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Everydeveloper of complex software dreads the day that some unforeseen glitch ruins the day for users. Having been hit with just such a bad dream, Zone Labs can be complimented for recognizing the problem and issuing an update much quicker than some larger software companies I could name.

Wagda says this is cleaned up in the new version, as well as a conflict version 6.0.631 had with Propel Accelerator, a dial-up enhancement offered by Earthlink and NetZero. In addition, there were no problems with the free version of the ZoneAlarm firewall, just the Pro, Antivirus, and Security Suite versions.

Save the change and then run the menu item. The /clean switch, and other important information, is explained in detail in a post by a Zone Labs host named Don Hoover and a set of screen captures by a premium poster named Iggy.

If the automated uninstall fails, or any other problems occur, Zone Labs has posted a detailed set of instructions. Following these steps will manually remove every trace of ZoneAlarm. In addition, you should refer to several troubleshooting steps that might be needed (in the worst case) to complete a manual uninstall.

If you need to roll back to a previous version, for whatever reason, Zone Labs maintains an exhaustive listing of every previously released product. You can download old versions, as well as see which features were added over time, from the release history page.

Windows security is a tricky and serious issue. Some technical Windows users will prefer setting up and configuring three or four different packages to get good coverage. But most PC users will find that far too daunting. Since ZoneAlarm has very strong individual components, installing just one package is the best approach for most homes and small-businesses.

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While the changes in iTunes 5 hardly rate as earth-shattering, I found the new ability to organize playlists into folders (and use queries with folders for building playlists on-the-fly) worth the hassle of upgrading. The new search bar makes it easier to isolate podcasts, although it gets in the way at times. And, yes, I do sync my calendar from Outlook to iTunes. Heaven knows why.

Step 1. There are reports of the iTunes 5 installer having problems with iTunes add-ons, so get rid of the old version of iTunes and the old version of QuickTime (which provides the foundation for iTunes). To do so, click Start, Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs. Then click iTunes, Add/Remove, and follow the instructions to get rid of iTunes. If QuickTime is still on the Add or Remove Programs list, repeat the process for QuickTime.

A lot of things have happened since my last column. The most notable, of course, was Hurricane Katrina. My family and I were lucky during this disaster. Where we live in a city in northeast Mississippi, the last of the hurricane passed over us as it was dying down. It did little damage to our town and caused few power outages.

The financial firm I work for has a lot of branches down in that area, as well as along the entire path the hurricane took through Mississippi. The impact on our facilities varied. Some places suffered only minor damage, while others were entirely demolished.

As time went by and recovery began, all of those employees have been located. Some lost everything, but everyone is still alive, which is the most important thing. Hopefully, the employee relief fund my company set up will at least be some small comfort in enabling those people to start getting their lives back.

Since that time, most browsers have fixed this problem by releasing patches or updated versions. The only vulnerable browsers that are still left from the original list are Internet Explorer and Safari.

At the time, there was a lot of press coverage about the re-introduction of this problem into Firefox with the release of version 1.0.3. IE supporters who crowed about this forgot that the same vulnerability has gone unpatched in Internet Explorer since the problem was discovered over one year ago.

At first, the advisory listed several versions of Msdds.dll that were installed by several different programs that might be affected. The list was narrowed down somewhat by Microsoft on Aug. 25 to cover just DLLs installed by various versions of the following products:

What to do: If you have an affected DLL on your system, the Microsoft advisory has several workarounds available. Most of these workarounds are difficult for the average user to implement and/or strike me as just plain silly.

Chris Mosby is a contributor to Configuring Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition and is the Systems Management Server administrator for a regional bank. In his spare time, he runs the SMS Admin Store.

I reported earlier this summer that WSUS (Windows Software Update Services) was having trouble installing on SBS 2003 systems that used an OEM preinstallation kit. It turns out that the OEM install version needs a bit of grammar checking.

I got to thinking about my own office, based on a Security Focus article I read. Is my own network diagram and inventory up to date? Do I have an offsite copy of the documentation and software media and licenses in case I need to recreate everything in the office? What about my home? Do I have access codes and passwords written down to re-establish routers and Dynamic DNS settings for my home TZO.com account?

This week, Microsoft is hosting developers at its PDC (Professional Developers Conference) in Los Angeles. The company is showing off all the new coding techniques that will emphasize Limited User rights in Vista.

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