Tag Archives: windows Vista

Turn on or off Secure Desktop in Windows 7

By default, on Windows Vista and Windows 7, whenever you are prompted with a UAC dialog the entire screen turns dark and the computer seems to freeze completely. This is done on purpose (Not a bug) to prioritise the importance of this window. During this period, the rest of the screen is un-usable, meaning that [...]

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Windows 7 – just a big service pack?

I’ve read loads of comments all over the web and on several blogs complaining that Windows 7 is just a big service pack. Recently however I read this post by Jason Perlow over at Zdnet – http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=9367 renaming Windows 7 as Windows Fixta, and I think this is a bit un-fair! Let me explain why [...]

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Microsoft: "Don't Use Safari!"

Microsoft has warned Windows users of the dangerous Apple’s Safari for Windows flaw reported on May 15 by security researcher Nitesh Dhanjani. As per Dhanjani, the attack termed as “carpet bombing” exposes a security hole that allows downloading of potentially malicious executables on the victim’s desktop. These malicious executables run automatically as normal Windows executables. [...]

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Where's the Love for Vista?

I have recently received an e-mail newsletter from  a site http://vistanews.com/ that talks about all those people who really hate the Windows Vista OS. One of the paragraphs that i really agreed with was this one… “Where have these people been when XP came out? Have they just plain forgotten all the weeping and wailing and [...]

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