Archive for February, 2004

LEGO.com Make and Create LEGO Digital Designer: “A new version of LEGO Digital Designer is now available: version 1.1. This version has improved stability and a new way of focusing your building with sets, so you can try out the Make & Create designer sets with 3D virtual bricks! The selection of bricks is the same as in LEGO Digital Designer 1.0. This version of LEGO Digital Designer (1.1) is completely free.

Download LEGO? Digital Designer 1.1″

PowerToys for Visual Studio .NET 2003: “PowerToys for Visual Studio .NET 2003″

PowerToys for Visual Studio .NET 2003 are a collection of cool utilities and tools developed by Microsoft that enhance Visual Studio. This initial collection of PowerToys will allow you to fine-tune Visual Studio’s hidden registry settings, add comments and build help files, load files from the command line and create custom IDE window layouts. All of the PowerToys for Visual Studio .NET 2003 releases also include the source code for you to freely modify and distribute to your hearts content. “

Bill Gates Outlines Technology Vision to Help Stop Spam: ”

Bill Gates Outlines Technology Vision to Help Stop Spam

Microsoft Outlines Policy and Technical Proposals Aimed at Helping Contain The Spam Problem, Including the Development of Caller ID for E-Mail

SAN FRANCISCO — Feb. 24, 2004 — In his keynote address at the RSA Conference 2004 today, Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates announced a detailed vision and proposals on how technology can be used to help put an end to spam, including outlining the company’s Coordinated Spam Reduction Initiative (CSRI) and technical specifications for the establishment of Caller ID for E-Mail.”

Download Visual Studio.NET 2003 Posters: “Download Visual Studio .NET 2003 Posters

Feel free to download one or many of the following posters included in the Visual Studio .NET 2003 boxes. To download posters from Microsoft international subsidiary sites, visit the MSDN international poster page.”

Microsoft QuickStart Tutorials: “The QuickStart Tutorials are the fastest way to understand what the .Net Framework technology offers leading-edge developers. Inside you’ll find information about the most compelling features of the .Net Framework technology, including how to put them immediately to work for you or your company. To get started, follow the links below”

Windows XP Professional How-to Videos: “Windows XP Professional How-to Videos

These step-by-step videos show how to use valuable features of the new Windows.”

This site has videos on everything from Networking to working with digital photos and videos.

833407 – A critical update is available to remove unacceptable symbols from the Bookshelf Symbol 7 font: “A critical update is available to remove unacceptable symbols from the Bookshelf Symbol 7 font

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SUMMARY

A critical update is available to remove unacceptable symbols from the Bookshelf Symbol 7 font that is included with Microsoft Office 2003. The Bookshelf Symbol 7 font is contained in the Bssym7.ttf file. ”

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Download details: Mydoom A, B, and C (Doomjuice) Worm Removal Tool: “Mydoom A, B, and C (Doomjuice) Worm Removal Tool

This tool will help to remove the Mydoom.A, Mydoom.B, and Mydoom.C (aka ‘Doomjuice’) worms from infected machines.

Quick Info

File Name:DoomCln-KB836528-v2-ENU.EXE

Download Size:110 KB

Date Published:2/9/2004

Version:1.0

Overview

This tool will help to remove the Mydoom.A, Mydoom.B, and Mydoom.C (aka ‘Doomjuice’) worms from infected systems. Once the tool has run?after the End-User License Agreement (EULA) is accepted?it automatically checks for infection and removes any of the targeted worms that are found. If a machine is infected with the Mydoom.B worm, the tool will also provide the user with the default version of the hosts file and set the ‘read-only’ attribute for that file. This action will allow the user to visit previously-blocked Microsoft and antivirus websites.

After running, the tool displays a message describing the outcome of the detection and removal process. The tool can be safely deleted after it has run. Also, the tool creates a log file named doomcln.log in the %WINDIR%\debug folder.”