Archive for March, 2009
Hurry, Cut the Red Wire!
ZDNet reports that researchers have discovered that the Conficker worm can be detected on a computer by simply asking for it over a network. This revelation is just in time because on April 1, Conficker is supposed to go boom! This update is great, for servers and large networks, but it does not help personal computer users that much. What will help is the Microsoft Security Bulletin update MS08-067 .
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Hurry, Cut the Red Wire!
Every Gamers’ Dream - Alienware Area 51 M7700 : Area 51 m7700 – Ultimate Gaming Laptop What more could a gamer ask for in a gaming laptop? What game or 3d application do you think would not be running without a snag on the Alienware Area 51 M7700 ’s 3.8 GHz of hyper threading raw processing power provided by Intel’s Pentium 4 processor? Add Nvidia’s GeForce 7800 GTX with 256mb of dedicated memory for stunning visuals
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Alienware Area 51 M7700 | Ultimate Gaming Laptop
Alienware Area 51 7500i Have you ever tried of getting your Alienware laptops serviced? If not, did it ever occur to you that the time would eventually come for your beloved machines to get its well deserved pampering if not a complete laptop repair
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Alienware Laptop Service | Things you must know
I won’t bore you with a long tale of all the computer problems I’ve had since the cat puked all over my keyboard on Thursday. Sufficient to say that even with two other laptops, three USB sticks and an external hard drive, life has been rather difficult. Especially as I melted the original keyboard standing it in front of an infra-red lamp to dry out
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Cat causes computer chaos
If you are unable to install Adobe Flash Player due to “permissions” you more than likely need the fix listed on Adobe’s site here . The “TechNote” basically has you run Microsoft’s SubInACL tool. SubInACL works on: * Windows 2000 Professional * Windows 2000 Server * Windows 2000 Advanced Server * Windows 2000 Datacenter Server * Windows XP Professional * Windows Server 2003, Web Edition * Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition * Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition * Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition Hope this helps someone..
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Unable to install Flash due to permission issue
Here are the updates Microsoft has released today: Critical : Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (958690) This security update resolves several privately reported vulnerabilities in the Windows kernel. The most serious vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user viewed a specially crafted EMF or WMF image file from an affected system. Important : Vulnerability in SChannel Could Allow Spoofing (960225) This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Secure Channel (SChannel) security package in Windows.
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March’s Patch Tuesday