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Aaaaand, we're back

Posted Monday, January 23, 2006 11:21 PM by jonathanh
I’ll be making lots of updates to the nonadmin wiki this week. Yesterday it was three months’ worth of press articles about running as a non-administrator , and today it’s two webcasts and two whitepapers for the other resources page*. This is also a Read More...
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More press coverage of NOT running as an administrator

Posted Thursday, June 23, 2005 11:38 PM by jonathanh
Ryan Naraine has written a nice article for eWeek about non-admin security in XP . He notes that Microsoft will be promoting Least-privileged User Accounts heavily in Longhorn, but that you can enjoy their added security right now – if you know where Read More...
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Great things are afoot over at Channel 9

Posted Tuesday, June 07, 2005 10:51 PM by jonathanh
Another vital resource has sprung up fully-formed on Channel 9 – the Patterns and Practices Security Wiki (yes, this is yet another Microsoft wiki ). Whether you need to deploy a secure ASP.NET 2.0 application right now, or just have a vague wish to learn Read More...
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Lots of LUA links

Posted Thursday, May 19, 2005 11:33 AM by jonathanh
[I originally posted this two weeks ago, but it got lost when they had to roll back the servers, and it doesn't look like the original is coming back anytime soon] I’ve added a bunch of new links to the non-admin wiki , taken from various blog posts over Read More...
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Refresh build of Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware beta

Posted Thursday, February 17, 2005 12:55 AM by jonathanh
Microsoft’s antispyware team made version 1.0.509 available for download a couple of hours ago. You can use Help > About to see what you’re currently running, but unless you’re another Microsoftie with the latest internal bits, you probably don’t have Read More...
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How to run as a non-administrator - announcing a new community site

Posted Friday, February 04, 2005 4:22 PM by jonathanh
I’ve set up a new community web site at http://nonadmin.editme.com . It’s a place where anyone can share their experiences with running as a non-administrator in Windows – the good (tips, tools, and help for using a limited-user account), the bad (programs Read More...
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Reporting false positives from Microsoft Windows Antispyware

Posted Thursday, January 06, 2005 11:16 PM by jonathanh
One thing I forgot to mention in my previous post is what to do when the Microsoft anti-spyware tool incorrectly reports something as being adware or spyware. If you’re just trying to get on with your work, and you’re certain that the file really is innocent, Read More...
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Microsoft anti-virus software to complement today's beta of an anti-spyware tool

Posted Thursday, January 06, 2005 9:49 PM by jonathanh
[Update for people finding this post through web searches: the anti-virus tool has been released as the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830). You can use that link to download it directly, but really you should be using Windows Read More...
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