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Microsoft has just patched another critical hole in Vista that it knew about as long ago as last Christmas. The delay was similar to its lag in patching the serious (and heavily targeted) animated-cursor flaw I told you about last month. The new problem involves the way that the OS’s Client/Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS) handles error messages, and it affects …

Microsoft’s latest Blue Hat conference kicked off with talks on mobile security, hardware hacking, and Windows security tools Microsoft Corp. is once again inviting members of the hacking community into its Redmond, Washington, campus to show the software giant where it’s gone wrong. The company’s latest Blue Hat conference kicked off Wednesday with talks on mobile security, hardware hacking, Microsoft’s …

Windows Vista adalah langkah besar menuju kemunduran kebebasan anda. Biasanya, software baru memberikan kebebasan untuk melakukan sesuatu yang lebih dengan komputer anda. Vista didisain untuk membatasi apa yang dapat anda lakukan. Vista memaksakan bentuk baru dari DRM (Digital Rights Management). DRM ini lebih tepat disebut Digital Restrictions Management, karena dengan teknologi ini perusahaan besar mencoba untuk menekan kita semua, dengan …

UAC’s Goal UAC is meant to enable users to run with standard user rights, as opposed to administrative rights. Administrative rights give users the ability to read and modify any part of the operating system, including the code and data of other users—and even Windows® itself. Without administrative rights users cannot accidentally (or deliberately) modify system settings, malware can’t alter …

OK, so you’ve tried Windows XP SP2. And you hate it. You installed the update, and a can’t-live-without-it application broke into a billion pieces. Or you can’t connect to the Internet, no matter how many hoops you jump through. Now your only thought is: Out, damned SP2! Is it possible to get rid of SP2 once you’ve installed it? Or …

Early adopters of Windows Vista have had bragging rights for a few months now. They’ve been able to play with the latest and greatest operating system from Microsoft before many others have taken the leap. But they’ve also had to put up with plenty of problems and annoyances. While Vista is packed with cutting-edge technology and sports a snazzy new …

Windows are best kept transparent, Microsoft appears to have decided. This is one of the most obvious new twists to the freshly released Windows Vista operating system. But the [more] software also has lots of other snazzy surprises in store for users. While hardly a revolution, users can look forward to a collection of more-or-less helpful utilities for their computers. …

Microsoft is frequently dinged for having insecure products, with security holes and vulnerabilities. But Symantec (Quote), no friend of Microsoft, said in its latest research report that when it comes to widely-used operating systems, Microsoft is doing better overall than its leading commercial competitors. The information was a part of Symantec’s 11th Internet Security Threat Report. The report, released this …

If you use Windows, you know the story: the months pass, and your once-snappy computer becomes sluggish, unstable, or unpredictable. The natural impulse is to blame Windows itself. The phenomenon is so well known and widespread that some in the industry have even coined a term for it: “Windows rot.” The idea is that, for lack of a specific cause, …