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Window Clippings 2.1.22 ... and Add-Ins!

I know I said I was going to start focusing on the upcoming 2.5 release but I needed to make some minor improvements to the way Window Clippings handles external add-ins as a few users have asked about this. As usual, you can get the update via the “Check...

Terminal Services Sessions: Then and Now

Recently Daniel Moth from Microsoft UK asked me to write a short article for the MSDN Flash newsletter. The only caveat was that it absolutely had to be no more than 500 words. Yikes. I ended up writing a brief history of Terminal Services sessions :...
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Windows with C++: Windows Services Enhancements

My latest column is now available in the Visual Studio 2008 launch issue of MSDN Magazine. Windows with C++: Windows Services Enhancements Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 bring some significant changes that make it simpler to produce services that...
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Looking Back at 2007

As I did last year , I thought I'd provide a quick summary of some of the highlights from 2007. Articles I wrote a few more articles for MSDN Magazine in 2007. I also launched a brand new column for the magazine called Windows with C++. Windows with C...

Security: Applying Cryptography Using The CNG API In Windows Vista

My next article for MSDN Magazine is now available. Its part of the July 2007 issue of the magazine and covers the new cryptography platform introduced in Windows Vista. Security: Applying Cryptography Using The CNG API In Windows Vista Windows Vista...
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Windows Vista for Developers – Part 5 – Getting Started With Server Core

I thought I’d take a little break from Windows Vista and talk about its big brother Windows Server and specifically Windows Server Core. Server Core is a new flavor of the upcoming release of Windows Server (which shares a large part of its code...
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Security Kicks

James Kovacs just announced the launch of SecurityKicks , a new site for collecting and ranking security articles. Check it out! © 2006 Kenny Kerr
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Windows Vista for Developers – Part 4 – User Account Control

Since the release of Windows 2000, the developers working on Windows have been trying to create an environment where users can work safely and securely. Windows 2000 introduced techniques for creating restricted tokens that can effectively limit the permissions...
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Credential Management with the .NET Framework

Many months ago I wrote an article about credential management that was targeted at developers writing managed code. Well its finally made its way onto MSDN. Managing secrets with managed code can be tricky so I think this article will be helpful to you...
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The Lesser Spotted Security MVP

For all those MVPs who didn’t managed to find me in the crowd at the Summit, Raffaele Rialdi managed to get a photo of a few of the security MVPs hanging out with Michael Howard . © 2005 Kenny Kerr
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