During installation, the NetBackup Browser is configured to work with a specific NetBackup client. When a user starts an operation using the NetBackup Browser, the browser software sends the appropriate messages to its designated NetBackup client. The software on the NetBackup client then communicates with the server and handles the client side of the operation.

NetBackup client software enables server directed backup, archive, and restore operations on entire folders or individual files that reside on your NetBackup client. This software also allows you to perform user directed backup, archive, and restore operations on your NetBackup client, without logging into the NetBackup master server. Once you start a user directed operation, the NetBackup process runs under the control of the NetBackup master server. You request the service and the NetBackup master server manages the rest, including storage and retrieval of data.

SECURITY TIPS

• lock your device with a password. If possible use a “strong alphanumeric” password that utilizes a combination of upper and lower case letters, and special symbols (see below for Dell Axim).
• try not to put too much private information on your device, e.g. credit card numbers, social security numbers, passwords to this kind of information.
• if you do need to put passwords and usernames for various accounts on your device, consider using password management software in addition to locking your device. Recommended software includes: RoboForm http://www.roboform.com/ or SplashID http://www.splashdata.com/splashid/
• turn off your wireless when you’re not using it, especially Bluetooth. Bluetooth is used to set up short-range networks – connecting multiple devices like PDAs, laptops, cell phones, etc. with one another. Leaving it on in public places could allow unscrupulous users to access your data on your mobile device.

PASSWORD PROTECTING THE DELL AXIM

Windows Mobile is Microsoft’s embedded operating system for battery-operated mobile devices including smartphones, PDAs, enterprise mobile computers (handheld scanners), and many other device types. While much of its OS core is shared with Windows Embedded CE (previously called Windows CE), Microsoft has added a common shell, UI enhancements, better phone features and a common application interface.

A large number of OEMs building very different devices choose Windows Mobile for its strong enterprise integration (Microsoft Exchange server for email), legendary flexibility, huge application developer ecosystem, streamlined SDK for developing apps, and the support that Microsoft provides for development, marketing and sales. These attributes have given Windows Mobile strong growth over the last four years, with several OEMs making devices that sold well over a million units.

Top 5 reasons why your customers should never get a non-genuine version of Windows Vista:

1. Constant desktop reminders will notify your customers they have installed non-genuine Windows Vista software.
2. Great new features such as Windows Aero and Windows ReadyBoost are disabled.
3. Non-security updates and downloads are denied, such as new releases of Windows Media Player and Windows Internet Explorer® 7.
4. Information stored on the PC may be exposed to on-going risks from spyware, malware, and viruses.
5. If Windows Vista is not activated with a genuine product key, the system will be put into reduced functionality which means:
   • No desktop
   • No start menu or task bar
   • Windows Vista functionality is limited to the default web browser for 1 hour periods

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This is Security Now! with Steve Gibson, Episode 197 for May 21, 2009: Windows 7 Security. This show is brought to you by listeners like you and your contributions. We couldn’t do it without you. Thanks so much.

It’s time for Security Now!, the show that covers all things secure and insecure. We actually cover insecurity more than security. Privacy, too. Steve Gibson is here. He is the guru of security and privacy, the man who discovered spyware, coined the term, wrote the first antispyware program. He’s also famous for [SpinRite], still the world’s best disk maintenance utility. And he is here every week talking about security issues, answering questions. Hey, Steve.

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When you change the desktop background using Control Panel’s Personalization window, the next time you start your computer, how does Windows 7 know which image or color you selected? If you change your video display driver, how does Windows 7 know to use that driver at startup and not the original driver loaded during setup? In other words, how does Windows 7 remember the various settings and options either that you’ve selected yourself or that are appropriate for your system?

The secret to Windows 7’s prodigious memory is the Registry. The Registry is a central repository Windows 7 uses to store anything and everything that applies to the configuration of your system. This includes all the following: