Windows Admin Center: October 2011

Cisco Releases Four Security Advisories To Address Vulnerabilities Affecting Cisco WebEx Recording Format Player, Cisco UCCX, CSA And CUCM

Cisco has released four security advisories: cisco-sa-20111026-webex, cisco-sa-20111026-uccx, cisco-sa-20111026-csa, and cisco-sa-20111026-cucm to address vulnerabilities affecting Cisco WebEx Recording Format (WRF) player, Cisco Unified Contact Center Express, Cisco Security Agent and Cisco Unified Communications Manager respectively. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information.

US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the following Cisco security advisories and apply any necessary updates to help mitigate the risks.

Download Secunia PSI 2.0.0.4003

Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI) 2.0.0.4003 is now available for download. The Secunia PSI is a FREE security tool designed to detect vulnerable and out-dated programs and plug-ins which expose your PC to attacks. Attacks exploiting vulnerable programs and plug-ins are rarely blocked by traditional anti-virus and are therefore increasingly "popular" among criminals.

System Center Service Manager (SCSM) 2012 Beta Available For Download

System Center Service Manager (SCSM) 2012 Beta is now available for download. Service Manager 2012 Beta provides flexible self-service experiences and standardized datacenter processes that can help you integrate people, workflows, and knowledge across enterprise infrastructure and applications.

Overview
System Center Service Manager (SCSM) 2012 beta helps standardize service delivery across your organization by:

Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) 4.0 Update

Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) 4.0 is practical guidance for IT organizations. With the release of version 4.0, MOF now 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.

The refreshed version of the MOF 4.0 is now available for download via Microsoft Download Center, offered free of charge.

Dev Channel Update (October 27, 2011)
Google Chrome Dev channel has been updated to 16.0.912.15 for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Chrome Frame platforms. This release fixes for some known stability issues. You can find the full details about changes that are in this version of Chrome 16 from the SVN revision log.

Download Microsoft Office Suite 2007 Service Pack 3

Microsoft Office Suite 2007 Service Pack 3 (SP3) is now available for download. These updates provide the latest updates to the Microsoft Office Suite 2007. SP3 includes two main categories of fixes:

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

Download Foxit Reader 5.1.0.1021, The reader now offers integrations with social networks

Foxit Reader 5.1 is now available for download. Foxit Reader now offers new integrations with social networks Facebook and Twitter, Read Out Loud, and many usability enhancements.

The multi-award-winning Foxit Reader, with over 100 million users, has gained significant new functionality, helping Foxit maintain a clear lead in features and functionality among competitive PDF reader offerings:

Dev Channel Update (October 25, 2011)
Google Chrome Dev channel has been updated to 16.0.912.12 for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Chrome Frame platforms. This release fixes for some known stability issues along with other bugs. You can find the full details about changes that are in this version of Chrome 16 from the SVN revision log.

Google Chrome Stable Update
Google Chrome 15.0.874.102 has been released to the Stable channel for Windows, Mac OS, Linux, and Chrome Frame. This vesion is the first stable release of the Google Chrome major version 15.0. This release contains a number of new features and updates, as well as the security fixes listed in What's new in Google Chrome 15.0.874.102 Stable section.

Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 6.5 Beta Is Now Available For Download

The MAP Toolkit’s new capabilities help users to securely assess heterogeneous IT environments while enabling the evaluation of workloads for migration to Microsoft’s private and public cloud platforms. Consolidate existing server workloads using the updated Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track capacity planning feature. The revamped Azure Migration feature in MAP 6.5 provides more in-depth analysis of the suitability of migrating on-premises applications to the Windows Azure platform. Other significant new features in MAP 6.5 include the discovery of active Windows devices, Software Usage Tracking for Forefront Endpoint Protection (FEP), and the discovery of Oracle instances on Itanium-based servers with HP-UX to assist in the planning of migration to SQL Server.

AVG Antivirus Free Edition 2012 Build 1834 is now available for download. This version is the maintenance release contains fixes for stability issues along with other bugs that affected users in previous release.

Google Earth 6.1.0.5001 now available for download

Google Earth lets you fly anywhere to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, galaxies in outer space, and the depths of the ocean. With Google Earth 6, you can explore the streets in 3D like never before. Fly from outer space down to the streets with the new Street View and easily navigate your way around. Switch to ground-level view to see the same location in 3D.

Now you can see 3D trees in locations all over the world. Google has also made it easier for you to know when historical imagery is available in the location you are viewing.

Download Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server 2011

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server is a Customer Relationship Management software package developed by Microsoft. Out of the box, the product focuses mainly on Sales, Marketing, and Service (Help Desk) sectors, but Microsoft has been marketing Dynamics CRM as an XRM platform and has been encouraging partners to use its proprietary (.NET based) framework to customize it to meet many different demands.

Microsoft SQL Server "Denali" CTP3 Demo VHD available for download

A HyperV image of SQL Server Denali CTP3 in action, including fully configured services and integration with SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010 The following software is configured on the virtual machine:

SQL Server "Denali" CTP3
SharePoint 2010
Office 2010

Download Windows Phone 7.5 Guides for IT Professionals

Microsoft has released the Windows Phone 7.5 Guides for IT Professionals. The Windows Phone 7.5 Guides for IT Professionals is a series of articles intended to help you evaluate how to integrate and support Windows Phone 7.5 in your organization.

Cisco Releases Two Security Advisories To Address Vulnerabilities Affecting Cisco Show and Share, and CiscoWorks

Cisco has released two security advisories: cisco-sa-20111019-sns and cisco-sa-20111019-cs to address vulnerabilities affecting Cisco Show and Share, and CiscoWorks Common Services respectively. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or bypass security restrictions.

Dev Channel Update (October 20, 2011)
Google Chrome Dev channel has been updated to 16.0.912.4 for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Chrome Frame platforms. This release contains the new version of Chrome's V8 (3.6.6.5) JavaScript engine, and fixes for some known stability issues along with other bugs.

Download PRTG Network Monitor 9.1.3.1759 - Monitoring Availability and Bandwidth For Free

PRTG Network Monitor 9 was introduce a lot of new features that will bring network monitoring to a new level. Many of the new features are a response to requests from user community, and there are some more cool features which you will love.

"Libraries" and Improved Tree Display

Users can build their own "trees".
Highly interactive tree display, e.g. monitoring objects in trees and libraries can be moved or cloned by drag&drop. (use the "Manage" tab)
Speed improvements for large installations.

Dropbox 1.3.1 (Experimental) is now available for download. This release adds support for batch upload/download of files, along with several bug fixes that affected some of MAC OS X, Linux and Windows users in previous release.

Overview
Dropbox works just like any other folder on your computer, but with a few differences. Any files or folders inside Dropbox will get synchronized to Dropbox's servers (Online storage) and any other computer linked to your account. The green checkmarks will appear on top of your files to let you know that they're synced and up to date. All data is transferred over SSL and encrypted with AES-256 before storage. Dropbox keeps track of every change made to any of its contents.

Key Features
Here are some key features of Dropbox:
Synchronization:
Once installed, any file you drop into your Dropbox folder will synchronize and be available on any other computer you've installed Dropbox on, as well as from the web. Also, any changes you make to files in your Dropbox will sync to your other computers, instantly.

Backup:
Let's say you accidentally delete that 8 page report that you were supposed to have for a meeting tomorrow. A handy Dropbox feature is the ability to undelete files or pull up any previous versions of it.

Sharing:
You can also share files and folders with whomever you choose, whether it be music with buddies, docs with colleagues or photos with grandma, even if they're not Dropbox users.

Speed:
We obsess over speed, and it shows. Dropbox is very smart about the way it handles files. For example, if you make a change to a huge file, dropbox will only update the piece of the file that changed.

Security:
All files are transported over SSL and encrypted using AES-256 (banks use this too).

How to Download Dropbox 1.3.1
The links in this section correspond to files available for Dropbox 1.3.1. Download the files appropriate for you.

New features in Dropbox 1.3:
Dropbox 1.3 contains new features listed below:

Batch upload/download of files.
... More to come .

What's new in Dropbox 1.3.1 (October 19, 2011)
This release contains the following updates and fixes:

Fix download of files looping infinitely in rare cases.
Fix syncing issue when Dropbox is in a case-insensitive filesystem but root filesystem is case-sensitive.
Fix rarely occurring Beachball in Finder.

System Requirements
The Dropbox application runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux operating systems. To run the Dropbox application on your computer requires:

At least 512MB of RAM
Free space on your computer equal to your Dropbox storage quota.
Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 (32 and 64-bit).
Mac: OS X Tiger (10.4) or later.
Ubuntu 7.10+ and Fedora Core 9+.

Source: Dropbox Release Notes

Download Remote Desktop Manager 6.6.0.0 Standard Edition

Remote Desktop Manager 6.6.0.0 is now available for download. The Remote Desktop Manager is a small application used to manage all your remote connections and virtual machines. Add, edit, delete, share, organize and find your remote connection quickly.

Compatible with Microsoft Remote Desktop, Terminal Services, VNC, LogMeIn, Team Viewer, Ftp, SSH, Telnet, Dameware, X Window, VMware, Virtual PC, PC Anywhere, Hyper-V, Citrix, Radmin, Microsoft Remote Assistance, Oracle Virtual Box and more.

Google Chrome Beta Channel Update (October 19, 2011)
Google Chrome Beta Channel has been updated to 15.0.874.100 for Windows, Mac OS X, Chrome Frame and Linux platforms. This release contains the new version of Chrome's V8 (3.5.10.22) JavaScript engine, and fixes for many known stability issues that affected users in previous release.

Download Windows Phone 7 Guides for IT Professionals

Microsoft has released the Windows Phone 7 Guides for IT Professionals. The Windows Phone 7 Guides for IT Professionals is a series of articles intended to help you evaluate how to integrate and support Windows Phone in your organization. You can post questions on Windows Phone for IT pros blog at: http://blogs.technet.com/b/windows_phone_for_it_pros/

Dev Channel Update (October 18, 2011)
Google Chrome Dev channel has been updated to 16.0.912.0 for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Chrome Frame platforms. This release contains the new version of Chrome's V8 (3.6.6.3) JavaScript engine, stability improvements and fixes for some known issues along with other bugs.

Lansweeper 4.2.0.52 now available for download

Lansweeper is an automated network discovery and asset management tool which scans all your computers and devices and displays them in an easy accessible web interface. There is no need to install any agents on the computers, all scanning is done by standard build-in functionality.

Lansweeper Features Highlight
Here are some of the highlight features:

Feature rich and user friendly web interface.
Agent-free: no need to install a client on your workstations.
Active Directory integration.
Custom reports and e-mail alerts.

Skype 5.6.0.110 for Windows is now available for download. This version removed Google product offers from the Skype install flow. Skype 5.6.0.110 also contains an improvements to stability that and fixes for some known issues that affected users in previous release.

Dropbox 1.2.45 (Experimental) is now available for download. This release contains bug fixes that affected some of MAC OS X, Linux and Windows users in previous release.

Overview
Dropbox works just like any other folder on your computer, but with a few differences. Any files or folders inside Dropbox will get synchronized to Dropbox's servers (Online storage) and any other computer linked to your account. The green checkmarks will appear on top of your files to let you know that they're synced and up to date. All data is transferred over SSL and encrypted with AES-256 before storage. Dropbox keeps track of every change made to any of its contents.

Key Features
Here are some key features of Dropbox:
Synchronization:
Once installed, any file you drop into your Dropbox folder will synchronize and be available on any other computer you've installed Dropbox on, as well as from the web. Also, any changes you make to files in your Dropbox will sync to your other computers, instantly.

Backup:
Let's say you accidentally delete that 8 page report that you were supposed to have for a meeting tomorrow. A handy Dropbox feature is the ability to undelete files or pull up any previous versions of it.

Sharing:
You can also share files and folders with whomever you choose, whether it be music with buddies, docs with colleagues or photos with grandma, even if they're not Dropbox users.

Speed:
We obsess over speed, and it shows. Dropbox is very smart about the way it handles files. For example, if you make a change to a huge file, dropbox will only update the piece of the file that changed.

Security:
All files are transported over SSL and encrypted using AES-256 (banks use this too).

How to Download Dropbox 1.2.45
The links in this section correspond to files available for Dropbox 1.2.45. Download the files appropriate for you.

New feature in Dropbox 1.2:
Dropbox 1.2 contains new features listed below:

Security enhancements, an attacker will not be able to steal your computer's account credentials just by copying configuration files to another machine.
New encrypted database format to prevent unauthorized access to local Dropbox client database.

What's new in Dropbox 1.2.45 (October 12, 2011)
This release contains the following updates and fixes:

Small fixes in Unicode encoding for our international users.
Other tiny fixes.

System Requirements
The Dropbox application runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux operating systems. To run the Dropbox application on your computer requires:

At least 512MB of RAM
Free space on your computer equal to your Dropbox storage quota.
Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 (32 and 64-bit).
Mac: OS X Tiger (10.4) or later.
Ubuntu 7.10+ and Fedora Core 9+.

Source: Dropbox Release Notes

Google Chrome Beta channel has been updated to 15.0.874.92 for all platforms

Google Chrome Beta Channel Update (October 12, 2011)
Google Chrome Beta Channel has been updated to 15.0.874.92 for Windows, Mac OS, Chrome Frame and Linux platforms. This release contains the new version of Chrome's V8 (3.5.10.17) JavaScript engine, stability improvements and fixes for many known issues that affected users in previous release.

iTunes 10.5 now available and ready for iCloud

iTunes 10.5 is now available for download. As part of iCloud, iTunes in the Cloud takes what you buy on iTunes on one device and pushes it to all your other devices, wirelessly and without syncing. And with iTunes Match, even the songs you’ve imported from CDs are stored in iCloud - so you can access them on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV, Mac, or PC.

Overview
iTunes is a free digital media player application for Mac and PC. It plays and organizes all your digital music and video files on your computer. It keeps all your content in sync. And it’s a store on your computer, iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad, as well as the Apple TV that has everything you need to be entertained. Anywhere. Anytime.

Download Microsoft Security ISO Image October 2011

Microsoft Security ISO Image October 2011 is the DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on October 10th, 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.

Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool 4.1 Available For Download

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.

Dev Channel Update (October 10, 2011)
Google Chrome Dev channel has been updated to 16.0.904.0 for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Chrome Frame platforms. This release contains fixes for some known stability issues along with other bugs.

Paint.NET 3.5.10 is now available for download

The Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for Windows users. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. It is very simple and easy to use, and specially designed to be learned through intuition without assistance or manuals. Paint.NET features the tabbed interface where the tabs show a live thumbnail in place of a text. These thumbnails make it easy for users to see which images they need to open when work with multiple images.

Microsoft Security Compliance Manager 2.0 available for download

Microsoft Security Compliance Manager 2.0 is now available for download. This a Solution Accelerator provides centralized security baseline management features, a baseline portfolio, customization capabilities, and security baseline export flexibility to accelerate your organization’s ability to efficiently manage the security and compliance process for the most widely used Microsoft technologies.

Download Secunia PSI 2.0.0.4002 - FREE security tool

Secunia PSI 2.0.0.4002 is now available for download. The Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI) is a FREE security tool designed to detect vulnerable and out-dated programs and plug-ins which expose your PC to attacks. Attacks exploiting vulnerable programs and plug-ins are rarely blocked by traditional anti-virus and are therefore increasingly "popular" among criminals.

The only solution to block these kind of attacks is to apply security updates, commonly referred to as patches. Patches are offered free-of-charge by most software vendors, however, finding all these patches is a tedious and time consuming task. Secunia PSI automates this and alerts you when your programs and plug-ins require updating to stay secure.

Key Features
Here are the key features in Secunia PSI 2.0.

Automatic Updates: Functionality for Auto Updates is now implemented as a core feature in the Secunia PSI.
New User Interface: A new User Interface has been implemented. The design has been updated to make it simpler and easy to use the Secunia PSI as well as improving the overall look and feel.
Integration with Secunia CSI: The new Secunia PSI features integration with the commercial Secunia CSI.
Improved Presentation of Scan Result: The presentation of scan results have been significantly improved, using techniques that have been tested during the Technology Preview. The Scan Results will be grouped according to their installation and patch state, which in turn makes it simpler to identify the programs that actually requires the latest security patches and which are e.g. "simply" left-over files from previous installations.

What's new in Secunia PSI 2.0.0.4002 (31 August 2011)
This is a minor service release. If you are running Secunia PSI 2.0 without problems then there's no need to upgrade.

Enhanced integration with the Secunia CSI 5.0.

Download Secunia PSI
You can download Secunia PSI 2.0.0.4002 from website Download Secunia PSI

System Requirements:

Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 or later
Microsoft Windows XP SP3

Note: To install and run the Secunia PSI you require administrative privileges.

Source: Secunia PSI

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 (SP3) Is Now Available For Download

Download Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 (SP3)
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 (SP3) is now available for download. This Service Pack contains a few key enhancements for customers are:

Enhanced upgrade experience from previous versions of SQL Server to SQL Server 2008 SP3. In addition, we have increased the performance & reliability of the setup experience.
In SQL Server Integration Services logs will now show the total number of rows sent in Data Flows.
Enhanced warning messages when creating the maintenance plan if the Shrink Database option is enabled.
Resolving database issue with transparent data encryption enabled and making it available even if certificate is dropped.
Optimized query outcomes when indexed Spatial Data Type column is referenced by DTA (Database Tuning Advisor).
Superior user experience with Sequence Functions (e.g Row_Numbers()) in a Parallel execution plan.

Google Chrome Beta Channel Update (October 6, 2011)
Google Chrome Beta Channel has been updated to 15.0.874.83 for Windows, Mac OS, Chrome Frame and Linux platforms. This release contains the new version of Chrome's V8 (3.5.10.16) JavaScript engine, stability improvements and fixes for many known issues that affected users in previous release.

Download ImgBurn 2.5.6.0

ImgBurn 2.5.6.0 is now available for download. It is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application that everyone should have in their toolkit. ImgBurn supports a wide range of image file formats - including BIN, CUE, DI, DVD, GI, IMG, ISO, MDS, NRG and PDI. It can burn Audio CD's from any file type supported via DirectShow / ACM - including AAC, APE, FLAC, M4A, MP3, MP4, MPC, OGG, PCM, WAV, WMA and WV.

Google Chrome 14.0.835.202 has been released to the Stable channel

Google Chrome 14.0.835.202 has been released to the Stable channel for Windows, Mac OS, Linux, and Chrome Frame. This release contains Adobe Flash Player 11.0, along with the stability and security fixes listed in What's new in Google Chrome 14.0.835.202 section.

AVG Antivirus Free Edition 2012 Build 1831 is now available for download. This version is the maintenance release contains fixes for stability issues along with other bugs.

Google Chrome Beta Channel Update (October 4, 2011)
Google Chrome Beta Channel has been updated to 15.0.874.81 for Windows, Mac OS, Chrome Frame and Linux platforms. This release is the third Beta version of the Google Chrome 15, includes the new version of Chrome's V8 (3.5.10.15) JavaScript engine, stability improvements and fixes for many known issues as listed in What's new in Google Chrome 15.0.874.81 section.

Adobe Flash Player 11.0 Final now available for download

Adobe Flash Player 11.0 Final is now available for download. This release includes new features as well as enhancements and bug fixes related to security, stability, performance and device compatibility.

Download VM VirtualBox 4.1.4 Build 74291

VM VirtualBox 4.1.4 Build 74291 is now available for download. This version is a maintenance release which contains bug fixes and stability improvements over the previous release. The full details about what changes are in this build are available in the "What's new in VM VirtualBox 4.1.4 Build 74291" section.

Overview
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).

Dev Channel Update (October 3, 2011)
Google Chrome Dev channel has been updated to 16.0.899.0 for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Chrome Frame platforms. This release contains fixes for some known stability issues along with other bugs.

Paint.NET 3.5.9 is now available for download

Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for Windows users. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. It is very simple and easy to use, and specially designed to be learned through intuition without assistance or manuals. Paint.NET features the tabbed interface where the tabs show a live thumbnail in place of a text. These thumbnails make it easy for users to see which images they need to open when work with multiple images.

Firefox 8.0 Beta 1 is now officially available for download. This release is the first "Beta" version of the Firefox 8.0, contains a number of new features and improvements, Add-ons installed by third party programs are now disabled by default, Add a one-time add-on selection dialog to manage previously installed add-ons, and add Twitter to the search bar. The full details of changes are available in this version of Firefox are listed in the "What's new in Firefox 8.0 Beta 1" section.

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