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The ISO appears to contain the Windows 7 M1 build (7000) highlighted by Paul Thurrott on SuperSite. So far the new build seems to perform slightly better than 6801, and memory usage has been improved. A number of previously hidden features - like the iconized task bar - are also now active.

Before comments start asking why there’s no link to the file, it’s because this is something that we’re not supposed to have yet. If you want to get your hands on it, check your favorite torrent search site. Also keep in mind that this is a leak, and there’s always the possibility that the ISO has been tampered with.

via Windows 7 Beta ISO leaked on torrent trackers - Download Squad.

Personally, I think wordpress updates too fast. It’s hard for my blog to keep up. I’m running a lot of customized plugins and my theme just don’t work with a lot of the crap. Each upgrade of the wordpress kernel takes me at least an hour to figure out where to modify so that all the functions work OK.

I’m once again up-to-date with it’s current version: 2.7. And I think I’m gonna stay with this version for a while. Happy new year!

Edit: AT&T now provides McAfee too.

Stupid viruses and worms are spreading like crazy. They are almost impossible to avoid or spot while we surf and download. But did you know most ISPs provides FREE Anti-Virus along with your service subscription?

Here in the Bay Area, 2 of the major Internet Service Providers are AT&T and Comcast. You can login to the member services website to download your copy of the software. AT&T gives you Symantec Secuirty Suite while Comcast offers the McAfee Security Center. They are the full suite including Anti-Virus, Firewall and Spyware cleaner. Each worth more than $100 if purchased from a retail store.

In order to download, you might have to login using the master account.

I admire hard working people, specially when they have to deploy a hundred PCs in a day.

Being domain administrator in a complex network, you don’t want to walk around to fix issues or to install a software. You rely on remote desktop solutions to get into other devices. I use the admin share (\\node\x$) command very often. However, when the devices you’re working with has Windows firewall enabled, you’re out of luck. 

Turning off Windows firewall remotely seems to be impossible in enterprise networks. Of course, in a network with 20 desktops, you could just simply walk over and do it. I’ve done a lot of searches and tried various of methods, the conclusion is: No Go!

A guy once wrote an au3 script, some people confirmed it works. But when I tired it recently, it works only if the target client is yourself. When I tried the script targeting another node, it does nothing. The way I see it: If windows firewall blocks incoming ICMP packets, it’s pretty much it. I have to walk over to the node and manually turn WFW off.

Maybe, creating a global policy on the domain controller would be the way to go…