Windows Admin Center: June 2011

Google Chrome 13.0.782.41 has been released to the Beta Channel

Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1 is now available for download

Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) provides the latest updates for Office 2010. This service pack includes two main categories of fixes:

Previously unreleased fixes that were made specifically for this service pack. In addition to general product fixes, these fixes include improvements in stability, performance, and in security.
All the public updates that were released through June 2011, and all the cumulative updates that were released through April 2011.

Thunderbird 5.0 is now available for download

Thunderbird 5.0: More responsive and faster

Thunderbird makes e-mailing safer, faster, and easier with such features as intelligent spam filters, a built-in RSS reader, and quick search. Thunderbird was designed to prevent viruses and to stop junk mail. Thunderbird 5.0 includes tabbed e-mail, new search tools and indexing, "smart" folders, support for Firefox's Personas, a simplified setup wizard, and robust junk protections that include phishing and spam filters.

Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier. It has one box for everything: Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages. Will give you thumbnails of your top sites, access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab. Desktop shortcuts allow you to launch your favorite Web apps straight from your desktop.

Google Chrome 12.0.742.112 contains Adobe Flash Player version 10.3.181.34, as well as the security fixes listed in What's new in Google Chrome 12.0.742.112 Stable section.

Adobe Flash Player 10.3.181.34 released

Adobe Flash Player has been updated to version 10.3.181.34. This update addresses compatibility issues with some content using cross-domain policy files in Adobe Flash Player 10.3.181.26 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris, and Adobe Flash Player 10.3.185.24 and earlier versions for Android.

VM VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VM VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

PRTG Network Monitor 8.4.2.2356 is now available for download

PRTG Network Monitor is an advanced, easy-to-use monitoring solution for your entire network. The software's features include: up/downtime monitoring, traffic and usage monitoring, packet sniffing, in-depth analysis and concise reporting. A user-friendly web-based interface allows users to quickly auto-discover and configure the network devices and sensors they wish to monitor. All common methods for acquiring network usage data are supported: SNMP and WMI, Packet Sniffing and NetFlow. It also offers SMTP/IMAP Roundtrip-Email Monitoring and VMware Monitoring, Toplists for Packet Sniffing and Netflow Sensors, as well as sensor aggregation using its built-in Sensor Factory.

CCleaner 3.08.1475 Released, Now with Firefox 5.0 support

CCleaner - Optimization and Cleaning
CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner. But the best part is that it's fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware.

Download Office 2010 Administrative Template files

Office 2010 Administrative Template files includes Group Policy Administrative Template (ADM, ADMX/ADML) and Office Customization Tool (OPAX/OPAL) files for use with Office 2010 applications.

AVG Anti-Virus 2011 offers safe surfing, searching, gaming and social networking. You'll also enjoy risk-free file exchange, secure downloading and online chatting, as well as one of the fastest scanning speeds on the market. Meanwhile, AVG's Community Protection Network shares the latest threat information with the online community to ensure everyone receives the highest form of protection possible, and AVG's Protective Cloud Technology serves as an early warning system to block new threats and reduce false positives.

Evernote has been updated to version 4.4.1.4892. This release contains several stability improvements over the previous release.

Evernote is a note management application that offers you a single place for the organization, easy input and quick retrieval of all types of notes and clippings. With Evernote, you can conveniently capture and quickly find typed or handwritten memos, excerpts from Web pages, documents and emails, passwords, phone messages, and to do's, brainstorms, sketches, camera phone snapshots, and more.

Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) 4.0 is now available for download

Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) 4.0 provides relevant, practical, and accessible guidance for today’s IT pros. MOF strives to seamlessly blend business and IT goals while establishing and implementing reliable, cost-effective IT services. MOF is a free, downloadable framework that encompasses the entire service management lifecycle.

MOF 4.0 reflects a single, comprehensive IT service lifecycle - it helps IT professionals connect service management principles to everyday IT tasks and activities and ensures alignment between IT and the business.

Download Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0

Microsoft Security Essentials is a new, free consumer anti-malware solution for your computer. It helps protect against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. It's available as a no-cost download for Windows XP SP2 and higher, Windows Vista, and Windows 7.

Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home or small business PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. This software is a free download from Microsoft that is simple to install, easy to use, and is automatically updated to protect your PC with the latest technology.

Thunderbird makes e-mailing safer, faster, and easier with such features as intelligent spam filters, a built-in RSS reader, and quick search. Thunderbird was designed to prevent viruses and to stop junk mail. Thunderbird 3 includes tabbed e-mail, new search tools and indexing, "smart" folders, support for Firefox's Personas, a simplified setup wizard, and robust junk protections that include phishing and spam filters.

Download Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.5

Panda Cloud Antivirus is the first free cloud-based antivirus thin-client. It consists of a lightweight antivirus agent that is connected in real-time to PandaLabs' online Collective Intelligence servers to protect faster against the newest malware variants while barely impacting PC performance. Panda Cloud Antivirus detects more malware than traditional signature-based solutions which take longer to detect the most recent, and therefore most dangerous, variants.

Download UltraVNC 1.0.9.6.1

UltraVNC - Remote Control Software for all
UltraVNC is a powerful, easy to use computer program that can display a screen of another computer (via internet or network) on your screen. UltraVNC will allow users you to use their mouse and keyboard to control the other PC remotely. It means that you can work on a remote computer, as if you were sitting in front of it, right from your current location.

If you provide computer support, you can easy access your customer's computers from anywhere in the world and resolve helpdesk issues remotely! Your customers don't have to pre-install software or execute complex procedures to get remote helpdesk support.

UltraVNC software allows you to remotely control a computer over any TCP/IP connection. UltraVNC emulates the destination computer to make it look as if you were in front of it.

Key features:
File transfer, Video driver, Optional Encryption Plugins, MS Logon, Text chat, Viewer Toolbar, Java Viewer with File Transfer , as well as Auto scaling and Server Side Scaling, Multiple-Monitors-support,Repeater/Proxy-support, Auto reconnection, good performances and tons of other functionalities.

Addons:
Repeater, SingleClick generator and NATtoNAT connectors, that help you to easily handle the most complex connection situations.

Download UltraVNC:
To download UltraVNC 1.0.9.6.1 please visit website below. Then download the files appropriate for you.

What's new in UltraVNC 1.0.9.6.1
UltraVNC 1.0.9.6.1 contains a number of new features and improvements as listed below:
Server:

crash chat x64.
AuthRequired=0, passwd=NULL: Warning message block service.
About x64 say win32.
viewer 1082 and server 1096 with localcursor ( no connect, 100% cpu).
serversite scaling and multiple viewers, framebuffer size get overwritten (Scale is now lock when multiple viewers are connected to avoid a framebuffer change, first connected viewer set scale. Site effect is that the viewer report the unused, incorrect scale, but at least it doesn't crash anymore.)
- connect ip, passed to winvnc running as service is not remembered for autoreconnect.
- stopreconnect.
- stop the autoreconnect function of the server.
server mouse moves jump on viewer when screen is idle.
old plugin zrle crash

Viewer:

plugin (SecureVNCPlugin) used by viewer.
- server without plugin.
- give incorrect viewer message. And doesn't ask to reject the connection.
monitor value is saved, but vncviewer read it as bool (true/false).
- Only 0/1 are correct imported.
old plugins fail when zrle encoding is used.
old plugins give incorrect info in statusbox.
- autoreconnect timeout, -reconnectcounter number (available from gui and commandline).
-autoreconnect timeout was incorrect, updated.
old plugin detection.
Messagebox was sometimes displayed on invisable desktop.
auth dll error messages for missing dll's incorrect.
mslogon and no groups, didn't checked admin account for access.
lock /logout screen on exit viewer option blocked shutdown server.

Javaviewer:

mslogon fixed

System requirements:
UltraVNC runs under Windows operating systems (Windows 95, 98, Me, NT4, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, Windows 7...). Its embedded Java Viewer allows you to connect (and make File transfers) from a simple Web Browser on any system supporting Java (Linux, Mac OS...) to an UltraVNC server.

Firefox 5.0 Final is Here

Firefox 5.0 Final is now available for download
Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser. Firefox includes pop-up blocking, tab-browsing, integrated Google search, simplified privacy controls, a streamlined browser window that shows you more of the page than any other browser and a number of additional features that work with you to help you get the most out of your time online. Firefox 5.0 Final contains a number of new features, stability improvements and security fixes over the previous release.

TeamViewer is a simple, fast and excellent solution for remote control, screen-sharing and file-transfer app that that works behind any firewall and NAT proxy. To connect to another computer just run TeamViewer on both machines without the need of an installation procedure. With the first start automatic partner IDs are generated on both computers. Enter your partner's ID into TeamViewer and the connection is established immediately.

Kinect for Windows SDK Beta is Now Available for Download

The Kinect for Windows SDK beta is a programming toolkit for application developers. It enables the academic and enthusiast communities easy access to the capabilities offered by the Microsoft Kinect device connected to computers running the Windows 7 operating system.

The Kinect for Windows SDK beta includes drivers, rich APIs for raw sensor streams and human motion tracking, installation documents, and resource materials. It provides Kinect capabilities to developers who build applications with C++, C#, or Visual Basic by using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.

Download Skype 5.3.0.120

Skype has been updated to version 5.3.0.120. This version is a bug-fixing update which is resolving some issues for the users of the Skype 5.3 previous release.

What is Skype?
Skype is software that enables you to make free calls anywhere in the world. Skype uses P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to connect you with other users. It offers several features, including SkypeOut calling from Skype to regular and mobile phones worldwide, conference calling, and secure file transferring.

Evernote is a note management application that offers you a single place for the organization, easy input and quick retrieval of all types of notes and clippings. With Evernote, you can conveniently capture and quickly find typed or handwritten memos, excerpts from Web pages, documents and emails, passwords, phone messages, and to do's, brainstorms, sketches, camera phone snapshots, and more.

Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser. Firefox includes pop-up blocking, tab-browsing, integrated Google search, simplified privacy controls, a streamlined browser window that shows you more of the page than any other browser and a number of additional features that work with you to help you get the most out of your time online. Firefox 5.0 Beta 7 contains several stability improvements over the previous release.

Download Microsoft Security Release ISO Image June 2011

Microsoft Security Release ISO Image June 2011 is the DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on June 14th, 2011. The image does not contain security updates for other Microsoft products. This DVD5 ISO image is intended for administrators that need to download multiple individual language versions of each security update and that do not use an automated solution such as Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).

You can use this ISO image to download multiple updates in all languages at the same time.

Adobe Reader has been updated to version 10.1. This update resolves several critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader X (10.0.1) and earlier versions for Windows, Adobe Reader X (10.0.3) and earlier versions for Macintosh, and Adobe Acrobat X (10.0.3) and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh. These vulnerabilities could cause the application to crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.

Download Adobe Flash Player 10.3.181.26

May 8, 2012: Adobe Releases Flash Player 11.2.202.235 to address an object confusion vulnerability

Adobe Flash Player has been updated to version 10.3.181.26. This update resolves a memory corruption vulnerability (CVE-2011-2110) in Adobe Flash Player 10.3.181.23 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris, and Adobe Flash Player 10.3.185.23 and earlier versions for Android. This memory corruption vulnerability (CVE-2011-2110) could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.

Chrome OS Beta channel has been updated to R12 release 0.12.433.114

Chrome OS is an open-source project that aims to build an operating system that provides a fast, simple, and more secure computing experience for people who spend most of their time on the web.

Google has been updated Chrome OS Beta channel to R12 release 0.12.433.114 including Chrome 12.0.742.105 and several stability improvements over the previous release.

Download Malicious Software Removal Tool 3.20

The Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) checks computers running Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 computers for and helps remove infections by specific, prevalent malicious software-including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom - and helps remove any infection found. When the detection and removal process is complete, the tool displays a report describing the outcome, including which, if any, malicious software was detected and removed.

Download Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) Configuration Pack

Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) Configuration Pack is the tools that needs to be used just after deploying Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization. After MED-V and its required components are installed, MED-V must be configured. The initial configuration of MED-V is known as first time setup (FTS). This is a critical step and if not completed users will not be able to use MED-V. This MED-V Configuration Pack provides a way for administrators to use the Desired Configuration Management feature of System Center Configuration Manager to track the successes and failures of FTS.

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Beta 2 VHD available for download

System Center Configuration Manager 2012 helps IT empower people to use the devices and applications they need to be productive, while maintaining corporate compliance and control. In today’s workplace, the boundaries between work and life have blurred to where people expect reliable, consistent access to corporate services from wherever they are, on any device they're using including desktops, laptops, smart phones, and tablets.

Wireshark 1.6.0 available for download

Wireshark is the world's foremost network protocol analyzer, and is the de facto standard across many industries and educational institutions.

Features includes deep inspection of hundreds of protocols, with more being added all the time, Live capture and offline analysis, Standard three-pane packet browser, Captured network data can be browsed via a GUI, or via the TTY-mode TShark utility, and Rich VoIP analysis.

Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser. Firefox includes pop-up blocking, tab-browsing, integrated Google search, simplified privacy controls, a streamlined browser window that shows you more of the page than any other browser and a number of additional features that work with you to help you get the most out of your time online. Firefox 5.0 Beta 5 contains several stability improvements over the previous release.

Download Microsoft Analytics for Twitter

Microsoft Analytics for Twitter allows users to query Twitter (i.e. Tweeters, #hashtags, @mentions & keywords) and get dashboard views on Twitter statistics inside Microsoft Office Excel 2010.

Features and Benefits of Microsoft Analytics for Twitter
With Microsoft Analytics for Twitter, you can:

Perform up to 5 parallel Twitter Searches (limited to 1500 results per query per day).
Drive ad-hoc analysis of tweets by day, by hour, by tweeters, by #hashtags and @mentions.
Customize your views (using slicers, DAX formulas or reference tables).

Download Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 6.0 Beta

The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit makes it easy to assess your current IT infrastructure for a variety of technology migration projects. This Solution Accelerator provides a powerful inventory, assessment, and reporting tool to simplify the migration planning process. MAP 6.0 Beta includes some exciting new features to help you accelerate the adoption of Microsoft private and public cloud platforms.

MAP version 6.0 Beta - includes assessment capabilities to evaluate workloads for both public and private cloud platforms. With MAP 6.0 Beta, you now have the ability to identify workloads and estimate the infrastructure size and resources needed for both Windows Azure and Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track.

Physical Memory Limits for Microsoft Windows

Physical memory limits for Microsoft Windows is vary by platform, operating system version. This topic describes physical memory limits for Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 R2 and Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2 (SP2)

Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier. It has one box for everything: Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages. Will give you thumbnails of your top sites, access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab. Desktop shortcuts allow you to launch your favorite Web apps straight from your desktop.

Google Chrome Stable Update
Google Chrome 12.0.742.91 has been released to the Stable channel for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame.

Note: Google Chrome 12.0.742.91 stable is the first stable version of the Google Chrome major version 12.0.

Microsoft Windows Thin PC (WinTPC) reached RTM

Windows Thin PC has been released to manufacturing (RTM), and will be available for SA customers to download starting July 1, 2011.

Windows Thin PC enables customers to repurpose existing PCs as thin clients by providing a smaller footprint, a locked down version of Windows 7. This provides IT with significant cost savings for their thin client computing model since WinTPC is a benefit of Software Assurance (SA) and does not require the Windows VDA license that other thin clients would need to access VDI desktops.

FileZilla Server 0.9.38 add support for IPv6

FileZilla Server is a small and fast FTP Server. The server looks like the famous G6, but it is free. FileZilla Server support Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.

Download FileZilla Server
You can download FileZilla Server 0.9.38 from website listed below:

iTunes 10.3 features iTunes in the Cloud beta

Apple has been released iTunes 10.3. This release introducing iTunes in the Cloud beta. The music you purchase in iTunes appears automatically on all your devices. You can also download your past iTunes purchases. Where you want, when you want.

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012 Beta 1 now available for download

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012 Beta 1 rides the next wave of System Center releases with support for System Center Configuration Manager 2012. For Lite Touch installations, MDT 2012 improves the overall client-side user experience, while also providing behind-the-scenes enhancements for partitioning, UEFI, and user state migration. These features, combined with many small enhancements, bug fixes, and a smooth and simple upgrade process, make MDT 2012 Beta 1 more reliable and flexible than ever.

Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier. It has one box for everything: Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages. Will give you thumbnails of your top sites, access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab. Desktop shortcuts allow you to launch your favorite Web apps straight from your desktop.

Google Chrome Stable Update (June 5, 2011)
Google Chrome 11.0.696.77 has been released to the Stable channel for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame.

Adobe Flash Player has been updated to version 10.3.181.22 (10.3.181.23 for IE)

Adobe Flash Player has been updated to version 10.3.181.22 (10.3.181.23 for IE). This update resolves a universal cross-site scripting vulnerability (CVE-2011-2107) in Adobe Flash Player 10.3.181.16 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris, and Adobe Flash Player 10.3.185.22 and earlier versions for Android. These vulnerability could be used to take actions on a user's behalf on any website or webmail provider, if the user visits a malicious website.

There are reports that this vulnerability is being exploited in the wild in active targeted attacks designed to trick the user into clicking on a malicious link delivered in an email message.

Cisco has been released Cisco IOS Software Checker tool

Cisco IOS Software Checker is a web-based application enables customers to more efficiently determine whether a given Cisco IOS Software image is exposed to product vulnerabilities that have been disclosed by the Cisco PSIRT. The tool is available on the Cisco Security Intelligence Operations portal under the Resources menu, or it can be accessed directly at http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/selectIOSVersion.x

LibreOffice 3.4.0 Final now available for download

LibreOffice is a comprehensive, professional-quality productivity suite that you can download and install for free. There is a large base of satisfied LibreOffice users worldwide, and it is available in more than 30 languages and for all major operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, Suse, ...).

Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier. It has one box for everything: Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages. Will give you thumbnails of your top sites; Access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab. Desktop shortcuts allow you to launch your favorite Web apps straight from your desktop.

Beta Channel Update
Google Chrome 12.0.742.77 has been released to the Beta Channel for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Chrome Frame platforms.

Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser. Firefox includes pop-up blocking, tab-browsing, integrated Google search, simplified privacy controls, a streamlined browser window that shows you more of the page than any other browser and a number of additional features that work with you to help you get the most out of your time online. Firefox 5.0 Beta 3 contains several stability improvements over the previous release.

Chrome OS Beta channel has been updated to R12 release 0.12.433.90

Chrome OS is an open-source project that aims to build an operating system that provides a fast, simple, and more secure computing experience for people who spend most of their time on the web.

Google has been updated Chrome OS Beta channel to R12 release 0.12.433.90 including Chrome 12.0.742.75 Beta and several stability improvements over the previous release.

Download Microsoft Image Composite Editor 1.4.4

Microsoft Image Composite Editor is an advanced panoramic image stitcher. Given a set of overlapping photographs of a scene shot from a single camera location, the application creates a high-resolution panorama that seamlessly combines the original images. The stitched panorama can be shared with friends and viewed in 3D by uploading it to the Photosynth web site. Or the panorama can be saved in a wide variety of image formats, from common formats like JPEG and TIFF to the multiresolution tiled format used by Silverlight's Deep Zoom and by the HD View and HD View SL panorama viewers.

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