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Could Microsoft be forced to delay Windows XP?
by Arie Slob
Hello Windows users,
 Pressure is mounting on Microsoft with a meeting in September of the Senate Judiciary Committee, who will debate Windows XP and its effects on Internet competition. Sen. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat and member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, in a press conference last Tuesday, asked federal and state trustbusters to consider taking action that would delay Windows XP's release.
"Last night, I spoke with New York State Attorney General Elliot Spitzer, and I am calling on him, along with the other state attorneys general, to bring suit enjoining the release of Windows XP unless Microsoft agrees to make significant changes to XP either as part of a global settlement or on their own initiative," Schumer - whose state is home to Microsoft competitors including AOL Time Warner, IBM and Eastman Kodak - said.
Windows XP includes functionality for movie making, media playing, instant messaging and some digital media related technologies, all of which will make third party applications superfluous.
On the same day, software maker InterTrust amended an existing lawsuit against Microsoft, asking for an injunction against Windows XP. InterTrust charges that controversial product-activation technology found in Windows XP violates four InterTrust patents.
Windows XP is scheduled for an October 25 launch, and Microsoft is said to be working feverishly to get Windows XP to gold code (final code) as soon as possible.
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Microsoft Security
Windows Media Player .NSC Processor Contains Unchecked Buffer
Microsoft has released a patch for a security vulnerability in Windows Media Player. An unchecked buffer exists in the functionality used to process Windows Media Station files. This unchecked buffer could potentially allow an attacker to run code of his choice on the machine of another user.
Affected Software Versions
- Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4, 7, 7.1
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Malformed RPC Request Can Cause Service Failure
Microsoft has released a patch for a security vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000. Several of the RPC servers associated with system services running on these systems do not adequately validate inputs, and in some cases will accept invalid inputs that prevent normal processing.
Affected Software Versions
- Microsoft Exchange 5.5 & 2000
- Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 & 2000
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Windows 2000
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Invalid RDP Data Can Cause Memory Leak in Terminal Services
Microsoft has released a patch for a security vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0. The vulnerability consists of a memory leak in the Windows 2000 Terminal Service and Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition.
Affected Software Versions
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Advanced Server, Datacenter Server
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Highlights
Office XP Upgrades - One, Two or Three? Maybe More?
How many upgrades can Office XP endure before deactivating?
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Microsoft Windows XP RC1 Review
Windows XP Release Candidate 1 (RC1) was released on the 2nd July, and represents the final stages of development of Windows XP. During this last phase the product won't change much, but XP's developers' focus will be on squashing bugs, and refining the user interface.
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28 July 2001, Vol 4 No. 30
