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November 2009 - Posts

Friday, November 27, 2009 8:37 PM

The JVM Install Prompt

Many years ago, Microsoft developed an implementation of a Java Virtual Machine to run Java content. Internet Explorer 5 included code that would download and install the JVM (if needed) when a user encountered Java content on the web. After some time,
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Sunday, November 22, 2009 8:54 PM

Troubleshooting Authentication with Fiddler

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been exchanging mail with a webmaster (Vladimir) in Russia who reported that his customers were having problems using IE8 on Windows 7 to log into his website. His site uses HTTP Basic Authentication, so users are prompted
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 8:30 AM

Inline AutoComplete

Internet Explorer 8 removed support for one of my favorite browser features: Inline AutoComplete (IAC) for the address bar. This feature was off-by-default, but for almost a decade the first thing I did when setting up a new computer was enable IAC using
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009 12:19 AM

Security Intelligence Report Volume 7 Released

Security researchers at Microsoft release a biannual "Intelligence Report" containing statistics about the software-related security incidents over the past 6 months. This report is called the SIR , and the latest version can be found here . There are
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