Now says its SymProtect feature partly to blame for Windows registry corruption.

Symantec Corp. has told users of its consumer security products that they should disable a feature in the software before upgrading to Windows XP Service Pack 3, or risk crippling their computers.

In a post to a Symantec support forum, Reese Anschultz, a senior manager with the company, said users of Norton Internet Security, Norton AntiVirus and Norton 360 — the firm’s best-selling consumer security software titles — should switch off the “SymProtect” feature before trying to install XP SP3. Read more…

Cisco Systems unveiled plans to transform its wireless network equipment into a more integral, intelligent part of the enterprise with its Cisco Motion architecture.

The centerpiece to the new platform is the Cisco 3300 Series Mobility Services Engine (MSE), an appliance that enterprises can drop into their networks, which will then help manage a variety of mobile devices and applications across wireless and, eventually, wired networks.

Currently, the MSE will support WiFi, but Cisco said the roadmap includes adding RFID, 4G cellular, and other networks in the near future. Read more…

Nvidia has released version 173.14.05 of its proprietary Linux graphics driver to download. For the first time, it not only supports new GeForce models, such as those in the 9600 and 9800 series, but also works with the current beta versions of X Server 1.5 intended for X.org 7.4. A few days ago, X and Fedora developer Adam Jackson published such a driver after he had already integrated a somewhat older beta version in the recently released Fedora 9. Some users who want to see open-source software used exclusively on Linux distributions criticised this move because older versions of the Nvidia driver did not work with the beta version of X-Server, forcing Fedora 9 users of Nvidia hardware to use the open source graphics driver “nv”, which only provided basic functions. But, as the ensuing discussion showed, some users and developers were quite pleased about the improvements that the new X Server and its open source drivers provide. Read more…

Some customers were without e-mail Thursday evening. The company has no evidence that personal info was compromised.

A hacker attack on cable company Comcast Corp. late Wednesday brought down the company’s Comcast.net website and its Web-based e-mail service, affecting thousands of people in the Twin Cities and possibly millions nationwide.

The attack by two anonymous hackers about 10:30 p.m. redirected Internet traffic from Comcast.net and Comcast’s e-mail software to an outside website. There, the hackers used nicknames to brag that they had “roXed Comcast.” Read more…

In one more demonstration that it’s taking a different stance with regard to the intellectual property it uses, Microsoft has dropped its objection to an IEEE working group making use of a Web services protocol it developed for Vista.

Removing a roadblock that might have continued to prevent an alliance of printer and tools manufacturers from implementing a Web services-based specification for document scanning devices, Microsoft announced yesterday it will go ahead and provide its Scan Service Definition 1.0 for Web Services on Devices, to the IEEE’s Printer Working Group. Read more…

Wahl Industries, one of the largest aluminium gravity die casting companies in South Africa, has outsourced the integration of a complete IT infrastructure solution to Integr8 IT, South Africa’s largest privately owned national BEE ICT network integration and infrastructure management specialist.

The industrial company began as a manufacturer of bells for clock towers and has grown to represent established gravity die cast specialists. This growth necessitated a comprehensive review of the existing corporate network.

Representatives at Wahl Industries sought to outsource to a service provider with a proven track record and expertise in the integration and management of Microsoft-based product and infrastructure. Read more…

75% of Employees Use the Wireless LAN Every Day, 72% Say They Can Now Work Without Any Wires at All.

Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN), a global leader in wireless LANs and secure mobility solutions, today announced that Microsoft has passed an important milestone having deployed more than 11,000 centrally managed access points in its massively scalable wireless LAN. The Aruba deployment replaced a legacy system of autonomous access points that was difficult to manage, lacked guest access support, and required enhanced security features. The sheer scale of the centralized Aruba system, spanning as it does across virtually every continent, makes it one of the largest enterprise wireless networks in the world. Read more…

NetMotion Wireless, a leading provider of mobile productivity and management software, announced recently that it released version 8.0 of Mobility XE, the company’s award-winning mobile virtual private network (VPN) software. This latest version provides new security controls that intelligently extend corporate security policies to mobile devices without needlessly impacting mobile worker productivity. In addition, enterprise customers can now use the software to reliably deploy real-time applications like Voice over IP (VoIP) and streaming video while maintaining high-quality, even over wireless networks prone to high packet loss.

NetMotion’s core client-server software, Mobility XE, enables mobile workers to maintain secure connections to applications as they move through wireless coverage gaps and across various networks. Used by more than 1,200 business and agencies, NetMotion Wireless’ software works across Windows-based laptops and mobile devices. Read more…

McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE), is demonstrating its new Network Access Control solution, integrated with Microsoft Windows NAP (Network Access Protection) technology, an endpoint policy enforcement platform for Windows Server 2008. The offering, which helps protect private networks from being accessed by unauthorized systems and devices, is being showcased by McAfee (Booth #532) and Microsoft (Booth #881) at the DISA Customer Partnership Conference in Orlando, FL.

“Our first priority is to secure government data, at all levels, on all operating systems,” said Mike Carpenter, senior vice president of McAfee’s Public Sector. “We’re proud to provide this deep integration of our threat protection with the latest Microsoft platforms to deliver the best possible protection for our Defense customers.” Read more…

Novell’s new SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP2, announced yesterday, you’ll find only small, but useful, improvements, most of them for better interoperability with Microsoft protocols and formats.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 SP2 includes support for fully virtualized Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2003. Novell claims system administrators can also migrate these Windows Server guests across physical machines in real-time. Because of the Microsoft/Novell partnership, SLES is the only third-party virtualization solution offering full Microsoft support for its Windows Server guests. In return, the Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V hypervisor, now a release candidate, also supports SLES as a virtual guest. Read more…