Normally, programming tutorials don't really cover common security pitfalls, it is then six months down the road that you realize that perhaps that tutorial did more damage than good. This is one area where PHP Architect really shines. Their real life php examples are well thought, putting a higher emphasis in security and is mostly written by PHP gurus. In any case, if web development using PHP is of any interest to you then you cannot afford not to buy this magazine. And no I don't work for them :)

After spending hours and hours of testing various open source CMS system, I've finally decided to choose Drupal as the CMS for my own website. Drupal is a free software package that allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website. Like with anything else there is a bit of a learning curve but you tend to appreciate why things are done in a certain way. I must admit, the more I use it, the more I love it. If you have some cash to spend I would recommend Sitecore.

Although it's been said that Vista has a patch for their "copying files thru the network" problem. I still have my doubts. The image below comes from a colleague of mine. By the way this occured on a high speed network. Sad really.

Last night the system downloaded and installed the recommended Vista security updates. No issues there. This morning I logged to my desktop and it looks different. Suddenly I get a notification that "Vista could not load the user profile correctly and is using a temporary file, contact the administrator." I rebooted the machine - no luck.

I started the system in Vista Safe Mode with Networking (F8 Key) and was able to load my correct user profile in safe mode. Restart - login as usual and the problem is fixed.

Anyway....just another Vista tip!

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