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CompTIA What happens now?

Posted on January 26, 2010 By Michael Kavka No Comments on CompTIA What happens now?

I am a geek. I post here, I twitter, I read a number of tech sites. I also am a Network Engineer and have Microsoft certifications. Oh yeah, I have the CompTIA A+ and Network+ Certifications. I went with the CompTIA certifications because of the standard they are. They are entry level, and never need…

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Windows 7 is a crossgrade?

Posted on January 26, 2010 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Windows 7 is a crossgrade?

A person I know recently wrote a nice little blog piece about how Windows 7 is a Crossgrade. They made some really nice points, but missed the mark on a bunch of others. First off, the statement that you do not “own” your copy of Windows is correct, this statement is also true of OSX….

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Out of Band Patches this week

Posted on July 27, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Out of Band Patches this week

So it seems that a few vulnerabilities have rated out of band patches from Microsoft. One for Visual Studio and one for Internet Explorer. while they are not releasing the details of the patches yet, I”ll bet the IE one is to patch the drive by downloads that have been happening lately. Read the information…

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