Is it Game Over for Windows Vista’s Security?
Reading through my RSS feeds today, I stumbled upon an interesting post over at Neowin entitled “Vista’s Security Rendered Completely Useless by New Exploit” which reports on a new technique that can “bypass all memory protection safeguards that Microsoft built into Windows Vista.” Mark Dowd of IBM Internet Security Systems (ISS) and Alexander Sotirov, of VMware Inc. have discovered a technique that can be used to bypass all memory protection schemes that have been built into Windows Vista by Microsoft. These new methods are basically used to get around Vista’s... Read The Rest →
Hack Attack : Hack Vista to Browse at High Speeds
photo credit: jpctalbot I’m not a Windows Vista fan, but even then everyone at my home uses Windows Vista, while I dual boot with OSX on my Hackintosh.. I’ve used XP before and for some reason I always felt that Internet speeds on Vista were comparably slower than on OSX, and more so even Windows XP. Considering it was quite slower than what I used to get on XP, I realized that Vista was doing something extra that made my internet connection slow down. After a bit of investigation and... Read The Rest →
5 Reasons Why the Mojave Experiment is Epic Fail!
The Mojave Experiment has been the center of the latest round of controversy surrounding Microsoft and its flagship operating system Windows Vista. Initially I thought Mojave was a brilliant marketing ploy and it would work wonders to clear the bad air on Windows Vista.. Well it is not really the best marketing ploy ever! If I were to choose my words, I’d call it the lamest marketing exercise of the year. The Mojave Experiment means Microsoft has stooped to an all time low, trying to do every single thing it... Read The Rest →
Tip : Quickly Disable UAC For Specific Specific Programs
Windows Vista came bundled with one of the most irritating security features to date that is the UAC. There are many apps that I use that require to be run in elevated mode everytime I run them. I’ve already told you guys how to disable UAC for specific apps permanently but that hack requires a bit of work, instead using a free software called Elevate Me you can take the pain out of running apps that require elevated mode. Just install the software, and you should find an option... Read The Rest →
Hack Attack : Terminate Explorer.exe Cleanly On Vista
I keep trying variety of registry tricks everyday, and install and uninstall numerous applications that demand a restart whenever I install them. To get away with boring restart process I normally kill Explorer.exe from the task manager and wait for it to restart automagically. But the problem is that the Task Manager method is like forcibly killing the process instead of terminating it cleanly. Luckily there is a hidden option in both Windows XP and Windows Vista Start Menu that will allow you to terminate and restart Explorer.exe cleanly. As... Read The Rest →
Is CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER The New CTRL+ALT+DEL On Vista?
Windows Vista’s UAC can be overly frustrating at times. There are times when a program needs to be launched with administrator privileges from the start menu, and right clicking and clicking on “Run as Administrator” just doesn’t cut it when you are in a hurry and need to get something to be done in a hurry. For example, to open Command Prompt as administrator, click Start, type cmd in the Search box and press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER. You should see the User Account Control window popping up for task elevation confirmation. Press... Read The Rest →
Get Free Official Support For Windows Vista SP1 Issues
Windows Vista SP1 has been out in the wild for some time now. Though SP1 has brought about a lot of improvements in Windows Vista, there still remain a few problems that need to be ironed out. When I first installed SP1 even though it said it installed correctly, I kept having random crashes from time to time. I reinstalled it and everything is running fine now.
Hack Attack : Launch Applications Using The Middle Mouse Button
Imagine how nice it would be if you could launch your favorite application by just clicking the middle mouse button. Well today am going to show you a simple hack that allows you to launch your favorite application at the click of a button. Before you begin, download and install WinFlog eXtreme on your Windows Vista PC. Once you are done with the installation, have a look around at the app, I’m sure you will find some interesting tweaks. But that is not what we are looking for at the... Read The Rest →
Windows Vista SP1 To Break Apps Just Like Vista Did!
You surely must have heard about the imminent arrival of Windows Vista SP1. Looks like at the grand party of the release of SP1, it is going to disappoint some apps. Yes you heard that right, SP1 will break support for some apps, just like Vista did on a larger scale when it first came out. The biggest problem that Vista had when it first came out was the large amount of software incompatibilities. Most people held back from upgrading to Vista fearing that their favorite software or app wouldn’t... Read The Rest →
Cairo – A Windows Shell Alternative
Microsoft has always been loathed for creating User Interfaces with Windows, that aren’t much effective. And in that regard OSX has always come out on top for superior UI and usability. Well Microsoft did work hard with Vista, but the Usability of Vista has only gone from bad to worst compared to Windows XP. A bunch of developers are working on a Windows Shell Replacement called Cairo, that aims to provide a superior UI and rich usability compared to OSX. Cairo has been in stealth development for quite sometime now,... Read The Rest →
