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Sunday, April 6, 2008

Compiled List of Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP1 MSDN/TechNet DVD ISO Images Released by Microsoft

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (Windows Vista SP1) and Windows Server 2008 have been officially released, and Microsoft has published the complete set of DVDs for the operating systems in ISO image format to MSDN and TechNet subscribers for online download. As a reference, here’s the official filename for the DVD ISO image files for both Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 that has been released. Both operating system has the same build version number of 6001.18000.080118-1840, and there may be more language versions available, but only English and Russian versions are listed.

Windows Vista SP1 Retail DVD Image (Retail version disk contains Ultimate, Home Basic and Home Premium editions)

32-bit (x86)

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_en-us-FRMCFRE_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_ru-ru-FRMCFRE_RU_DVD.iso

64-bit (x64)

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_en-us-FRMCXFRE_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_ru-ru-FRMCxFRE_RU_DVD.iso

Windows Vista SP1 Business edition for Corporate (Volume Licensing)

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Business_en-us_VL-FRMBVOL_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Business_ru-ru_VL-FRMBVOL_RU_DVD.iso

Windows Vista SP1 Enterprise edition for Corporate (Volume Licensing)

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Enterprise_en-us_VL-FRMEVOL_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Enterprise_ru-ru_VL-FRMEVOL_RU_DVD.iso

Windows Server 2008 Final (RTM)

32-bit (x86)

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Server_en-us_VL-KRMSVOL_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Server_ru-ru_VL-KRMSVOL_RU_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_ServerStorage_en-us-KRMSSTO_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_ServerV_en-us_vl-KRMSWOHVOL_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_ServerWeb_en-us_VL-KRMWVOL_EN_DVD.iso

64-bit (x64)

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_ServerHPC_en-us_VL-SRVHPCVL_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_ServerHyper_en-us-KRHVXFRE_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_ServerStorage_en-us-KRMSXSTO_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_ServerV_en-us_vl-KRMSxWOHVOL_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_ServerWeb_en-us_VL-KRMWXVOL_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_ia64fre_ServerEnterpriseIA64_en-us_VL-KRMIAIVOL_EN_DVD.iso

Multilingual Language Interface Pack (MUI) for Microsoft Windows Server 2008

x86fre

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Server_LP_1-KRMSLP1_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Server_LP_2-KRMSLP2_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Server_LP_3-KRMSLP3_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Server_LP_4-KRMSLP4_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Server_LP_5-KRMSLP5_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Server_LP_6-KRMSLP6_DVD.iso

amd64fre

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Server_LP_1-KRMSLPX1_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Server_LP_2-KRMSLPX2_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Server_LP_3-KRMSLPX3_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Server_LP_4-KRMSLPX4_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Server_LP_5-KRMSLPX5_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Server_LP_6-KRMSLPX6_DVD.iso

Note:

DVD1: de-de, en-us, es-es, fr-fr, ja-jp

DVD2: ko-kr, pt-br, zh-cn, zh-hk

DVD3: zh-tw

DVD4: it-it, nl-nl, pt-pt, ru-ru, sv-se

lDVD5: cs-cz, hu-hu, pl-pl, tr-tr

DVD6: ar-sa, bg-bg, da-dk, el-gr, et-ee, fi-fi, he-il, hr-hr, lt-lt, lv-lv, nb-no, ro-ro, sk-sk, sl-si, sr-latn-cs, th-th, uk-ua

Multilingual Language Interface Pack (MUI) for Microsoft Windows Vista SP1

x86fre

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_1-FRMCLP1_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_2-FRMCLP2_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_3-FRMCLP3_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_4-FRMCLP4_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLP5_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_6-FRMCLP6_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_LP_7-FRMCLP7_DVD.iso

amd64fre

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_1-FRMCLPX1_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_2-FRMCLPX2_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_3-FRMCLPX3_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_4-FRMCLPX4_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_5-FRMCLPX5_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_6-FRMCLPX6_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_LP_7-FRMCLPX7_DVD.iso

Note:

DVD1: de-de, en-us, es-es, fr-fr

DVD2: ja-jp

DVD3: zh-tw

DVD4: ko-kr

DVD5: bg-bg, cs-cz, da-dk, el-gr, et-ee, fi-fi, hu-hu, it-it, lt-lt, lv-lv, nb-no, nl-nl, pl-pl, pt-pt, ro-ro, sk-sk, sl-si, sv-se

DVD6: ar-sa, he-il, hr-hr, pt-br, sr-latn-cs, th-th, tr-tr, uk-ua, zh-cn, zh-hk

DVD7: ru-ru

Some of the ISO disc images have been leaked on P2P torrent sites. For example, Windows Vista SP1 Enterprise Edition and MUI language packs for Windows Vista SP1.

How to beat spyware and viruses, 2008 edition

The last time I wrote a piece on how to remove spyware from your computer was in 2006. Time for an update, I think. Here's my perennial "How to Beat Spyware" howto, revised and updated for 2008 (and combined into a single file instead of two parts).

Here's what to do if you suspect an infection on your Windows PC. (Please note these steps apply to both Windows XP and Vista.)

1) Are you sure it's spyware or a virus? Windows pop-ups and alerts can often seem invasive enough to be viruses, especially with Vista. Try searching the web for the exact text you see on the screen to make sure you aren't dealing with an aggressive Windows message. (Many of these can be turned off, so try whatever instructions you find.) On the other hand, some viruses masquerade as Windows alerts, so tread lightly.

2) Boot in safe mode.
If you have a virus, first step is to try booting in safe mode. You can get to safe mode (a simplified version of Windows that disables
a lot of extra gunk, possibly including some spyware apps) by
restarting your PC and tapping F8 during boot. Soon you'll get a menu
of options. Select "Safe Mode" (it's at the top of the menu) and wait
for the machine to fully boot. The system will look funny (with a black
background and larger icons, probably), but don't worry about it. This
is only temporary. (Also note that many spyware applications
can disable safe mode, so if you find this doesn't work, just boot
normally.)

3) Run your antivirus application. This is of
course assuming you have an antivirus application. (Need one? Check here.) You're in safe mode
now, so run a full scan of your PC at maximum security levels (include
the option to scan within compressed files, for example). This will
probably take an hour or more, so be patient. Fix any problems the
virus scan turns up. Then reboot into safe mode again using the procedure in
step 2.

4) Run one or two anti-spyware applications. I used to recommend running multiple anti-spyware apps, but virtually all antivirus apps now do a pretty good job at getting rid of spyware too, so you don't need an army of additional applications just for spyware. Also, I now recommend starting with AdAware

(which is free) and moving on to Spyware Doctor (free as part of the Google Pack) if you feel you need additional help. (Please note that recent versions of Spyware Doctor and Norton Antivirus have some trouble with each other.) You can try other apps too, but the once-recommended SpyBot Search & Destroy is no longer very effective, sadly. (Neither is Microsoft's own Windows Defender.) Of course, fix anything and everything
these apps find.

5) Reboot normally. (Not in safe mode.) Now
take stock. Still got spyware? It's time to move along to my more
advanced techniques for removing the nasties.

6) Run HijackThis. HijackThis
is a free software tool that scans your computer to find malware that other apps might miss. Scroll down to "Official downloads" to download the
tool. Next, simply open the ZIP file you downloaded, extract the
application, and run the tool (you don't need to install it). Click the
"Do a system scan and save a logfile" button. You'll receive a large
text file as well as a dialog box which gives you a list of
active software processes, which you can then choose to delete.
Unfortunately, this list includes both helpful and unhelpful software,
so don't just start deleting items. Continue in step 7 to figure out
how to fix your spyware infection.

7) Post your log file online. Visit this page, which offers a list of forums staffed by volunteers who can help you interpret your HijackThis log. The SWI Forums are especially busy, but most of the forums on the list are equally
apt. Go to SWI and visit the "Malware Removal"
forum which has over 50,000 topics listed: Those are all people like
you who are seeking help getting rid of spyware. Register for an
account, read the FAQ, then visit that Malware Removal forum, and post
a new topic. Paste the content of the text file you created in step 5
into this topic and (politely) ask for help. You will get a response
from a volunteer helper, typically within 3 days. You'll be given
specific advice on what entries to remove with the HijackThis tool, and
you might be pointed to additional software to run to help remove
common spyware infections. Follow all the instructions and keep working
with the forum helpers until either you or they give up. (And no, don't

send your log file to me or post it here. I am not nearly the spyware
removal expert that these guys are.)

7a) Alternately: Paste your log file into an automated tool. Don't have three days? Try simply pasting your HijackThis log file into this form. It does a pretty good job at auto-analyzing what's wrong with your machine, with no waiting. As well, if that doesn't work, you can search for the items you find in the HijackThis log by name to see what they are and how to remove them, if they're spyware. This can be quite time consuming, though.

8) Try System Restore.
If that doesn't work, you might try running Windows System Restore to
roll back your OS to a time before the infection happened. This isn't
foolproof: You might not have System Restore turned on, or the spyware
might have shut System Restore off, as well. But it's worth a shot.
With either XP or Vista, System Restore can be found under Start > All Programs >
Accessories > System Tools > System Restore.

9) Give up and wipe your hard drive.

At this point, you've exhausted all the options I know of. You might
try again at steps 6/7 to make sure you've done everything you can to
salvage the PC. Forum helpers will often work with you for weeks to
help fight a spyware infection, but there are tens of thousands of
possible variants out there, with new ones cropping up every day. It's
just not possible to clean them all, every time. Sometimes the only
thing you can do is call it quits, reformat your hard drive, and
reinstall your OS. Again, make sure you have your backups ready and
verified. Once you're up and running, reinstall your antivirus and
anti-spyware applications, and stay vigilant against infection. Good

Compiled List of Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP1 MSDN/TechNet DVD ISO Images Released by Microsoft

64-bit (x64)

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_en-us-FRMCXFRE_EN_DVD.iso

6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Client_ru-ru-FRMCxFRE_RU_DVD.iso

Some of the ISO disc images have been leaked on P2P torrent sites. For example, Windows Vista SP1 Enterprise Edition and MUI language packs for Windows Vista SP1.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

All About Linux 2008: Should Microsoft be afraid of Linux?

Does Microsoft fear Linux? Should it fear Linux? Does it fear Linux only in certain sectors, like Web servers, and not others, like the desktop? What exactly does “fear” mean here? Why do I still watch Lost? All important questions that deserve highly developed answers. PBS attempted to answer some of these questions, but that was in 1998. A lot has changed since then. I, for example, now wear a size 11 shoe as opposed to a 7.

I tend to view Linux as two different animals, rightly or wrongly. There’s Linux for the desktop, like Ubuntu, Gentoo, Knoppix and whatever flavor-of-the-month distro gets mentioned on this week’s Tekzilla. (I actually like Tekzilla, being a former TechTV viewer.) The average person, the man or woman who uses the computer at work to create spreadsheets or to order paper, doesn’t know Linux from Adam. At least until this past week, that is. They skip along happily, clicking “start” at the beginning of every day. Desktop Linux, supposedly, is for these folks, and certain distros, most notably Ubuntu, offer an easy-to-use environment, no command line needed. But really, with a 0.65 percent market share, do you really think Microsoft is worried about losing out to Linux? Its biggest competitor is Mac OS X, and that’s still only on 7.5 percent of all computers.

Linux on the server, however, is a whole ‘nother matter. A quick trip to microsoft.com offers a glimpse of how Redmond feels about the free as in freedom OS. There’s all sorts of charts and graphs and mentions of total costs of ownership.

But is that enough to call Microsoft “afraid” of Linux?

Judging by what Microsoft told me yesterday, the company seems as cool as you like and doesn’t view Linux, desktop or otherwise, as any sort of legitimate threat. Hubris? Hardly.

We have always had a very healthy attitude toward competition, knowing that it is always good for customers…. and we are confident that Windows Vista is the platform to enhance the individual digital lives of people around the world…. Windows Vista is on track to be the fastest selling operating system in Microsoft’s history, also thanks to our strong partner ecosystem.

That’s what the company’s rapid response team (well, that’s the name I gave it) told me. Even controlling for PR spin, to me those don’t look like the words of someone’s who’s “afraid” of anything. And why should it? Even though Vista has been universally panned—and some of that may not be specifically Microsoft’s fault—sales of 100 million licenses indicates that, someone, somewhere still takes Microsoft and Windows seriously.

And Linux on the deskop—come on now, really? Yes, Devin’s comments in this week’s Unreasonable Stance were a little on the bombastic side, but his general skeptical tone of Linux “making it,” or however you want to phrase it, looks right to me. Fact is, most people use the OS that ships with their computer. People who bought a mid-range Dell will use Windows XP or Vista for the life of the computer. The incoming college student who got a MacBook for his high school graduation will use Leopard. Do we really think that for all our huffing and puffing about Linux being more secure, which I’m not even disputing, we’ll get the average user to switch over? Convincing your friends to use Firefox instead of IE is trivial compared to asking someone to move away from Windows. I remember when I told one of my relatives that I got a Mac (this was a few years ago) he replied with something like, “Oh what type of Windows does it have?”

The average I-use-computers-to-check-my-e-mail-and-CNN-every-morning user is content with Windows. Tell them to turn on the built-in firewall and not to click strange things and you’ve solved any number of problems right there. Education, not a knee-jerk “switch to Linux!” reaction to the security problem is the best solution.

Not that I don’t like Linux. My experience with the OS sorta mirrored Biggs’. I remember once my high school closed early because of a gas leak or something else equally unsafe. Rather than use the free day to “hang out” with my friends, I installed Red Hat 8 on some old POS Compaq we had. More recently, I’ve been playing around with gOS. If the Wi-Fi support was a little better (read: if it worked on my MacBook), I could see myself taking in-class notes using Google Docs just to stand out. But just because I enjoy screwing around with command line doesn’t mean I’m gonna turn around and tell my uncle to drop his Windows setup.

So, should Microsoft be afraid of Linux? I really doubt it. I honestly can’t see regular users switching away from Windows, pirated or otherwise, to Linux. On the server market, yes, there’s a little more competition, but that just means Microsoft will have to actually try to innovate and convince its customers that a Windows license is worth their while.

HERE IS THE REAL WORLD

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Compiled List of Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP1 MSDN/TechNet DVD ISO Images Released by Microsoft

How to beat spyware and viruses, 2008 edition

Compiled List of Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP1 MSDN/TechNet DVD ISO Images Released by Microsoft

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

All About Linux 2008: Should Microsoft be afraid of Linux?

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