‘Blackouts’ and missing icons for users of pirated Windows this week

August 27, 2008 · Filed Under Security · Comment 

‘Blackouts’ for users of pirated Windows

Pirated Windows XP professional user beware, remember the nagging balloon that appear everytime you boot up windows? the Windows Genuine Advantage program Microsoft secretly introduce in SP2? Yes, it is back and this time it is meaner.

Starting Wednesday, users with pirated copies of Microsoft Corp’s Windows XP Professional operating system (OS) on machines that are Internet-capable could find their computer displays going black and with no screen icons visible.

There are 8.6 million users of Win XP Pro in Malaysia and about three million are expected to suffer the “blackouts,” according to Microsoft Malaysia.

To continue working, the user would need to reset the machine’s desktop background. Everything will return to normal. But when 60 minutes are up, the black screen will reappear and the user must go through the whole process again. Source: TheStar

Since this WGA feature is new, I doubt there are any cracks available, the only way to go about the system is to purchase a genuine XP Pro serial from Microsoft. How about downgrading your Windows to Home Edition?

For your information, Windows Vista and Windows XP Home Edition are not included in the latest ‘blackout’ experiment.

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ReadyBoost Technology in Windows XP SP3, Increase Memory

March 20, 2008 · Filed Under How To and Online Tutorials · Comment 

ReadyBoost Technology in Windows XP SP3

Want to speed up your computer without upgrading your RAM? Microsoft ReadyBoost technology in Windows Vista has the ability to boost your system by utilizing any type of flash memory from SD card to USB Thumbdrive. I was hoping that Windows XP service Pack 3 comes with ReadyBoost technology but I doubt that is going to happen.

ReadyBoost is a great technology when you’re low on RAM, especially when you’re into graphics, multimedia and gaming, it is not as responsive as a RAM but good enough to increase responsiveness and performance to a certain level.

Fear not, eBoostr is here to save the day. eBoostr offers such an easy and relatively cheap solution to the problem of insufficient RAM, that you will have absolutely no need to buy additional memory. All you need to boost your computer performance: is plug in a flash drive, choose it as a device to speed up your computer and set the amount of the memory space to be used.

Highlights

  • Vista’s ReadyBoost benefits on your Windows XP® machine;
  • Smart caches frequently used applications and files for maximum performance speed up;
  • Supports both USB and non-USB removable media devices, as well as additional hard disks;
  • Allows up to 4 devices for simultaneous smart caching;
  • Cache file size of up to 4GB on each device;
  • Compatible with all ReadyBoost® ready devices.

eBoosts 1.1 is such a great application, for a person that is into graphic designing and still stuck in Windows XP, I would say eBoost 1.1 is a good investment, it is just 29 dollars. Don’t go on google for Cracks, Serial or Keygen, it is not worth it, support the author.

Another option besides eBoostr is to reconfigure your Windows Pagefile system, right click on ‘my computer’ properties and the proceed to change your default Pagefile system drive from C: to the one assigned by Windows for your computer, it can be E: or F: depending on the numbers of storage drives you installed in your system.

ReadyBoost Technology in Windows XP SP3, Increase Memory

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How to Disable Remove Windows Startup Programs Application

January 11, 2008 · Filed Under How To and Online Tutorials · Comment 

Bought a new computer but it appears to be sluggish? This is due to the ’startup’ programs that comes pre-installed with every software. Programmers loves to sneak in a few line of codes that enables their applications to boot up together with Windows, usually these programs runs at the background without our knowledge, thus using up RAM and processing power in turn causing our computer to be sluggish.

Here is a simple tutorial on how to disable these programs from booting up or starting up whenever windows Vista or Xp boot. First, select the ‘Run’ command.

How to Disable Remove Windows Startup Programs Application

Once done, a dialog box will appear and type ‘msconfig’ as shown in the image below. Hit ‘ok’.

How to Disable Remove Windows Startup Programs Application

Another dialog box will appear, select the ’startup’ tab and proceed disabling or enabling the programs that you wants it to boot up together with Windows. Hit ‘Ok’ when you’re done.

How to Disable Remove Windows Startup Programs Application

Restart your comp, the next time when your windows bootup, a dialog box would appear and it says, you have modify some setting… blah blah blah, just check on the only ‘check box’ that say ‘never show this again’ and hit ‘ok’.

That’s all folks, no software needed.

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How to Crack Windows Vista Activation Contain Spyware and Trojan

January 11, 2008 · Filed Under How To and Online Tutorials · Comment 

Warning - How to Crack Windows Vista Activation Software Contain Spyware and Trojan

Windows Vista Activation

Windows Vista arrived with a big bang, within a few days the warez market is flooded with Windows Vista Activation Crack, although this does not post any threat to Microsoft and its empire, but on a much bigger magnitude, these so called cracks/keygens for Windows vista might be a security headache for Network Managers.

Certain tools apply brute force technique which requires lots of time to come up with valid product keys, for the moment this technique unproven to be successful, even if the software manage to come up with a valid key, it might not works when it comes to updating your Windows because the generated valid key is not registered with Microsoft.

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Again, one can not deny the possibility of social engineering. All these reported cracks can become potential sources of Trojan horse, spy ware or any other malwares. Activation 21.11.06 crack is one of its best examples that carry Trojan-PSW.Win32.LdPinch.aze. So, this can be social engineering scheme planned to lure in victims.

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How to Recover Deleted Files and Folder in Windows

November 27, 2007 · Filed Under Software · Comment 

How to Recover Deleted Files and Folder in Windows

There are times when you accidentally deleted some files or folder, it could be an important file and coincidentally you have just emptied your recycle bin. The chances of recovering the file is pretty slim if you don’t perform a weekly backup or have the all expensive Norton BackUp installed. Fear not!

DataRecovery is a freeware written by a Japanese Company - Tokiwa, DataRecovery official site in English, the name implies it all, it is a file recovery software and it is free. According to their official statement, DataRecovery can recover deleted files and ironically it has a unique feature to wipe off any files from future recoveries. The user interface of the software is relatively straight forward, no installation required and it works with Windows Vista. The recovering success depends on the individual system configuration, for example the type of software running on the background, the file system FAT32 or NTSF and many more.

Some of the key features:

  • Support FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS
  • Recover NTFS compressed files
  • Prevent sensitive files from being recovered
  • Search by partial string in the file name

Download DataRecovery. If DataRecovery fails to perform the recovering task, try some of Norton’s product, the only drawback for Norton’s product is the cost, it doesn’t comes cheap and I believe DataRecovery could perform the same task for free, no cracks, serials, or keygen needed.

  • Norton GoBack allows you to try new software safely; recover deleted or modified files, and roll back system to better and healthy state.
  • Norton Save & Restore could create full backups of PC’s content, backup and restore individual files and folders.
  • Norton Ghost also allows you to full backup PC’s content. You can even encrypt backups to keep them secure.

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Windows Vista Service Pack 1

July 23, 2007 · Filed Under Security · Comment 

Windows Vista Service Pack 1

Its official now, Windows Service Pack 1 is on the way, and according to Microsoft they might launch the service pack 1 anytime soon, presumably this august.

Windows Vista user, take note that SP1 would be launch in beta mode, not highly recommended for end user. On the other hand, Microsoft has announce the on going project on the next generation Windows, code name Windows 7 and it will be available in 3 years time, not word yet if it is a complete build up from scratch or a band aid solution, we do know that Windows XP and Vista are coded from ground up which explain the time frame needed to complete the project.

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Vista More Secure than Linux and Mac OS X

June 25, 2007 · Filed Under Security · Comment 

vulnerabilities comparison os operating system windows xp vista mac linux

Is Windows Vista and XP really secure than Linux and Mac OS X? According to Microsoft’s Security Technology Unit Jeffrey Jones, Vista and XP are indeed better than the other OS, or so it seems.

One of the reason for such a high number of vulnerabilities is the fact that other OS like Linux and Mac comes bundle with tons of softwares that do not exist in Vista or XP, for example operating system like Linux tend to bundle with word processing programs and image editing programs, to include these security holes together with the OS is very unfair, that would be like including Microsoft Office’s security holes together with Vista and XP.

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Microsoft’s Gifts to Bloggers - Acer Ferrari Laptop

January 1, 2007 · Filed Under Computer Gadgets & Hardware · Comment 

acer laptop high end ferarriThis must be the greatest gift a blogger could get - an Acer high end laptop with a price tag of $2,200. The catch? It is loaded with Windows Vista and bloggers are suppose to write something about the new OS. The consumer version of Windows Vista, the latest OS from Microsoft, is set to be launched at the end of this month

Last week, Microsoft and AMD decided to keep bloggers informed about new Microsoft’s OS, Windows Vista. The companies sent Acer Ferrari laptops to select bloggers who are covering in their blogs subjects related to technology or other topics that could be affected by Windows Vista, such as photography or online video. The laptops The laptops are valued at more than $2,200 each.

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