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That Damn PC

Archive for the ‘Vista’ Category

October 29th, 2006

freak out now: Security guru denounces antivirus, antispyware as useless, creates Blue Pill root kit to prove it

Happy Halloween and if this story is true, what a scary Halloween we’re in for.
Never mind the bugs in software. Who cares about a little crash in Firefox or Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7.0 IE7. Computer security guru Joanna Rutkowska created an undetectable rootkit (Blue Pill) which penetrated Windows Vista. [PC Magazine] more: Vista kernel […]

By Mary Ford -- 1 comment

October 23rd, 2006

New browser releases: Firefox 2.0, IE 7.0, Opera 9.1 beta

Just in time for Halloween, the major web browser makers, Microsoft, Mozilla and Opera, have all released updated browsers. A word of caution: sometimes, new and beta software includes bugs that can crash systems or make them more vulnerable to malware.
With any browser you install, I recommend you do not run as administrator; consider […]

By Mary Ford -- 0 comments

October 5th, 2006

download free Podcasts about Vista from Microsoft TechNet

If you’re in a hurry to understand Windows Vista, now Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is available for download, Microsoft has also created audio podcasts on Vista for you to download.
Free beta downloads and lots of free learning tools are nice, but what we really want to know is how locked out are we going […]

By Mary Ford -- 0 comments

September 26th, 2006

Free how-to podcasts from techies

I’ve been trying to figure out what kind of computer I need to meet Microsoft Vista’s requirements. I had downloaded the lastest Vista OS (operating system), burned it to DVD, but realized I had no computers which could run this new-fangled Windows system. oh…
If you want to test Vista, the first thing to do is […]

By Mary Ford -- 0 comments

September 24th, 2006

Sunday tech buffet: secure XP with cool free tools, snag hot beta software, earn unexpected cash

Rob Pegoraro reviews 5 years of working with Windows XP and lessons learned along the way. Windows Vista may have its own unique set of problems; if only we knew what they were beforehand. While we may not know Vista’s future problems, we can take action to repair XP’s shortcomings. Help Windows XP overcome its […]

By Mary Ford -- 0 comments

June 18th, 2006

Windows Vista Beta 2

Last week, Microsoft released Windows Vista Beta 2 to the general public via Microsoft download sites or via purchase. The demand for the huge package by download has made numerous download sites unreachable at times.
Shortly after the release, the software became available on BitTorrent for download, but now it appears, Microsoft is pushing back […]

By Aaron -- 0 comments

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