon
isiZulu	isiZulu	Download	Download	Coming Soon
Kannada	Kannada	Download	Download	Coming Soon
Kazakh	ಕನ್ನಡ	Download	Language Pack Available	Language Pack Available
Khmer	ភាសាខ្មែរ	Not Available	Download	Coming Soon
KiSwahili	Kiswahili	Download	Download	Coming Soon
Konkani	कोंकणी	Download	Download	Coming Soon
Kyrgyz	Кыргыз	NotAvailable	Download	Coming Soon
Lao	ພາສາລາວ	Not Available	Download	Not Available
Luxembourgish	Lëtzebuergesch	Download	Download	Download
Macedonian (FYROM)	Македонски	Download	Download	Download
Malay (BruneiDarussalam)	Bahasa Melayu	Not Available	Download	Coming Soon
Malay (Malaysia)	Bahasa Melayu	Download	Download	Download
Malayalam	മലയാളം	Not Available	Download	Download
Maltese	Malti	Not Available	Not Available	Coming Soon
Māori	Te Reo Māori	Download	Download	Coming Soon
Marathi	[मराठी]	Download	Download	Coming Soon
Mongolian (Cyrillic)	Монгол хэл	Not Available	Not Available	Coming Soon
Nepali	नेपाली	Download	Download	Coming Soon
Norwegian (Nynorsk)	Norsk (Nynorsk)	Download	Download	Download
Oriya	ଓଡିଆ	Not Available	Download	Download
Pashto	Pashto	Download	Not Available	Not Available
Persian	فارسی	Download	Download	Download
Punjabi	ਪੰਜਾਬੀ	Download	Download	Coming Soon
Quechua	Runasimi	Download	Download	Coming Soon
Romansh	Romansh	Download	Not Available	Not Available
Serbian (Cyrillic,Serbia)	српски	Not Available	Download	Download
Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina)	српски	Not Available	Not Available	Coming Soon
Sesotho sa Leboa	Sesotho sa Leboa	Not Available	Download	Coming Soon
Setswana (South Africa)	Setswana	Not Available	Download	Coming Soon
Sinhala	සිංහල	Not Available	Download	Coming Soon
Tamil	தமிழ்	Download	Download	Coming Soon
Tatar	Татарча	Not Available	Download	Download
Telugu	తెలుగు	Download	Download	Download
Turkmen	Türkmençe	Not Available	Not Available	Coming Soon
Urdu	اردو	Download	Download	Download
Uzbek	O'zbekcha	Not Available	Download	Download
Vietnamese	Tiếng Việt	Not Available	Download	Download
Welsh	Cymraeg	Download	Download	Download
Yoruba	ede Yorùbá	Not Available	Download	Coming Soon

Download languages for Windows

2011-04-19T23:58:00.001-07:00

Download languages for Windows

Get languages for Windows 7 and Windows Vista

You can download and install additional languages to view Windows Vista and Windows 7 menus, dialog boxes, and other user interface items in your preferred language. Additional languages will work only with a genuine copy of Windows. Some languages are installed from theMicrosoft Download Center, and some are installed using Windows Update. In addition, some languages require a premium edition of Windowsor a particular parent language. For more information, see How do I get additional display languages?

Language Packs. If you're running the Ultimate or Enterprise edition of Windows Vista or Windows 7, you can download any of the 33 available language packs by using Windows Update. Language packs provide a translated version of Windows dialog boxes, menu items, and help content.
Language Interface Packs (LIPs). LIPs can be installed over any edition of Windows Vista and Windows 7, providing a translated version of only the most widely used dialog boxes, menu items, and help content. You can download LIPs from the Microsoft Download Center by using the links below. To install a LIP, you will need to have the required parent language installed on your PC. If your language is listed as "coming soon," it's on the way—check back here for updates.

Note: Language packs for Windows XP are also available. To use Microsoft Office in your preferred language, you can download an Office LIP.

Language	Native name	Base language and edition required	Windows 7	Windows Vista
Afrikaans	Afrikaans	English (any edition)	Download	Download
Albanian	shqipe	English (any edition)	Download	Download
Amharic	አማርኛ	English (any edition)	Download	Download
Armenian	Հայերեն	English (any edition)	Download	Download
Arabic	العربية	Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)	Learn how	Learn how
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Windows 7 Language Interface Packs

2011-04-19T23:53:00.000-07:00

Windows 7 Language Interface Packs

With additional language files installed on the Windows operating system, you can change the display language to view wizards, dialog boxes, menus, help topics, and other items in Windows in a different language.

What are Language Interface Packs?
Language Interface Packs (LIPs) are freely available to download, and most LIPs can be installed and used on any edition of Windows 7. Because the entire user interface is not translated, LIPs require at least one parent language. This means that the parts of the user interface that are not translated into the LIP language are displayed in the parent language.

When you download a LIP:

You get the parent language requirements for that language.
The parent language pack must be installed before the LIP can be installed.
You can install more than one LIP, so each user of the computer can display the user interface a different language.

Language Interface Packs for Windows 7

The following LIPs are available in 32-bit versions unless otherwise noted.

Afrikaans .img 2.5 MB	Gujarati .img 3.0 MB	Luxemburgish* .img 6.8 MB	Serbian Cyrillic .img 2.9 MB
Albanian .img 2.8 MB	Hindi* .img 6.9 MB	Macedonian .img 6.8 MB	Sesotho .img 2.6 MB
Assamese .img 2.9 MB	Icelandic* .img 6.8 MB	Malay (Darussalam) .img 6.5 MB	Setswana .img 2.6 MB
Azeri Latin .img 2.7 MB	Indonesian* .img 6.4 MB	Malay (Malaysian)* .img 6.8 MB	Sinhala .img 5.5 MB
Basque* .img 6.9 MB	Inuktutit* .img 1.8 MB	Malayalam .img 3.1 MB	Tamil .img 3.1 MB
Bengali (India) .img 3.0 MB	Irish* .img 6.8 MB	Maltese* .img 7.1 MB	Tatar .img 7.1 MB
Bosnian Cyrillic .img 2.8 MB	isiXhosa .img 2.6 MB	Marathi .img 3.1 MB	Telugu .img 3.1 MB
Bosnian Latin .img 2.8 MB	isiZulu .img 2.7 MB	Nepali .img 7.6 MB	Urdu .img 3.1 MB
Catalan* .img 6.8 MB	Kannada .img 3.0 MB	Norwegian* .img 6.7 MB	Uzbek (Latin) .img 5.3 MB
Filipino .img 2.6 MB	Kazakh .img 3.1 MB	Oriya .img 3.0 MB	Vietnamese* .img 7.1 MB
Galician* .img 6.9 MB	Khmer .img 2.7 MB	Persian .img 2.8 MB	Welsh* .img 6.7 MB
Georgian .img 2.9 MB	Konkani .img 3.0 MB	Punjabi .img 3.0 MB

*Available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

NOTE Additional Windows 7 LIPs will be released in the future. For more information on these LIP releases, contact wlippm@microsoft.com.

http://www.microsoft.com/oem/en/downloads/pages/windows_7_language_interface_packs.aspx

How to Crack a Wi-Fi Network’s WEP Password with BackTrack

2011-04-16T23:48:00.001-07:00

How to Crack a Wi-Fi Network’s WEP Password with BackTrack

Gina Trapani — You already know that if you want to lock down your Wi-Fi network, you should opt for WPA encryption because WEP is easy to crack. But did you know how easy? Take a look.

Originally published last year, we wanted to revisit Gina's awesome guide to cracking Wi-Fi WEP passwords for Evil Week. Alternatively, if you're not in a reading mood, check out the video version.

Today we're going to run down, step-by-step, how to crack a Wi-Fi network with WEP security turned on. But first, a word: Knowledge is power, but power doesn't mean you should be a jerk, or do anything illegal. Knowing how to pick a lock doesn't make you a thief. Consider this post educational, or a proof-of-concept intellectual exercise.

Dozens of tutorials on how to crack WEP are already all over the internet using this method. Seriously—Google it. This ain't what you'd call "news." But what is surprising is that someone like me, with minimal networking experience, can get this done with free software and a cheap Wi-Fi adapter. Here's how it goes.

What You'll Need

Unless you're a computer security and networking ninja, chances are you don't have all the tools on hand to get this job done. Here's what you'll need:

A compatible wireless adapter—This is the biggest requirement. You'll need a wireless adapter that's capable of packet injection, and chances are the one in your computer is not. After consulting with my friendly neighborhood security expert, I purchased an Alfa AWUS050NH USB adapter, pictured here, and it set me back about $50 on Amazon. Update: Don't do what I did. Get the Alfa AWUS036H, not the US050NH, instead. The guy in this video below is using a $12 model he bought on Ebay (and is even selling his router of choice). There are plenty of resources on getting aircrack-compatible adapters out there.
A BackTrack 3 Live CD. We already took you on a full screenshot tour of how to install and use BackTrack 3, the Linux Live CD that lets you do all sorts of security testing and tasks. Download yourself a copy of the CD and burn it, or load it up in VMware to get started. (I tried the BackTrack 4 pre-release, and it didn't work as well as BT3. Do yourself a favor and stick with BackTrack 3 for now.)
A nearby WEP-enabled Wi-Fi network. The signal should be strong and ideally people are using it, connecting and disconnecting their devices from it. The more use it gets while you collect the data you need to run your crack, the better your chances of success.
Patience with the command line. This is an ten-step process that requires typing in long, arcane commands and waiting around for your Wi-Fi card to collect data in order to crack the password. Like the doctor said to the short person, be a little patient.

Crack That WEP

To crack WEP, you'll need to launch Konsole, BackTrack's built-in command line. It's right there on the taskbar in the lower left corner, second button to the right. Now, the commands.

First run the following to get a list of your network interfaces:

airmon-ng

The only one I've got there is labeled ra0. Yours may be different; take note of the label and write it down. From here on in, substitute it in everywhere a command includes (interface).

Now, run the following four commands. See the output that I got for them in the screenshot below.

airmon-ng stop (interface) ifconfig (interface) down macchanger --mac 00:11:22:33:44:55 (interface) airmon-ng start (interface)

If you don't get the same results from these commands as pictured here, most likely your network adapter won't work with this particular crack. If you do, you've successfully "faked" a new MAC address on your network interface, 00:11:22:33:44:55.

Now it's time to pick your network. Run:

airodump-ng (interface)

Like I said, hit Ctrl+C to stop this listing. (I had to do this once or twice to find the network I was looking for.) Once you've got it, highlight the BSSID and copy it to your clipboard for reuse in the upcoming commands.

Now we're going to watch what's going on with that network you chose and capture that information to a file. Run:

airodump-ng -c (channel) -w (file name) --bssid (bssid) (interface)

You'll get output like what's in the window in the background pictured below. Leave that one be. Open a new Konsole window in the foreground, and enter this command:

aireplay-ng -1 0 -a (bssid) -h 00:11:22:33:44:55 -e (essid) (interface)

Here the ESSID is the access point's SSID name, which in my case is yoyo. What you want to get after this command is the reassuring "Association successful" message with that smiley face.

You're almost there. Now it's time for:

aireplay-ng -3 -b (bssid) -h 00:11:22:33:44:55 (interface)

Depending on the power of your network (mine is inexplicably low at -32 in that screenshot, even though the yoyo AP was in the same room as my adapter), this process could take some time. Wait until that #Data goes over 10k, though—because the crack won't work if it doesn't. In fact, you may need more than 10k, though that seems to be a working threshold for many.

Once you've collected enough data, it's the moment of truth. Launch a third Konsole window and run the following to crack that data you've collected:

aircrack-ng -b (bssid) (file name-01.cap)

Here the filename should be whatever you entered above for (file name). You can browse to your Home directory to see it; it's the one with .cap as the extension.

If you didn't get enough data, aircrack will fail and tell you to try again with more. If it succeeds, it will look like this:

The WEP key appears next to "KEY FOUND." Drop the colons and enter it to log onto the network.

Problems Along the Way

So while this process is easy in theory, your mileage may vary depending on your hardware, proximity to the AP point, and the way the planets are aligned. Oh yeah, and if you're on deadline—Murphy's Law almost guarantees it won't work if you're on deadline.

Windows Live Communications Platform Has Stopped Working.

2011-04-16T23:33:00.001-07:00

Can someone tell me WTF is going on? I haven't done anything significant changes to my computer for this to happen.

Every time I log in in MSN, I get the message "Windows Live Commuications Platform has stopped working". The last thing I did yesterday was to disable the "show what I am listening to" feature in MSN, but I don't think that could have caused a whole change to my computer. After that message appears, MSN closes session, I try to log in again, and same thing happens.

Using Remote Desktop Connection Manager

2011-02-20T22:33:00.000-08:00

This tool is so cool I thought I'd take the time to tell you all about it.

We as IT experts, are usually required to handle the task of performing a lot of administration and configuration tasks on many servers and workstations. In most cases, these tasks can and should be performed remotely instead of having to actually walk over to that machine. Remote connection mechanisms exist to allow us to perform these tasks. While there are some nice 3rd-party tools such as VNC and its variants, NetOP, Dameware and others, Remote Desktop Connection (also known as RDC) is already built into 99% of Windows systems. Therefore, it is both free to use and provides you with many useful features that are directly related to Terminal Services. It's easy to configure, only requiring the click of a mouse. Furthermore, it's pretty secure. In the most recent versions of Windows, it can be used easily over WAN links by deploying both regular TS-based encryption or connecting through a Terminal Server (Remote Desktop) Gateway by using SSL (similar to what's used when connecting your Outlook client to your Exchange servers with Outlook Anywhere - or RPC over HTTPs).

So, we've got the capability to remotely connect to our systems, but what tool shall we use for that task? The built-in RDC client - mstsc.exe - is all we need, and it's already installed by default on all modern versions of Windows. Updates for the client are being made available through Windows Update. However, the mstsc.exe client is limited in capability when you need to connect to many remote machines. In order to remember the proper credentials and settings for each connection, you'll need to create many shortcuts to many mstsc.exe instances, each with its settings and even saved credentials. This makes management of multiple connections a bit cumbersome.

I've used some 3rd-party tools that allow saving of multiple remote desktop session shortcuts and settings. However, most tools that were once freeware are no longer free, and others have grown into big, bulky and sometimes uncomfortable to use applications.

Enter Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Manager. Currently (as of June 2010) it's running version 2.2, and it's an uber-cool tool that you MUST use! RDCMan, as it's known for short, manages multiple remote desktop connections. It is useful for managing server labs where you need regular access to each machine. It is similar to the built-in MMC Remote Desktops snap-in, but much, much more flexible.

First, download it from here:

Remote Desktop Connection Manager
Download Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan)

Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7; Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2008; Windows Server 2008 R2; Windows Vista

Users using Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 will need to obtain version 6 or newer of the Remote Desktop Connection client software:

Download details: Remote Desktop Connection 7.0 client update for Windows Vista (KB969084)

Download details: Remote Desktop Connection 7.0 client update for Windows XP (KB969085)

(The Windows XP version requires Windows XP Service Pack 3)

After downloading, if you're running Windows XP (like I am in this example), make sure you've got RDC 7. If not, you need to install it from the above link.

This does not require a reboot.

Now we can install RDCMan.

Click Next and then Finish.

Now, run RDCMan from the Start menu.

First thing you want to do is to create a new connection file. Click on "File" > "New" and select the name and location of the file. You can later take this file from one computer to another.

Once the connection file is in place, create a new group by right-clicking on the connections icon and selecting "Add group".

Enter a name for the group. This name can later be changed.

What's nice about RDCMan is that the parent connection file can be configured with master properties such as logon credentials. Once configured, these settings are automatically inherited to the child objects, in this case to the group. The group then passes on these settings to the individual machines. In this case, I wanted to configure my group to have other credentials than the default ones. Therefore, I unselected "Inherit from parent" in the"Logon Credentials" tab and filled in my details.

Take a moment to look at the other tabs. We've got TS (or RD) Gateway settings, which allows you to connect to internal machines by using one externally available TS (or RD) Gateway.

We've got screen resolution settings:

We've got remote disk, printer, ports and clipboard settings. By default, only the clipboard is enabled.

And so on.

Next, add the machines you want to connect to. Right-click the group and select "Add server".

You can also import the server list from a text file.

Enter the server's name, IP, and any other setting you need which you do not want to be inherited from the parent group.

Once all servers are added, you can right-click a machine name and select "Connect server". You can also double-click it's thumbnail in the main pane.

The server's thumbnail is now updated and it shows a realtime image of what's seen on that server's desktop.

You can also connect to the entire group at once. Right-click the group name and select"Connect group".

Immediately, all machines are now connected.

You can double-click on a thumbnail to expand the connection, or even go into full-screen.

It turns out that the thumbnails are view-only, and can actually be clicked upon. See how I opened one of the server's Start menu by clicking on the miniaturized Start button.

When done, you can disconnect each machine, or the entire group at once.

Don't forget to save the connection file before closing RDCMan!

Cool!

WEB Key Crack Backtrack 4

2011-02-09T00:22:00.000-08:00

HOW TO CRACK A WI-FI NETWORK'S WEP PASSWORD WITH BACKTRACK

You already know that if you want to lock down your Wi-Fi network, you should opt for WPA encryption because WEP is easy to crack. But did you know how easy? Take a look. Today we're going to run down, step-by-step, how to crack a Wi-Fi network with WEP security turned on. But first, a word: Knowledge is power, but power doesn't mean you should be a jerk, or do anything illegal. Knowing how to pick a lock doesn't make you a thief. Consider this post educational, or a proof-of-concept intellectual exercise. Dozens of tutorials on how to crack WEP are already all over the internet using this method. Seriously—Google it. This ain't what you'd call "news." But what is surprising is that someone like me, with minimal networking experience, can get this done with free software and a cheap Wi-Fi adapter. Here's how it goes.

What You'll Need

Unless you're a computer security and networking ninja, chances are you don't have all the tools on hand to get this job done. Here's what you'll need:

1. A compatible wireless adapter—This is the biggest requirement. You'll need a wireless adapter that's capable of packet injection, and chances are the one in your computer is not. After consulting with my friendly neighborhood security expert, I purchased an Alfa AWUS050NH USB adapter, pictured here, and it set me back about $50 on Amazon. The guy in this video below is using a $12 model he bought on Ebay (and is even selling his router of choice). You won't go wrong with the Alfa, but do your research. There are plenty of resources on getting aircrack-compatible adapters out there.
2. A BackTrack 3 Live CD. We already took you on a full screenshot tour of how to install and use BackTrack 3, the Linux Live CD that lets you do all sorts of security testing and tasks. Download yourself a copy of the CD and burn it, or load it up in VMware to get started. (I tried the BackTrack 4 pre-release, and it didn't work as well as BT3. Do yourself a favor and stick with BackTrack 3 for now.)
3. A nearby WEP-enabled Wi-Fi network. The signal should be strong and ideally people are using it, connecting and disconnecting their devices from it. The more use it gets while you collect the data you need to run your crack, the better your chances of success.
4. Patience with the command line. This is an ten-step process that requires typing in long, arcane commands and waiting around for your Wi-Fi card to collect data in order to crack the password. Like the doctor said to the short person, be a little patient.

Crack That WEP

To crack WEP, you'll need to launch Konsole, BackTrack's built-in command line. It's right there on the taskbar in the lower left corner, second button to the right. Now, the commands. First run the following to get a list of your network interfaces:

airmon-ng

The only one I've got there is labeled ra0. Yours may be different; take note of the label and write it down. From here on in, substitute it in everywhere a command includes (interface). Now, run the following four commands. See the output that I got for them in the screenshot below.

airmon-ng stop (interface)
ifconfig (interface) down
macchanger --mac 00:11:22:33:44:55 (interface)
airmon-ng start (interface)

airodump-ng (interface)

To see a list of wireless networks around you. When you see the one you want, hit Ctrl+C to stop the list. Highlight the row pertaining to the network of interest, and take note of two things: its BSSID and its channel (in the column labeled CH), as pictured below. Obviously the network you want to crack should have WEP encryption (in the ENC) column, not WPA or anything else. Like I said, hit Ctrl+C to stop this listing. (I had to do this once or twice to find the network I was looking for.) Once you've got it, highlight the BSSID and copy it to your clipboard for reuse in the upcoming commands.
Now we're going to watch what's going on with that network you chose and capture that information to a file. Run:

airodump-ng -c (channel) -w (file name) --bssid (bssid) (interface)

Where (channel) is your network's channel, and (bssid) is the BSSID you just copied to clipboard. You can use the Shift+Insert key combination to paste it into the command. Enter anything descriptive for (file name). I chose "yoyo," which is the network's name I'm cracking.

You'll get output like what's in the window in the background pictured below. Leave that one be. Open a new Konsole window in the foreground, and enter this command:

aireplay-ng -1 0 -a (bssid) -h 00:11:22:33:44:55 -e (essid) (interface)

Here the ESSID is the access point's SSID name, which in my case is yoyo. What you want to get after this command is the reassuring "Association successful" message with that smiley face. You're almost there. Now it's time for:

aireplay-ng -3 -b (bssid) -h 00:11:22:33:44:55 (interface)

Here we're creating router traffic to capture more throughput faster to speed up our crack. After a few minutes, that front window will start going crazy with read/write packets. (Also, I was unable to surf the web with the yoyo network on a separate computer while this was going on.) Here's the part where you might have to grab yourself a cup of coffee or take a walk. Basically you want to wait until enough data has been collected to run your crack. Watch the number in the "#Data" column—you want it to go above 10,000. (Pictured below it's only at 854.) Depending on the power of your network (mine is inexplicably low at -32 in that screenshot, even though the yoyo AP was in the same room as my adapter), this process could take some time. Wait until that #Data goes over 10k, though—because the crack won't work if it doesn't. In fact, you may need more than 10k, though that seems to be a working threshold for many.

Once you've collected enough data, it's the moment of truth. Launch a third Konsole window and run the following to crack that data you've collected:

aircrack-ng -b (bssid) (file name-01.cap)

Here the filename should be whatever you entered above for (file name). You can browse to your Home directory to see it; it's the one with .cap as the extension. If you didn't get enough data, aircrack will fail and tell you to try again with more. If it succeeds, it will look like this: The WEP key appears next to "KEY FOUND." Drop the colons and enter it to log onto the network.

Problems Along the Way

With this article I set out to prove that cracking WEP is a relatively "easy" process for someone determined and willing to get the hardware and software going. I still think that's true, but unlike the guy in the video below, I had several difficulties along the way. In fact, you'll notice that the last screenshot up there doesn't look like the others—it's because it's not mine. Even though the AP which I was cracking was my own and in the same room as my Alfa, the power reading on the signal was always around -30, and so the data collection was very slow, and BackTrack would consistently crash before it was complete. After about half a dozen attempts (and trying BackTrack on both my Mac and PC, as a live CD and a virtual machine), I still haven't captured enough data for aircrack to decrypt the key. So while this process is easy in theory, your mileage may vary depending on your hardware, proximity to the AP point, and the way the planets are aligned. Oh yeah, and if you're on deadline—Murphy's Law almost guarantees it won't work if you're on deadline. To see the video version of these exact instructions, check out this dude's YouTube video.

Install Backtrack 4

2011-02-08T01:24:00.001-08:00

Forefront Installation

2011-02-08T00:59:00.000-08:00

You can download Forefront Threat Management Gateway Beta 3 from here

From the download page, you will notice that Forefront Threat Management Gateway Beta 3 is now available in two versions, Standard and Enterprise Edition. With TMG Beta 2, there was only one executable file.
In this article, I will be installing Forefront TMG Standard Edition (TMGBETA3_EN_SE_AMD64.exe)

System Requirements:

A computer with a 64-bit processor.
Windows Server® 2008 64-bit operating system. You cannot install Forefront TMG on 32-bit versions of Windows Server 2008. Only Forefront TMG Management Console (MMC) can be installed on a 32bit machine, so that you can connect remotely using the MMC to the Forefront TMG Server.
4 gigabytes (GB) or more of memory
One local hard disk partition that is formatted with the NTFS file system.
2.5 GB of available hard disk space. This is exclusive of hard disk space that you want to use for caching or for temporarily storing files during malware inspection.
One network adapter that is compatible with the computer's operating system, for communication with the Internal network. An additional network adapter for each network connected to the Forefront TMG computer.

Before installing TMG Beta 3, make sure to read the Release Notes for Forefront Threat Management Gateway Beta 3.

Installing TMG Beta 3

I have already setup the server with two network cards. The first is called Internal NIC and is connected to the Internal Network, whereas the second network card is called External NIC and is connected to the ISP Router ( External Network ). Read this article to know more about how you can correctly configure your TMG Network cards : Configuring ISA Server Interface Settings

I have downloaded Forefront Threat Management Gateway Standard Edition (TMGBETA3_EN_SE_AMD64.exe), and saved it on the Desktop.

Double click on the setup file that you have downloaded, if you have User Account Control enabled, it will prompt you to take action, click onContinue
On the Welcome to the Install Shield Wizard page, click on Next
Select the path where the extracted files will be stored

You can either keep the default path or change it to a custom path by clicking on the Change... button, browse and select another path. Then click Next

extracting the setup package will start
Once setup files extraction is completed, the main Forefront TMG menu page will open, where it is divided into three sections :

Before you Start : This section helps you in identifying the hardware and software requirements, reading the deployment guide and the release notes for TMG beta 3.
Prepare and Install : It allows you to run Windows Update and download/install Windows update. The Preparation Tool is a new tool introduced with Beta 3 and was not available with TMG Beta 2. It automatically checks what are all the required prerequisites/components and download/install them on your behalf. This is a great improvement to the installation wizard. Previously with Beta 2, you had to install all prerequisites manually and missing any of them would result in the failure of installing TMG Beta2.
The Install Forefront TMG option launches the preparation tools as well and then starts the installation of Forefront TMG.
Additional options : Includes a link to Forefront TMG website, and also an option to install Forefront Security for Exchange (Beta 2).

From the Prepare and Install section, you can:

Run Windows Update and install the latest Windows Updates. In this step, you can install .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 which is considered to be one of the prerequisites that the preparation tool will check for.

Although its not recommended, you can skip running windows update and run the Preparation Tool, it will check if the required components are already installed, if not yet installed, the preparation tool will try to download and install them, these prerequisites/components are :

Windows Roles & Features
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
Microsoft Windows Installer 4.5
Windows Web Services API

Or directly click on Install Forefront TMG, which will also will run the preparation tool and then gives you the options to install Forefront TMG (if no reboot is required after installing the components required by the preparation tool)

Click on Install Forefront TMG, If you have User Account Control enabled, then you might receive the below message box, click Continue

The Welcome to the Preparation Tool wizard page will open , click Next
Accept the terms of the License Agreement(s) and click Next
Select the first installation option, Install Forefront Threat Management Gateway service, and then click NextYou can choose the second option, if you already have installed Forefront TMG on another server, and now you want to install Forefront TMG remote management console to connect to the server remotely. The third option, Install Enterprise management Server, is grayed out, because we are installing Forefront TMG Standard Edition. If you are installing Forefront TMG Enterprise Edition, then this option will not be grayed out.
The preparation tool will start checking what prerequisites are already installed on your machine, it will also try to download and then install/configure the required components.
The preparation tool will start with the Windows Roles and Features, if any of these roles or features were installed previously then the preparation tool will start checking for next required components. My server has nothing installed on it except windows updates. The preparation tool will install and configure the following Windows Role and Features:

Two Windows Roles:

Six Windows Features:
The next required component is .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, but as I have already run Windows Update and installed the listed available Windows Updates ( one of these updates were .NET Framework 2.5 SP1 ), then .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 was found by the preparation tool to be already installed.

Be informed that if .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 is not installed, the preparation tool will try to download it and then install it, so make sure that your machine is able to connect to the internet.

If TMG machine is not connected to the internet at the time of installing TMG Beta 3, and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 was not installed previously, you will receive an error illustrating to you that the preparation tool was not able to download .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and to check your internet connection as shown below

If your server is not connected to the internet at the time of installing TMG Beta 3, then make sure to download .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 from another machine, and then install it on the TMG Beta 3 server. You can download it from here.
Then Windows Web Services API will be installed
Then the preparation tool will check for Windows Installer 4.5, if it was not found to be installed, the preparation tool will download it from the internet and then start to install it

Reminder : The Same error page you will receive if your server is not connected to the internet at the time of installation and you do not have Microsoft Windows Installer 4.5 installed. You can download it from here.
Once the preparation tools finishes downloading and installing the required components, you might need to restart your machine to complete the installation. Click Restart to reboot your machine. Once the server is rebooted, resume TMG installation by running autorun.hta again and then click on Install Forefront TMG

If you already had some or all of the required components and your server didn't require a reboot, then the preparation tool will display the completion result of checking all components, it will give you also the option to launch TMG setup. Click on Finish

If you have User Account Control enabled, click on Continue
Microsoft Forefront TMG Installer will start

On the Welcome to the Installation Wizard page, click Next
On the License Agreement page, accept the terms in the license agreement, and then click Next
On the Customer Information page, enter your details , username and organization name, and as you notice, the product serial number is already filled as this is a beta build of the product. Then click Next
On the Installation Path page, as you will notice, the path is C:\Program Files\Microsoft ISA Server\ , I believe this will be changed to refer to Forefront TMG once the product is RTM. You can either keep the default installation path, or change it by clicking on the Change... button and browse to the custom path. then Click Next
On the Internal Network page, specify the address range(s) you want to include in TMG Internal Network, click on the Add... button

Click on Add Range, type the address range then click OK

If you have another Internal Network Address range, then click on Add Range again and repeat the above steps, else click on OK

You will return back to the Internal Network page, if you need to change anything click on Change.., else click on Next to proceed with the installation wizard
Few services will be restarted or stopped as shown on the Services Warning page, click Next
On the Ready to Install page, click Install

Installing TMG will begin

Eventually, Forefront TMG installation will be completed, you can enable the checkbox at the bottom of the page to invoke Forefront TMG management when the wizard closes. Click Finish

Once you click Finish, a webpage will open, that includes some recommendations and information that you can follow.
To Open Forefront TMG , click Start > All Programs > Microsoft Forefront TMG > Forefront TMG Management

If you have User Account Control enabled, then click on Continue
Forefront TMG management console will open, and the first thing that you will notice is the Getting Started Wizard, which I would like to cover in a future article.

Start exploring Forefront TMG Beta 3 and enjoy it....

One last reminder is that although Forefront TMG Beta 3 is feature complete, it is still a Beta version, so do not install it in a production environment.

Summary

Forefront Threat Management Gateway Beta 3 installation is much easier than previous Beta versions. The Preparation Tool is a new tool included in the installation wizard that will automatically downloads and install any required component. Its is recommended to run the Windows Update option first before installing TMG, so that you install all critical required updates for your Windows, then either click on run the preparation tool or Install Forefront TMG option, which will also run the preparation tool to check for all required components, and will try to download and install any required component.

Block Media Streaming Extension in ISA Server

2011-02-08T00:54:00.001-08:00

Background
This is most useful when you need to block streaming media, you can use the combination of blocking Extensions and Content Types.

Configuration

Open ISA Management Console

Create a new Access rule, Right click Firewall Policy , then click on New then choose Access Rule

This also can be done from the Right Pane, under the Tasks bar :

The New Access Rule Wizard will be launched, give a name to your new rule , in this example we will name it Allow Internet, then click Next

In the Rule Action page, we choose which action we want to grant for our users, first we need to create the allow rule that will allow them to have internet access, so we choose Allow, then click Next
I always prefer not to grant users an open rule, in this I mean a rule with all outbound protocols, that's why I always prefer to grant my users a selected protocols for each rule. In the Protocols page, From the drop down list of This Rule Applies To, choose Selected Protocols,

click on Add button, the Add Protocol page will open, expand the Common Protocols container, choose the HTTP, HTTPS, POP3 & SMTP ( these are the most common protocols used, you can have any other protocols as desired ) protocols and click on Add , then click Close

The selected protocols will be displayed in the Protocols page, click Next
On the Access Rule Sources page, click the Add button. In the Add Network Entities dialog box, click on the Networks folder. Double click on the Internal network, then click the Close button in the Add Network Entities dialog box. Click Next in the Access Rule Sources dialog box.
Click the Add button on the Access Rule Destinations page. In the Add Network Entities dialog box, click the Networks folder. Double click the External entry and click Close in the Add Network Entities dialog box. Click Next on the Access Rule Destinations page.
On the User Sets page, accept the default setting of All Users.
Review your settings and click Finish on the Completing the New Access Rule Wizard page.
Click the Apply button to save the changes and update the firewall policy. This button is located at the top of the Details pane
(the middle pane) of the console.
Your rule will look this :
The rule you have just created will permit your users to surf the Internet with only the selected protocols, but your users will be able to download whatever they want !! so what you need to do is to filter such ability by File Extension and/or Content Type.
Right click your Allow Rule, then click on Configure HTTP
The Configure HTTP Policy page will open

In this article we will only discuss the Extensions Tab , for more info on the Configure HTTP Policy check the related links at the end of this article.
Click on the Extensions Tab, then from the drop down list choose Block specified extensions (allow all others).
Click on the Add button

In this page, start adding the extension you desire to block, such as wmv, avi and so on.

After you finish from filling the extensions you desire to block , click on OK
Click the Apply button to save the changes and update the firewall policy.
We finished now with the Extensions part, now if you need also to block by Content Type, double click on the Allow Internet rule

Then click on the Content Types Tab
By default, all Content types are enabled, what we need to do now is to select only the ones we need to be enabled on this rule,
that's why we need to enable the radio button beside the Selected content types ( with this option selected , the rule is applicable only to HTTP traffic ) under the This rule applies to
Start selecting the content types you want to enable, in this article, we do not want to enable streaming content types, so we leave the audio and video content types deselected. After you finish from selecting, click on OK
Click the Apply button to save the changes and update the firewall policy.

Summary
In this article, we learned how to create a new Access Rule, and how to filter this allow to block selected extensions and content types.

How to setup an internet connection on Symbian phones using Bluetooth

2011-02-04T20:10:00.001-08:00

How to setup an internet connection on Symbian phones using Bluetooth

This tutorial is mainly intended for newer symbian phones like the 7610/6670/6260/3230/6630/6680/6681/6682. Guides for older phones can be found at http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/mraento/symbian/bt-ap.html orhttp://gnubox.dnsalias.org/gnubox/

Guide to set up your computer (HOST) (Windows XP)

I will describe using Widcomm (4.0.1.700) & BlueSoleil (1.6.1.4) here, you may have other softwares for your Bluetooth adapter.

You can download the BlueSoleil drivers at http://www.bluesoleil.com.

You can download the Widcomm drivers at here.

I don’t have enough web space to upload the latest drivers here. Please get them through the internet search.

Latest Drivers Version

BlueSoleil -> 2.3.0

Widcomm -> 5.1.0.2800

1. Find out the COM-Port associated with the Bluetooth-Software. Under Widcomm software the information is located at Bluetooth Configuration -> Local Services -> Bluetooth Serial Port (sometimes as “ActiveSync?. Note the COM port. For my case, my COM Port is COM4.

Under for BlueSoleil software information is located at My Services -> Properties -> Serial Port A. Note the COM port. For my case, my COM Port is COM7.

2. Next you'll need to install a modem. Go to Control Panel-> Phone and Modem Settings -> Modems ->Add. Check the box “select modem manually?and choose the “direct communication cable? Now you see a list of COM-Ports. Choose the one you looked up earlier. For my case, I will select COM 4 for Widcomm and COM 7 for BlueSoleil.

Note: You must insert your Bluetooth adapter before you configure the COM-Ports. If not, you may not see the COM Port you want for your serial connections.

After setup, you should see something like this.

Open the properties for the "Communications cable between two computers" that was created for the Bluetooth connection.

Go to the modem tab and set maximum port speed to max (115200). This will increase the speed from the default 19.2Kbs to 115.2Kbs.

3. Now we'll set up an incoming connection: At the Network connections page choose “New Connection Wizard? Choose Advanced Connection->Accept incoming connections or just incoming connection (depends on your Windows version). Select the "Communication cable between two computers" that you have added just now.
On the next screen, choose "Do not allow virtual private connections". Now you'll have to add the user you specified in the phone settings. Also assign the password entered on the mobile. You may also choose to allow devices to connect without password. To do so, check the following after you finish setup on the wizard.

In the next dialog you are presented the network protocols. Open up the TCP/IP properties and select the “Allow callers access to the local network? If you want to have the IP assigned by DHCP or manually is up to you. Windows 2000 users specify the IP range manually, since the DHCP feature doesn't seems to work. For manual IP settings, you can specify any range of your IP depends on your usage. Here I will allow four connections to my host computer.

4. You may now need to enable ICS if you are using ADSL dialup connection. For Lan connection, you may skip this steps. Go to your dialup network connection, click on properties, check "Allow other network users to connect though this computer's Internet connections".

Click on settings. Enable the HTTP & HTTPS Server for NetFront or Opera to open page. You may add other services like FTP server, POP3 etc. if you use it on your phone.

5. Activate routing on your computer. Open up the Registry editor by clicking Start -> Run and type “regedit.exe?

In Registry Editor, locate the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters

Set the following registry value:

Value Name: IPEnableRouter

Value type: REG_DWORD

Value Data: 1 (Default: 0)

A value of 1 enables TCP/IP forwarding for all network connections that are installed and used by this computer.?

Quit Registry Editor.

Reboot your machine to apply the settings!

This completed the setup of your host computer. Next, read below for the setup on S60 phone.

Guide to set up your S60 phone using Bluetooth serial port

1. Download the corresponding version of GnuBox for your phone:

a. 7610/6670 : http://gnubox.dnsalias.org/gnubox/gnubox_6670.sis

b. 3230: http://gnubox.dnsalias.org/gnubox/gnubox_3230.sis

c. 6260: http://gnubox.dnsalias.org/gnubox/gnubox_6260.sis

d. 6682: http://gnubox.dnsalias.org/gnubox/testing/gnubox_6682.sis

e. 6630/6680/6681: http://gnubox.dnsalias.org/gnubox/testing/gnubox_6630_80_81.sis

2. Connect to your phone to your pc using the data cable. Double click the .sis file and install the application on your phone.

3. Launch GnuBox.

Some configuration text will be displayed:

?(Loading CommDb settings)

ISP ‘Bt?Not found

?/span>

Create a CommsDB dump using the Debug->Dump Full CommsDB menu entry. The file appears as commsdb.txt in your C: (internal memory) drive. (Exact path is C:\Nokia\commsdb.txt) You can download this file using the PC suite. Save this file for your reference. It is not possible to automatically restore the CommsDB from this dump, that's why you may need to do a phone backup.

To do a memory backup, go to Tools->Memory, Choose “Backup phone mem?

In this way, you can restore your phone memory back, if GnuBox affect your other connections.

Note: The below instructions are for 3230,6260,7610,6670. For 6630/6680/6681, please read the notes on the next section.

4. On your phone go to Settings->Connection->Access points. Select Options->New Access point->Use default settings. Apply the following settings (case sensitive!)

a. Connection Name: Bt (older versions of GnuBox may need „GnuBox?span class=GramE>)
b. Data bearer: Data call (on some devices gsm)
c. Dial up number: 0000 (basically any number is valid as long the phone accepts it)
d. User name: btdialin (or any other. But you'll have to remember it later on)
e. Prompt password: no
f. Password: bt (or any other. But you'll have to remember it later on)
g. Authentication: Normal
h. Homepage: none
i. Data call type: analogue
j. Maximum data speed: automatic

5. Now go to Options->Advanced settings and apply the following settings:
a. Phone IP address: Automatic
b. Primary name server: 0.0.0.0

(For ADSL dialup connections, set DNS to the DNS of your ADSL connections. You can view this by typing ?span class=SpellE>ipconfig/all? under command prompt.)

?/span>

c. Second. name server: 0.0.0.0
d. Proxy server address: none

e. Proxy port number: 0

f. Use callback: No

g. Callback type: Use server no.
h. Callback number: None
i. Use PPP compression: Yes
j. Use login script: Yes
k. Login script:
CHARMAP [windows-1252]
LOOP 10
{
SEND "CLIENT"+<0x0d>
WAIT 3
{
"SERVER" OK
}}
EXIT KerrNoAnswer$
OK:
EXIT
(You may leave this blank as you can set this automatically under GnuBox later.)
l. Modem initialisation: None

6. Now leave the Access Points settings (your changes will be automatically saved). Navigate in the menu to the previously installed GnuBox software.
Once launched use the following steps:

a. Options->set RAS login script (if you leave the login script blank at the Access Points settings. This will set the login script above for you.)
b. Options->auto set modem ID
c. Options->create records

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(Now the settings of the AP you just created will be manipulated for our needs.)

d. Options->2 Box Bluetooth->Serial port.

Select your PC Bluetooth connection.
When ask for "Do you want to require encryption", select OK.

Close GnuBox.

At Widcomm make sure that you have enabled secure connections.
To do so,

Bluetooth Configuration -> Local Services -> Bluetooth Serial Port. Click on properties, may sure that "Secure Connections" is checked.

?/span>

At BlueSoleil, make sure that you have enabled Data Encryption.
To do so,

My Bluetooth -> Security ->General. Select High for security level, may sure that "Enable Data Encryption" is checked.

e. Next is to test your connections, under GnuBox, Debug->Test comm channel.

During this time, WIDCOMM on your PC will prompt you about serial port connections. Make sure that you allow the connections.

After the test, close GnuBox. Use FileManager, go to c:\nokia\ctest.txt and view this text file
Make sure that you got the following
123456Error = 0
78 Error = -3

This confirms that your phone setup is correct. If you got other error message, you may need to repeat the phone setup process again. Perhaps you may have miss out some steps. Ensure that your Bluetooth connection on your phone is always on during the phone setup

7. Once this is ok. Open Opera or NetFront and try to open up a web page. Now a dialog is presented to you where you'll have to choose a AP. Take “Bt?(or “GnuBox?. Now you should notice the Bluetooth icon in the system tray turn green (Widcomm only). Some seconds later an icon signaling a new network connection should also show up in the system tray.

Now you should be able to surf the web through the internet connection of your computer.

If not working, you may try to reconfigure your phone again. If you have a firewall installed on your PC there could be issues with making this work. If you have done all of the above and you still get DNS error messages using NetFront or Opera then try disabling the firewall and re-connect the phone to the network and see if it works. If it does, then look into your firewall software to see how to enable the Bluetooth network connection.

Instructions for 6630, 6680 and 6681

The usage instructions are exactly the same as 7610/6670/6260/3230 tutorial above, with the following exceptions and limitations:

You cannot set the access point 'Bt' to Data call when creating. You have only the option 'GPRS'. Set it to GPRS.
You don't have to enter a phone number while creating the access point.
If you need to enter DNS or IP address manually, these settings are ignored by default. You can click on Install -> copy from GPRS to activate these settings. Do this only after the entire setup (but for sure after ‘create records?.
If you need to set a proxy, make sure you enter this information when you create the access point Bt.
After clicking Install -> create records in gnubox, the access point will disappear from the settings->access point menu. It won't be available anymore. If you need to change proxy or DNS settings, do the following: click install -> set to GPRS. Then go to the phone settings | access points, apply the necessary changes. Then go back to gnubox, click install -> create records. You need then to click install -> copy from gprs unless you only changed proxy settings.
Built-in applications cannot access the access point Bt (and thus use the bluetooth internet connection). The internal access point selection dialog never lists the access point Bt. There are other applications which can use it, including for example IM+, Opera (go to the second page of the settings, select 'Connect to default access point' and select Bt from the list there), putty, vnc client, etc.

I do not have 6630/6680/6681 phones to create screenshots for this here. For more information, please refer to Xan’s gnubox forum.

Setup for Firewall

For ZoneAlarm, go to Firewall -> Advanced. You must set "This computer is an ICS/NAT gateway" to work.

For others Firewall, you may need to find whether there is this option.

Some hints on debugging / Assistance

?IPView (http://my-symbian.com/7650/download/search.php?name=Ip%20View) helps a lot. It shows you your network config and allows to send pings.

?Using Ethereal and the latest WinPCap beta libraries you're even able to capture on the incoming connection device.

?If you have problems with domain name resolution, you can set the DNS server in the AP settings.

?The GnuBox software has many debug features build in. See the debug menu (bring IF up is very handy to test if the connection to the pc can be established).

?If your PC isn't connected to the internet via a LAN, but via dial up you might run into trouble. Try activating Internet connection sharing on your modem's connection.

?For testing purposes disable your firewall. Depending on your firewall, it may deny routing packets.

?If you have any questions please take a look at http://www.symbianos.org/yabbse/index.php?board=2 and ask your question there.

Other guides on gnubox:

1. Internet Access For Nokia Mobiles via Bluetooth in Linux HOWTO

2. Tutorial for Nokia 3230 and gnuBox using Analogx Proxy

3. Internet sharing methods for GnuBox

4. The Big GnuBox troubleshooting walkthrough

Credits

xan (@symbianis.org) http://gnubox.dnsalias.org/gnubox/

- for making GnuBox, he made this Bluetooth internet connection possible.

Sebastian Schuon - For his guide on Nokia 6670/7610 in PDF format.

Version 0.1D, 09/07/06

KK (kkfireboy@yahoo.com.sg)

How to use Team Viewer to your Remote Computer.

2011-02-02T10:10:00.000-08:00

How to use Team Viewer to your Remote Computer.

How to use Team Viewer to Remote Control your Remote Computer:

1. Download Team Viewer Installer at http://www.teamviewer.com/download/index.aspx

2. Click the v4.05543(English) for windows.

3. Once a dialog box appear click Save File.

4. The Downloads Dialog Box will appear downloading the TeamViewer_Setup.exe.

5. Afterwards, double click the TeamViewer_Setup.exe to install it.

6. If asked to run the software click “Run” and follow the installation process.

7. Click install if prompted for usage, then click “Next”.

8. When asked…”How do you want to install teamviewer?” Click “personal and non commercial”.

9. Click Next, and in the License Agreement click the (2) two checkboxes. Then click “Next”.

10. Then select normal installation in the next dialog box. Then wait until it completed installation.

11. Click Finished. Then another dialog box will appear. (Make sure that you have installed this in the local and remote computer)

12. In the Create Session, key in the remote computer‘s ID which can be found in the Wait Session.

13. Then when the connection was established you be asked for the password.

13. After entering the ID and Password Verification you can now view the remote computer.

Install Teamweaver in using Mozila

2011-02-02T10:03:00.001-08:00

TeamViewer Install for Mozilla Firefox

Select Save File
Once downloaded double-click on the file in the Downloads dialogue box to start the installation
You may be prompted by Windows User Account Control whether you wish to continue (click Yes to continue)
The installer will begin. Choose Next
Choose 'personal/non-commerical use' and press Next
Select both of the licence agreement options and press Next
Choose a unique password and make a note of it (this will be given to Computer Geeks to allow the remote connection, along with the unique code produced in the following steps).
Select Finish
Moments later, a box will pop up with your Teamviewer Host ID. Please take note of this code. You may wish to make a note of this in the space provided further up.
You will notice a new icon will appear in the taskbar (as shown here circled in red)

Getting started with Microsoft ISA Server 2006, Part V: Configure HTTP Filter

2011-01-31T22:29:00.000-08:00

Getting started with Microsoft ISA Server 2006, Part V: Configure HTTP Filter

Have you ever need to block users using MSN or Yahoo Messenger? Or block them to using free email services? Or even block them to post anythings on web boards? Or block them to using bit torrent to download files? This topic can answer these questions by using Microsoft ISA Server 2006.

From Part I to IV, you have finished simple configurations on Microsoft ISA Server 2006 to work in your network. But ISA Server can do a lot more than that. Another benefit of ISA Server is that it can filter HTTP traffic. If you know attributes of each HTTP traffic, you can block MSN/Yahoo Messenger, Bit torrent, web mail, disallow post on web boards, etc by allow or block HTTP traffic using HTTP filter. I think most of the readers may not familiar what HTTP traffic look like so let’s see about HTTP traffic in the next section.

Note: This topic isn’t require in order to running ISA Server, only Part I to IV are sufficient. But this topic will be benefits in most organization to improve security.

HTTP Traffic

HTTP Traffic on ISA Server is a data that pass through ISA Server using HTTP protocol (by default is on port 80) which is the protocol that is used by most applications. On each HTTP connection, there will be a header information about client that send to server or server to client. These information are such as Request Methods (GET, POST ,etc.), HTTP Versions (1.0,1.1,1.2), User-Agent (Mozilla/4.0, Firefox, etc.), Content-Type (application/xml, image/jpeg, text/xml, etc.), etc. I will not go into deep detail about HTTP protocol if you want more information, you can find at Wikipedia – HTTP. With these header information, ISA Server can filter HTTP traffic to allow or block specific application or traffic.

To see some sample of HTTP traffic, you can use sniffer program to capture each data packet that pass in/out a computer. The popular one is Ethereal. I have installed Ethereal on a computer which running a web server. Let see the different example of each HTTP header information below.

When client sends request to the web server by browser the Internet Explorer to http://bkkexternal (bkkexternal is the computer that runs a web server).
Detail: The request method is GET. URI is /. The User-Agent is Mozilla (compatible: MSIE 6.0).

This the response header from the above request.
Detail: The response code is 200 (OK). The server is running by Apache 2.2.4. The Content-Type is text/xml

When you submit a form on the browser to the web server.
Detail: The request method is POST. The client host is bkkmisc01. The Content-Type is application/x-www-form-urlencoded.

Note: “/r/n” is tag that tells end of a line, a control line feed.

Configurations

To configure HTTP filter, you need to know what attribute and value need to be configured. On this post, I will show only the following:

Block specific browser: Firefox.
Block MSN Messenger, Windows Live Messenger.
Block download file .torrent.
Block AOL Messenger.
Block Yahoo Messenger.
Block Kazaa.
Block free web mail. (e.g. hotmail.com, mail.yahoo.com, etc.)
Block post on web boards.

Step-by-step

Open Microsoft ISA Server Management Console.
Right-click on the rule that being configured HTTP filter -> select Configure HTTP.
Click on Signatures tab and click Add.
Block specific browser: Firefox.
To block users to use Firefox browser by configure signature to “Firefox”, “User-Agent” in HTTP Header and Request headers in Search in.
Block MSN Messenger, Windows Live Messenger.
To block users to use MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger.
To block MSN Messenger by configure signature to “msnmsgr.exe”, “User-Agent” in HTTP Header and Request headers in Search in.

To block Windows Live Messenger by configure signature to “login.live.com”, “Host” in HTTP Header andRequest headers in Search in.
Block download file .torrent.
To block download any .torrent files by configure signature to “application/x-bittorrent”, “Content-Type” in HTTP Header and Request headers in Search in.
Block AOL Messenger.
To block users to use AOL Messenger by configure signature to “Gecko”, “User-Agent” in HTTP Header and Request headers in Search in.
Block Yahoo Messenger.
To block users to use Yahoo Messenger by configure signature to “msg.yahoo.com”, “Host” in HTTP Header andRequest headers in Search in.
Block Kazaa.
To block users to use Kazaa by configure signature to “KazaaClient”, “User-Agent” in HTTP Header and Request headers in Search in.
Block free web mail. (e.g. hotmail.com, mail.yahoo.com, etc.)
To block users to access free web mail, block any URL that contain string “mail” by configure on signature to mail.
Block post on web boards.
Block users to sending any information to internet (e.g. post on web board) by configure to disallow HTTP method:POST.
Select on Methods tab and select block specified methods.

Click Add. New window appears, type “POST” on method and enter some description.

Don’t forget to apply the settings after configuration.
If the users are blocked by HTTP filter, they will see page like the figure.
“Error Code: 500 Internal Server Error. The request was rejected by the HTTP filter.”

Summary

This is the end of this serie. After complete this serie, starting from install ISA Server, configure the network topology, configure basic rule, configure client types and configure HTTP filter, now you have basic knowledge and understanding how to operate ISA Server on your own. But there are some configurations, I don’t cover for instance how to configure cache on ISA Server, how to implement VPN, etc. If you need more information, try visit ISA Server.org

I think these tutorials may be useful for starter who want to implement Microsoft ISA Server 2006 or some administrators who want to reviews configurations. If you have any problems or any suggestion, feel free to leave some comment below.

Getting started with Microsoft ISA Server 2006, Part IV: Configure Client Type

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Introduction

After completed part III, you have done basic configurations on ISA Server. In this part, you’re going to configure on client computer to be one of these types: SecureNAT Client, Firewall Client or Web Proxy Client. You can see more detail in topic below.

Client Types

The table below compares the ISA Server clients.

Feature\ Client types	SecureNAT client	Firewall client	Web Proxy client
Installation required	Some network configuration changes may be required	Yes	No, Web browser configuration required
Operating system support	Any operating system that supports Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)	Only Windows platforms	All platforms, but by way of Web application
Protocol support	Application filters for multiple connection protocols required	All Winsock applications	Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Secure HTTP (HTTPS), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), and Gopher
User-level authentication	Some network configuration changes required	Yes	Yes
Server applications	No configuration or installation required	Configuration file required	Not applicable

Configurations

On this section, I will how to configure each client type on a client computer. You only select one of these three client types configurations.

SecureNAT client
To configure SecureNAT client, only change gateway in network properties to ISA Server
- Open Network Connection Properties on client computer.
- On Network Properties, select Internet Protocol(TCP/IP) and click Properties.
- On Internet Protocol(TCP/IP) Properties, change IP Address on default gateway to ISA Server.
Firewall client
- Download Firewall Client for ISA Server at Microsoft or at here – Microsoft Firewall Client.
- Run setup program, set the ISA Server DNS name or IP Address on ISA Server Computer Selection page.
- After install, you’ll see icon as the figure below in task icon. The green color means the client has successfully connected to ISA Server. If the red shows, the client can’t connect to ISA Server. You can double-click on icon to see more detail.
- If you have double-clicked on previous step, select Settings tab and you can verify that ISA Server Selection is type correctly or not. Also, click on Apply Default Settings Now for other users on this computer can use this configuration,too.
Web Proxy client
- Open Web browser. In this example, I demonstate on Internet Explorer.
- On menu bar, select Tools -> Internet Options.
- On Internet Options, select Connections tab and click on LAN Settings.
- On Local Area Network (LAN) Settings, set Address and Port to your ISA Server configuration.
  Note: By default, Web proxy port is 8080.

Reference

http://technet2.microsoft.com

Getting started with Microsoft ISA Server 2006, Part III: Create Firewall Policy Rule

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Getting started with Microsoft ISA Server 2006, Part III: Create Firewall Policy Rule

Firewall Policy

From part II, you have configured Network Topology. Now you need to create a policy rule to allow traffic pass through the ISA Server.

By default, ISA Server is configured with default rule which blocks all traffics pass through ISA Server. But you can customize rules to match your policy in organization. On each rule, you can customize to allow or deny access, protocols, source and destination addresses, users (ISA Server can integrated with Active Directory), time to use the rule, content types.

Step-by-step

Next, I will create a new web access rule for all users in internal network to access internet(external network) with only HTTP (port 80) and HTTPS (port 443) protocols.

Open ISA Server Management. Expand server name(in this example, BKKFRW001) -> Right click on Firewall Policy -> New -> Access Rule.
New Access Rule Wizard appears, enter the name of access rule. Click Next.
On Rule Action, select Allow. Click Next.
On Protocols, click Add. Add Protocols window appears, expand Common protocols and select HTTP and HTTPS.
On Access Rule Sources, click Add. Add Network Entities window appears, expand Networks and select Internal.
On Access Rule Destinations, add External network.
On User Sets, leave All Users. Click Next.
Click Finish to complete create new rule.
Again, don’t forget to apply your setting on ISA Server to take effect. Click Apply.
Next part will be about client configuration to access to ISA Server.

Getting started with Microsoft ISA Server 2006, Part II: Configure Network Topology

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Getting started with Microsoft ISA Server 2006, Part II: Configure Network Topology

Network Topology

From Part I, you have finished install ISA Server 2006. Before using the server, you need to do some configurations first. On Getting Started with ISA Server 2006 page on ISA Server Management, there are 5 steps for set up ISA Server as the figure below.

To use ISA Server, only first 2 steps on the figure above are needed to be configured so this part will shows how to configure Network Topology on ISA Server which is the first step in the figure above. For the second step, I will cover in the next part(part III). Also, you need to enable client to access ISA Server by configure on clients,too. Client Configuration will be

The series are divided into 5 parts:

ISA Server 2006 comes with many defined templates. Here are some details of each template. You can select one of them that match your network.

Edge Firewall

This is a standard network topology for small to medium organization. The ISA Server is a main gateway controlling traffic between intranet and internet. The ISA Server needs 2 network interfaces.

3-Leg Perimeter

This is a standard network topology for medium to large organization. There are another network which is Perimeter network adding to ISA server compare to edge firewall. The perimeter network or DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) is a network that is less secure for serving Web server, E-Mail server, DNS server,etc so that internet users can access these services without access to internal network. The ISA Server needs 3 network interfaces.

Front Firewall

This is a network topology for organization that security is high priority. In this case, there are more than 1 firewall server. When hacker attacks the server and one fails, there is still back firewall to protect your internal network. This template, ISA Server will be act as front firewall server between internet and perimeter network and needs 2 network interfaces.

Back Firewall

This is a network topology for organization that security is high priority. The configuration is the same as in Front Firewall template except that the ISA Server that you’re configuring is the back firewall that serperate internal and perimeter network.This template, ISA Server needs 2 network interfaces.

Single Network Adapter

This is a network topology for ISA Server to be act as Proxy server only. ISA Server can do caching to improve performance for users using Internet in organization. This template, ISA Server requires only a single network interface as the name of the template.

Note: For Front and Back Firewall templates, you have more than one firewall servers. It is best practice that you should use different firewall software or using hardware firewall with software firewall not the same on front and back. If hacker can destroy the front firewall, you still have back firewall which the hacker can’t use the previous technique to attack the firewall.

Step-by-step

This example will configure ISA Server 2006 using Edge Firewall template.

Open ISA Server Management.
1. On left window, expand Configuration and select Networks
2. On right window, select Templates tab.
3. Click on Edge Firewall template. Network Template Wizard window appears.
Click Next.
You can export your configurations before let the wizard overwrite the old one by click on Export button. Otherwise, click Next.
On Internal Network IP Addresses, you can configure your internel network IP Address. If the existing value is correct, click Next.
On Select a Firewall Policy, you can select firewall policy template. The description will display what will be configure on ISA Server. I select “Block all” to block all traffic between ISA Server. I will configure rules later in the the next part.
Click Finish to complete the wizard.
To make ISA Server takes effect, click on Apply.

Getting started with Microsoft ISA Server 2006, Part I: Installation

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Getting started with Microsoft ISA Server 2006, Part I: Installation

ISA, Security, WindowsDecember 28th, 2007

Introduction

Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server 2006 is a firewall and proxy product from Microsoft. It can protects local network from hackers, limit access for internet access, improve internet speed for users and also logging any connections that pass through ISA Server.

Or you can say that ISA Server is a gateway between intranet(LAN) and internet so it has more than one network interfaces usually it has 2 or 3 network interfaces depends on network topology(Edge firewall, 3-Leg Perimeter, etc.) in your organization.

The series are divided into 5 parts:

Getting started with Microsoft ISA Server 2006, Part I: Installation
Getting started with Microsoft ISA Server 2006, Part II: Configure Network Topology
Getting started with Microsoft ISA Server 2006, Part III: Create Firewall Policy Rule
Getting started with Microsoft ISA Server 2006, Part IV: Configure Client Type
Getting started with Microsoft ISA Server 2006, Part V: Configure HTTP Filter

This post will show how to install ISA Server 2006 Standard Edition on a Windows 2003 Server which has 2 network interfaces: one is connected to internal network(LAN) and the other connected to external(Internet). The diagram is as below:

Step-by-step

Open ISA setup program.
Click Next.
Enter your license information. Click Next.
Select Setup Type. If you want to customize features or change installed directory, select Custom. Otherwise, select Typical. I leave Typical for convenience.
On Internal Network, you must enter your internal IP address range. You can do this by adding manually or select from network adapter. Before click Next, ensure that your network addressed was configured correctly.
On Firewall Client Connections, if you haven’t upgrade from previous ISA Server(ISA 2000 or 2004), leave the check box uncheck and click Next. Otherwise, check the check box before continue.
On Service Warning, click Next. Notice that some of services will be restarted or disabled while installing.
Click Install.
Wait for install finishes.
You can check “Invoke ISA Server Management when the wizard closes” if you want to configure ISA now.
Now you have finished installing ISA Server 2006. For configure the ISA details, continue on the next part.

Sharing an Internet connection

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Advantages

If you have a local area network (two or more computers connected in a network) with one computer connected to the Internet (via a modem, using a cable, etc.), it may be useful to make the connection accessible to the other computers on the network by installing a software program that will serve as aproxy server, that is, that will give the network's computers access by proxy, by redirecting data packets.

However, the more users there are, the lower the bandwidth for each of them will be, since the users will share the bandwidth with each other. For example, if 8 people are connected to an ADSL connection at 512 Kb/s, only 64 kb/s will remain per person, or 6 or 7 kB/s per person.

There are a variety of software programs that make it possible to carry out this function, yet Window 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP and higher versions natively offer such a function.

We will now assume that the connection is already configured on the PC equipped with Internet access. This computer (PC no.1) will play the role of server (proxy) whereas the other network computers will be clients (PC no. 2, 3 and 4, etc.).

We will choose the address 192.168.0.1 for PC no. 1 that has the Internet connection (the others will respectively take the IP addresses 192.168.0.2, 192.168.0.3, 192.168.0.4, etc.).

Server in Windows XP/2000

To authorize Internet connection sharing on the host (the computer with an Internet connection), simply right-click "My network places" on the desktop, then choose Properties in the menu. Right-click your connection's icon, then choose Properties. Then click the Advanced tab and check the box Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection as well as the other two boxes. Then validate by clicking OK and close the Network connection window.

If this option is not available in the Advanced tab, you can use the network setup wizard at the bottom of the tab and specify that "This computer connects directly to the Internet. The other computers on my network connect to the Internet through this computer"!

Clients in Windows XP/2000

The next step is to configure client gateways. The gateway is the IP address of PC no. 1 that has the Internet connection, or 192.168.0.1 in our case.

In the "Internet protocol properties (TCP/IP)" window, in the "General" tab, enter 192.168.0.1 as the gateway for each of the clients. Still in the "General" tab, click "Use the following DNS server address" and enter the following information:

Preferred DNS server: 192.168.0.1
Alternate DNS server: nothing

They correspond to the primary and secondary DNS (Domain Name Servers).

Server in Windows 98

To share a computer's connection in Windows 98, you first need to install the "Internet connection sharing" service. To do so, go to Start/Settings/Control panel/Add or Remove programs/Windows setup/Internet tools then select "Internet connection sharing". Confirm by clicking "ok", then indicate the Windows 98 CD-ROM directory when the system asks for it.

Clients in Windows 98

You need to configure the clients (the other network computers) so they know that the connection is being made through the PC1. In the "Gateway" tab of the "TCP/IP properties" window, enter 192.168.0.1 as new gateway and remember to click add. In the "DNS configuration" tab, click "Enable DNS" then enter the following information:

Host: Name-of-PC1 // for all PCs (except the PC1 itself)
Domain:

In "DNS search order", enter "192.168.0.1" and click "add".

Article written by Metathesus, Eaulive and Jeff Pillou

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Getting started with Microsoft ISA Server 2006, Part V: Configure HTTP Filter

HTTP Traffic

Configurations

Step-by-step

Summary

Getting started with Microsoft ISA Server 2006, Part IV: Configure Client Type

Introduction

Client Types

Configurations

Reference

Getting started with Microsoft ISA Server 2006, Part III: Create Firewall Policy Rule

Firewall Policy

Step-by-step

Getting started with Microsoft ISA Server 2006, Part II: Configure Network Topology

Network Topology

Step-by-step

Getting started with Microsoft ISA Server 2006, Part I: Installation

Introduction

Step-by-step

Sharing an Internet connection

Advantages

Server in Windows XP/2000

Clients in Windows XP/2000

Server in Windows 98

Clients in Windows 98

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