Monthly Archives: December 2006

UAC DropPad

What bugs me from time to time with Vista and UAC is that I cannot directly start data files (like .sln files) elevated – I always have to start the application (like Visual Studio) elevated first and open the solution from … Continue reading

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Known Differences Between IIS7 Integrated and Classic Mode

Read about it here.  

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Bug in 2.0 Jitter?!

Just found this (scroll down to “.NET Framework 2.0 Security Hole”) via Marc’s Blog. Not sure if this is true – but it sounds scary…this brings me back to an old point – don’t run untrusted apps off the Internet – and be … Continue reading

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"Manage Private Key" on Vista

A while ago I wrote how to set ACLs on a private key container. Today I spotted a new context menu item in the “Certificates” MMC snap-in on Vista. Right-click a certificate and select “All Actions->Manage Private Key” to get … Continue reading

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TVP Slides

Thanks to everyone who attended the Connected Systems Roadshow this week in Reading! We had great fun. You can find the slides and the architecture sample I wrote during the talk here. Mike – who did a great talk on hosting … Continue reading

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