The company is offering a rangeof Platform Adapter Components (PACs), including the Microsoft COM PAC, which will allow integration with Microsoft'sSQL server, Internet Explorer, Windows NT and COM clients.

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For its part, Microsoft has spent considerable time and energy tamping down security problems with its own products, from NT and other server software to its Internet Explorer browser.

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By default, Internet Explorer on Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2 runs in a restricted mode that is known as Enhanced Security Configuration.

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