Windows OS

Buying a new PC, which Operating System

October 14, 2007

A relative in the market for a new computer, showed me a pretty good deal she was looking at and asked what I thought. Everyone in the family knows I am a total geek. The machine came with Vista Basic installed. I advised her to upgrade to at least Vista Premium so she could run [...]

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Multiple Clocks in Vista’s Taskbar

October 4, 2007

Did you know that Windows Vista allows three clocks to be accessed from the taskbar. Pretty handy if you would like to keep an eye on different time zones, especially when travelling and working from a laptop. I have mentioned vista4beginners before, and link from the sidebar under ‘Vista’. They really do have great tutorials [...]

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Dreamscene for Vista

September 27, 2007

Tuesday Microsoft offered a Vista Ultimate ‘Extra’. DreamScene is video wallpaper, so instead of a static image a full-motion video takes its place. I downloaded and installed DreamScene which required a reboot. Right click on your desktop and you can either play DreamScene or leave it static. Either way, it is a very attractive dark [...]

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Windows Vista Validation Issues – update

August 26, 2007

Windows Genuine Advantage Blog Validation Issue Fix We’ve been receiving reports on our forum and through customer service starting last night that Windows Vista validations have been failing on genuine systems. It looks now as though the issue has been resolved and validations are being processed successfully. Customers who received an incorrect validation response can [...]

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TechNet Magazine – September 2007

August 25, 2007

Today I received my copy of the latest issue, “Deploying Windows Vista, BDD 2007 Delivers Windows Vista On A Silver Platter.” Although it’s nice to have the magazine, it’s also available to download as a standalone HTML Help file (.chm) TechNet

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Windows Vista Validation Issues

August 25, 2007

Microsoft’s WGA server went down August 24th 2007, and installations were being flagged as counterfeit because they could not be validated. Please see this topic: ATTENTION – Vista Validation 0xC004C4A5 Errors – PLEASE READ (Or read the latest post for resolution steps) in the forums. Until the situation is definitely resolved, I would advise against [...]

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Vulnerabilities in Windows Gadgets

August 17, 2007

TechNet Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-048 – Important Vulnerabilities in Windows Gadgets Could Allow Remote Code Execution (938123) This important security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in addition to other vulnerabilities identified during the course of the investigation. These vulnerabilities could allow an anonymous remote attacker to run code with the privileges of the logged [...]

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New version of WinPatrol released

August 2, 2007

Bill Pytlovany: I am very pleased with the feedback I’ve received from everyone who helped test the newest version of WinPatrol. The new version is officially available today. Everyone seems to really like our new Scotty icon. The last time I tried to change the main icon there was a rebellion of sorts. All our [...]

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Scotty will bark again on Vista

July 28, 2007

From Bill Pytlovany, WinPatrol. Vista Won’t Silence Scotty’s Bark The new WinPatrol 2007 was designed to be Vista compatible as well as introduce a few other new features like Delayed Start. Much to my surprise the number one bug reported with the new version was that Scotty no longer barked on Vista machines. Bits from [...]

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Re-enabling Hibernation in Windows Vista

July 26, 2007

The Windows Vista Cleanup tool enables you to clear your disk of unnecessary files. However, as I found out, if you check the hibernation file cleaner box for removal, you will no longer see the ‘Hibernate’ option in Power Options after the Disk Cleanup. This affected not only Sleep Mode, but also my Backup Power [...]

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