I know Vista was hacked already, but this is the first time that I read that Microsoft came out and admit to it.... this is supposed to be M$'s most secured software, but the activation hack seems easy enough. There was a recent "animated" icon problem (see the video here: http://blogs.chron.com/...
Anyway, see the associated link for more details on MS confirming Vista hack, here's...
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PC World publishes a laundry list of irritants in Windows Vista:
We often worry about Microsoft playing Big Brother, but now it's playing Big Mother, attempting to protect you from your own rash impulses to run new software. Try to download a program, and Internet Explorer will block it. ("It's for your own good. You can't be too careful, you know. Who knows where that program has been!") Unblock it, and IE will ask if you really, truly want to download the software. ("These programs can be dangerous, you know. I just don't want you to get...
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Disclaimer: This article is for educational and informational purpose only.
By replacing a few of Vista's system files and stopping the activation countdown timer, you can essentially have an activated Vista system without activating Vista.
1. Install Windows Vista Ultimate edition (or other edition) without product key.
2. Windows Vista needs to be applied with 2099-ReArm trick, so that the counter of minutes to no activation required period will not return to normal after reboot. Click on Start Orb button.
3. Select “All...
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After over a year and a half, IE7 has been released to the public as of Monday afternoon. Word hit the streets after several mangers of the IE division posted on the IE blog.
Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager of IE, wrote a blog post outlining their ups and downs while creating IE7. "The Phishing Filter and the architectural work in IE7 around networking and ActiveX opt-in will help keep users more secure. IE7 also delivers a much easier browsing experience with features like tabbed browsing (especially with QuickTabs), shrink-to-fit...
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