Microsoft has released Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008 & Windows Vista. The reason I haven’t put this on my blog in much detail is because I don’t use either at present. Vista is terrible & I haven’t had time to migrate to 2008 Server yet.
Way to much other important stuff going on in my work life at present to warrant the upgrade to 2008 Server. I have already tested 2008 Server and find the changes trivial, I’ve also looked at Windows 7 it’s a vast improvement on Vista.
Downloads:
I don’t know who made these but they work, whoever you are I salute you. Since Canon are tools & wont make the drivers for the Canon LiDE 50 scanner for 64bit Windows, someone hacked them together from drivers of another (LiDE 60) Canon scanner.
Device support for this scanner is not included within Microsoft XP/Vista/Windows 7 x64 or provided as an installable driver by Canon. To resolve this lack of support please install the modified driver below.
This package is based on original Canon ScanGear driver for the LiDE 60 and includes the full ScanGear GUI TWAIN interface required to operate the scanner.
Modifications for the LiDE 50 include:
Insertion of Hardware ID
Insertion of Device ID
Replacement of LiDE 60 Colour Profile with correct LiDE 50 ICC file
Insertion of correct flatbed scan area dimensions and imaging capabilities
Direct Download [MediaFire]
eMule ED2k
(You will need 7-Zip to extract this file)
OK so I got sick of McAfee SiteAdvisor the new layout of their site is horrible and not user friendly, the button in your browser interferes with the aesthetics of the browser. SO now I have replaced it with WOT.
WOT is a free Internet security addon for your browser. It will keep you safe from online scams, identity theft, spyware, spam, viruses and unreliable shopping sites. WOT warns you before you interact with a risky website. It’s easy and it’s free.
The best part about WOT is that it’s community driven and not rapped up in the interests of a company like McAfee.
I think I hate water now.
I recently had to move a Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager to another server, I basically followed the steps at
Kavinda Munasinghe
Microsoft have released there updates for May. Nothing much here accept for a Vulnerabilitie in Microsoft Office PowerPoint Could Allow Remote Code Execution.
This is the 4 minute trailer,make me want to see it more & more.
It’s been much easier to get my hands on the Windows 7 Release Candidate, so here are some of the details for those interested in how Windows Vista should have been.
If you are interested in downloading a copy to play with and for application testing then head on over to the Microsoft site. This time it will be available until July so there is plenty of time, there is also no limit on the number of product keys either. The Windows 7 RC expires on the 1st June, 2010.
File information for Windows 7 Release Candidate 32bit:
| Size | : | 2.35GB (2530975744 bytes) |
| File Name | : | 7100.0.090421-1700_x86fre_client_en-us_retail_ultimate-grc1culfrer_en_dvd.iso |
| MD5 | : | 8867C133 30F56A93 944BCD46 DCD73590 |
| SHA-1 | : | 7D1F486C A569EFFF FB719CFB 48355BB7 BF499712 |
| SHA-256 | : | 9EC4332C 38A61755 94BC08F5 CBF9AEBA C2AB310E 61BB2969 07614AC5 8BE498FC |
| SHA-512 | : | 034B624D 59FBF820 989295CB BF6263A2 23E997D2 28C71B80 5414923B 5C0C9D79 0D38E2E0 B869F0C4 41EAF697 A6219312 ED540365 5C968A11 01C4DCA1 2222F430 |
| Size-64 | : | 00000000 96DBA000 |
| ED2K | : | 4F05183FB96440457ED07EE4D2249DDA |
| Download | : | Download – Microsoft.com |
File information for Windows 7 Release Candidate 64bit:
| Size | : | 3.04GB (3270828032 bytes) |
| File Name | : | 7100.0.090421-1700_x64fre_client_en-us_retail_ultimate-grc1culxfrer_en_dvd.iso |
| MD5 | : | 98341AF3 56551379 66E382C4 FEAA282D |
| SHA-1 | : | FC867FE1 AB2E0A97 96F9E4D1 55B44EA6 998F4874 |
| SHA-256 | : | 1D54A73C 562B3984 F07B7AD3 DB99E250 44602EDB 668536B3 1F4A4E5B 7F6DFBCC |
| SHA-512 | : | E6699BA2 56697389 A47137EE C3952190 6E9E998D C00D9A68 DC25A34A BB6615D9 0441FAA0 6F566DC1 1A7C75C2 6A25F20C 10E56261 EA06F052 2C072CF3 3912D83E |
| Size-64 | : | 00000000 C2F4E000 |
| ED2K | 3AD10D2A90D9D527E171EE16738BA2EE | |
| Download | : | Download – Microsoft.com |
SOPA breaks our internet freedom!
Any site can be shut down whether or not we've done anything wrong.
