Tag: Vista
Vista Firewall Permissions
by DougR on Aug.05, 2008, under Best Practices, Firewall, IP Office, Microsoft, Vista
With the new proliferation of Vista on desktops in the marketplace, some traditional practices like fixing firewall permissions can get hung up. The easiest way to ensure that firewall permissions are correct is the AvayaFW.bat script. The script checks the registry to see what programs are installed then writes the ports associated into the exceptions in the firewall. On Windows XP, this batch file runs with a double click. On Vista and Server 2008 the batch file requires elevation to run properly. Right click on the AvayaFW.bat icon and choose ‘Run as Administrator…’. This action will require administrator level access or password.
Windows XP End of Sale
by DougR on Jun.16, 2008, under Windows
Microsoft has announced that it will stop selling all retail versions of Windows XP on June 30th. System builders will be able to sell computers with XP installed until January of 2009, at which point they must sell these systems with Windows Vista. As of this writing the End of Sale for Server 2003 has not been announced. It’s replacement OS, Server 2008, has only been released in February, and is expected to ramp up strongly this year.
