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Windows Vista 64 bits... not useful ;)

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Fast Forward's Help File

I was looking for some news about Microsoft... (as usual :devil: ) and... I guess you know, I found tons and tons :wink: . So I had to choose one and here it is... it comes from the washingtonpost.com columns and it was written by Rog Pegoraro.

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Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus 8.1.0.331

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Avira AntiVir Personal - FREE Antivirus

Avira AntiVir Personal - FREE antivirusBasic protection

Protects your computer against dangerous viruses, worms, Trojans and costly dialers.

To download the last version, click here http://www.free-av.com/en/download/index.html.


Avira Web Site's here http://www.free-av.com/en/index.html

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E-mail, photo programs stripped from Windows 7

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E-mail, photo programs stripped from Windows 7

Posted by Ina Fried at CNet News.

Microsoft has decided that Windows 7 won't include built-in programs for e-mail, photo editing, and movie making, as was done with Windows Vista, CNET News.com has learned.

The software maker included Windows Photo Gallery, Windows Mail, and Windows Movie Maker as part of Vista, but later chose to offer separate downloadable Windows Live programs that essentially replaced those components with versions that could connect to online services from Microsoft and others.

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Retrieve the Product Key (cd key) used to install windows on your PC

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Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder v1.51

The Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder is a freeware utility that retrieves your Product Key (cd key) used to install windows from your registry. It has the options to copy the key to clipboard, save it to a text file, or print it for safekeeping. It works on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Windows Vista, Office 97, Office XP, and Office 2003.

Download Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder v1.51.

Is Vista security a selling point?

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Is Vista security a selling point?

An assortment of new security features in Windows Vista will help many consumers become "secure enough," but businesses are unlikely to abandon their current levels of additional, backup security if they adopt the new operating system, some experts say.

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OS Windows : A new vulnerability discovered...

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Microsoft XMLHTTP ActiveX Control Code Execution Vulnerability

Secunia Advisory: SA22687

Release Date: 2006-11-04

Critical: Extremely critical

Impact: System access

Where: From remote

Solution Status: Unpatched

OS:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
  • Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional
  • Software: Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) 4.x

    Description:

    A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft XML Core Services, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a users system.

    The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the XMLHTTP 4.0 ActiveX Control.

    Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code when a user e.g. visits a malicious website using Internet Explorer.

    NOTE: The vulnerability is already being actively exploited.

    Solution:

    Microsoft has recommended various workarounds including setting the kill-bit for the affected ActiveX control (see the vendor's advisory for details).


    Go to Secunia website.

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