ONGC deploys Windows Vista across 18,000 computers!
Microsoft signed a deal with Oil and Natural Gas Corporatiom Ltd. to deploy Microsoft Windows Vista over 18,000 computers. This makes ONGC the largest customer of Windows Vista in Asia.
Disable Windows Vista Startup Sound (Tutorial Thursday)
If there is one thing I really don’t like to hear is any sound when I am starting up the computer. Windows Vista doesn’t allow you to customize the startup sound and you are stuck with the same version. Well, I chose to disable it.
Disable annoying Vista UAC popups (Windows Wednesday)
Long back, I covered a quick method of disabling User Access Control in Windows Vista via editing the registry. Registry editing is something for advanced users only. TweakUAC is a simple tool dedicated for this purpose.
Making Windows Vista SP1 permanent (Windows Wednesday)
Having installed Windows Vista SP1, the probablity of you removing it is rather bleak. However, when you install SP1, Vista gives you the provision of removing it, in case you choose to do so in the past. This is done, by keeping the old files that were replaced by the SP1 update.
Power Defragmenter GUI + Contig (Tool Thursday)
One thing that is required to maintain the smooth running of your operating system is the regular defragmentation of your hard drives. There are several freeware and shareware programs available for use. However, one that I have been using for a long time now is Power Defragmenter GUI.
Tip Thursday: Activate Hybrid Sleep
I came across Vista’s new Hybrid Sleep feature yesterday when I was busy. What is Hybrid sleep? Hybrid sleep is a low-power sleep state that can help protect your open programs and documents while your computer sleeps.
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Hack Windows Vista; Get Paid
Less than a month after Trend Micro discovered Vista flaws being sold off for $50,000 in the underground market by hackers, VeriSign’s iDefense Labs has placed an $8,000 bounty on remote code execution holes in Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7. This is part of its three-year old Vulnerability Contributor Program which compensates individuals who provide iDefense with advance notification of unpublished vulnerabilities and/or exploit code. 3Com’s Zero Day Initiative is a similar program.
Microsoft to release Critical MS Office Fixes today
It had to be coming. As part of its monthly patches release, Microsoft will be releasing eight security bulletins with patches for a several Windows and Office vulnerabilities. These include the patches for Microsoft Word which had remained unpatched last month.
Tip Thursday: Double-click and Shutdown Windows
Normally to shutdown Windows, you need to go to you Start Menu » Turn Off Computer » Turn Off I use my keyboard for this purpose by hitting in the shortcut keys, Windows Key followed by U and U. Carol has a tutorial on getting the same thing done by creating a Windows shortcut. You can create a Shortcut on your Desktop (read a similar tutorial) with shutdown -s -t 01 The -s issues the shutdown command and the -t 01 sets the time to one second.