Group Policy Settings Reference Windows Vista Beta 2
This spreadsheet lists the policy settings for computer and user configurations included in the administrative template files(admx/adml) delivered with Windows Vista Beta 2 (build 5384).
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26.8.2006 Group Policy Settings Reference for Microsoft Windows Vista RC1
This spreadsheet lists the policy settings for computer and user configurations included in the administrative template files (admx/adml) delivered with Windows Vista RC1 (build 5600).
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13.9.2006 Microsoft Denies Changing Windows Vista Settings without Users' Consent
Microsoft denied that it is messing around with the settings of the Windows Vista operating systems without the users' consent.
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15.10.2007 Windows Live Safety Settings Unveiled
Microsoft on Tuesday confirmed plans to offer a new service that gives parents more control over the Internet content their children can view without supervision. Called Windows Live Safety Settings, it includes content filtering for the Web, contact list management tools for communication services, and online activity reports.
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15.3.2006 Windows Update automatically changing user settings - again
After Patch Tuesday this week (October 9), some Windows Vista users noticed something strange: Windows Update had changed their Automatic Update settings and rebooted their machines automatically without their consent.
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12.10.2007 Prevent 1.0 - Stop Unauthorized Copy, Delete, Move & Change of Settings
I am sure everyone has faced the situation where either their friends, colleagues, family member of kids renaming, deleting important files or changing settings like wallpaper, screen resolution etc. this is typical with younger sibling.
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17.9.2009 Windows 7 In Box – All Windows 7 Settings at One Place
So you have recently switched from Windows Xp to Windows 7 and finding it difficult to change simple settings like System settings, keyboard & Mouse settings, managing user accounts, starting various Windows tools etc.
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13.11.2009 How to Install Vista Language Packs MUI on all versions of Vista + video tutorial
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic, Vista Home Premium, and Vista Business versions of the Microsoft licensing restrictions can only preserve a language!
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23.9.2008 The Vista Built-in Super Administrator Account Has Survived in Vista SP1
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is designed to evolve the RTM version of the latest Windows client from Microsoft, made available in November 2006 to business customers, and in January 2007 to the general consumers.
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15.2.2008 Vista SP1 Is Out, XP SP3 Old News, the Pink Edition of Vista Is In
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is now nothing more than water under the bridge, now that the service pack was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, shipping to general users on March 18.
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27.3.2008 Tell Hasta la Vista to XP - Time to Upgrade to Vista SP1
Like it or not, this is the right time not only to upgrade to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 but also to tell hasta la vista to Windows XP.
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30.6.2008 Instant Change Vista Product ID with Vista ProductID Changer
In past we have reviewed number of application to recover product key like Product Key Finder, WinGuggle, Windows product Key Finder.
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1.11.2009 Vista SP1 RC1 Flies Past Vista RTM and Windows XP SP2
Despite the fact that Microsoft has expressed its official position regarding testing Windows Vista Service Pack 1 ahead of its finalization, there is simply too much of a hunger for the service pack.
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27.12.2007 Vista SP1 Won't Resolve the 4 GB RAM Limitation of 32-bit Windows Vista
32-bit Windows operating systems, and Windows Vista makes no exception whatsoever to this rule, are limited in terms of the amount of system memory that can be addressed to no more than 4 GB.
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4.1.2008 Vista Loader 2.1.3 - Windows Vista Activator 2008 Support SP1 with No Boot String
Vista Loader is one of the most successful Vista activation crack available to date, second only to physical modify (hardmod) the BIOS to include SLIC table to make BIOS Vista activation-compliant.
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15.5.2008 x64 Vista SP2 JPG Rendering Performance Inferior to x86 Vista SP2's
The JPG rendering process on 64-bit flavors of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 is inferior to that on the 32-bit variants of the operating system.
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10.6.2009 Microsoft to Kill the Grace Timer and OEM BIOS Windows Vista Cracks with Vista SP1
With the advent of Windows Vista, cracks also became available being designed to bypass the activation process of the operating system.
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4.12.2007 New Vista OEM Activation Hack - Vista Boot by gkend
Thanks to Steve Jobs for this article on his blog and to our forum members to clecha, Nighthief and fitterphil120 for most of the findings. One again the “Chinese” come up with a new method to trick out the Vista Activation. We have seen Softmode and VistaLoader, however “ Vista Boot by gkend” does promise even more.
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21.5.2007 Windows Vista on Super Nintendo, As Real As Vista on PSP
We're puzzled and confused... How can a console that's at least ten times less powerful than the acclaimed PSP cope with Windows Vista's requirements?
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15.8.2007 Vista RTM vs. Vista SP1 - Office 2007 benchmarking
Enough with benchmarking the OS - let’s see if Office 2007 is any faster on Vista SP1.
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26.2.2008 Microsoft Says Vista SP1 Needs to Speak the Same Language as Vista RTM
Microsoft says that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 needs to speak the same language as the RTM version of the latest Windows client. Otherwise there's no game.
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2.4.2008 Vista SP1 to Cure the Vista RTM Wow Hangover
When Windows Vista was unleashed in January 31, 2008, Microsoft was promising performance, security, innovation, all wrapped up under an umbrella of a Wow user experience.
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11.4.2008 Vista-For-Free coupon with Vista ready PC's
Microsoft and the world's leading PC vendors have reached an agreement to promote the long-awaited Vista OS by offering PC buyers worldwide a free upgrade coupon, as a way of encouraging them to buy a Vista-capable PC as early as possible, according to market sources, citing information leaked from Taiwan-based PC makers.
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11.10.2006 Can Vista SP1 help polish Vista’s tarnished image?
Call it complaining. Call it whining. The end result is the same: Windows Vista’s image is tarnished. And it’s corroding more and more rapidly as the weeks are going on. Thanks to pacpis for this news.
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21.8.2007 Vista SP1 Features the Same Sins as Windows Vista
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 comes with the same sins as Windows Vista. The service pack is not even out the door, and is already putting users at risk.
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16.1.2008 Will Vista SP1 Go Where Vista Never Went? Even with XP SP3 and Windows 7?
Throughout 2007, it became painfully clear to Microsoft that the main competitor for Windows Vista was not Apple's Mac OS X or even the open source Linux operating system but Windows XP, and, in fact, specifically XP SP2.
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1.3.2008 New Vista AutoPatcher - Vista update toolkit Alpha
Vista Update Toolkit Alpha (Windows Vista Updates Downloader) is a FREE program which downloads updates directly from Microsoft. All files are very useful with vLite!
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26.9.2008 Vista SP1 – Microsoft Could Not Have Given Less – Vista SP2 Anyone?
Microsoft had the chance to position the first service pack for Windows Vista as a panacea for the operating system, giving the platform nothing less than a fresh start and another take at the Wow.
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3.10.2007 Vista SP1 Rolling Over for Vista SP2
Vista SP1 did not do the trick for your RTM copy of the operating system? While such a scenario is highly unlikely, Microsoft is getting closer and closer to taking Windows Vista to the next level, again.
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7.12.2008 Vista SP1: Indictment of Vista 1.0?
Microsoft’s announcement that it is preparing a Vista Service Pack 1 beta in two weeks is curious on many levels. Although Microsoft delivers improvements via service packs I can’t help but consider Vista SP1 a do-over.
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30.8.2007Group Policy Settings Reference Windows Server 2008
This spreadsheet lists the policy settings for computer and user configurations included in the Administrative template files (.admx/.adml) delivered
with Windows Server 2008. The policy settings included in this spreadsheet cover Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
Professional, and Windows 2000. You can configure these policy settings when you edit Group Policy objects (GPOs).
In addition,
this spreadsheet includes the following categories of security policy settings:
- Account Policies (Password Policy, Account
Lockout Policy, and Kerberos Policy)
- Local Policies (Audit Policy, User Rights Assignment, and Security Options)
- Event Log
- Restricted Groups
- System Services
- Registry
- File System policy settings.
Note: This
does not include security settings that exist outside of the Security Settings extension (scecli.dll), such as Wireless Network extension, Public Key
Policies, or Software Restriction Policies.
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06.02.2008Controlling Group Policy Security Settings Refresh and Application
There is no question that Group Policy inside Active Directory is the most efficient and logical way to configure and maintain security for all of
your domain controllers, servers, and desktops. The question becomes how to maintain and control the application of the security settings, as well as
the refresh of settings that you make in a Group Policy object (GPO)? There are many ways to control how security settings are refreshed and
controlled, some of which are already occurring on your network now and can be tweaked if you want to go down that path. This article will go into the
different methods that are available for controlling how security settings refresh and apply from Group Policy.
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06.08.2008Optimize game settings for
performance and looks
Gaming writer Joel Durham, Jr.
explains how to configure game
settings so they fit with your
hardware configuration and
provide the perfect level of
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04.01.2006Microsoft uses green tactics to push Vista
Briony Smith: <...> In a pro-Vista move, the company commissioned a report from Info-Tech Research on the power consumption of Windows XP versus
Windows Vista, which was released today, and announced Vistas energy-efficient supremacy over XP when it comes to sleep mode. The default settings of
Vista put the system into sleep mode much faster and automatically than XP triggers its own standby mode.
Jennifer Colasanti, a
research consultant with Info-Tech Research, said that tests were run on two different laptops and two different PCs in several different states. śThe
advanced default settings had a definite impact on power consumption. If your business is running a fleet of Vista PCs, then you can reduce your
carbon emissions by half,ť she said.
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21.02.2008Windows Live Safety Settings
Unveiled
Microsoft on Tuesday confirmed
plans to offer a new service
called Windows Live Safety
Settings that gives parents
more control over the Internet
content their children can
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14.03.2006Get Ready for Windows Live
"Vegas!"
Microsoft continues to crank
out more Windows Live
services. The latest, for
which selected testers just
received invites, is a
"Family Safety Settings"
service, code-named "Vegas."
From early
information on the
LiveSide.Net site, it seems
the new Live service will be
an outgrowth of the parental
controls settings in Windows
Vista, which are known as the
"Windows Vista Family
Safety" feature.
On a related note,
Microsoft has revamped the
user interface for MSN Search,
which we believe (but are not
entirely sure) is known as
Windows Live Search these
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16.02.2006Configuring Granular Password Settings in Windows Server 2008 “ The Easy Way
Jakob H. Heidelberg: In the article series "Configuring Granular Password Settingsť (
part 1 &
part 2) we demonstrated how
to configure Granular Password Settings for individual users or global security groups in a Windows Server 2008 Active Directory environment, using
built-in methods. This article will demonstrate śThe Easy Wayť of how to handle these additional password policies in your Windows Server 2008 domain
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19.03.2008PDC 2008: Sinofsky acknowledges Vista UAC is a problem, Windows 7 adds options
Giving a nod to developers who've apparently given a lot of feedback, as well as "certain commercials," Microsoft's platform chief Steven
Sinofsky acknowledged that perhaps User Account Control in Windows Vista may have been...a little annoying. In turn, Windows 7 has additional UAC
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28.10.2008Windows Server 2008 Quality of Service Settings
We all wish we could control the network usage patterns of our networks. Imagine if you could specify which computers could use 10MBsec of a gigabit
Ethernet network, and which could use 1MBsec. Even better would be to be able to set aside or prioritize bandwidth to allocate it to necessary
applications.
All of these can be accomplished today. Many with little difficulty. Windows Server 2008 offers Quality of
Service Settings that can be implemented using group policy. This is such a nice improvement to Windows Server.
This short video segment will showcase how
the group policy settings can be made.
There is also a great article from the cable guy about the architecture of QOS in
Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista. You can read it
here.
Finally if you really want to get the technical details behind QOS then the white paper
here is
for you.
Quality of Service settings using Group Policy can be a huge benefit to your network. Have fun with these resources and
enjoy QOS.
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14.09.2007Happy first birthday Windows Vista!
365 days and 100 million licenses later, enthusiasm for a safe, reliable and engaging Windows Vista experience is high.
Since the worldwide
release of Windows Vista one year ago today, people are doing more and getting more out of their Windows experience. From pictures and videos, to
games and family safety settings, users are finding out that they can do more with Windows Vista.
We commissioned independent studies from
IPSos and NPD to explore the attitudes of users about the operating system not only in the U.S., but also in China, France, Germany, Japan, and the
UK. According to NDP, 70 percent of these users say it's an improvement over their previous operating system.
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31.01.2008Windows Vista Power Management Guide for Notebooks
Since the introduction of the Windows Vista operating system, there have been many rumours and complaints made about the way that the operating
system manages power settings and how this can impact the battery life and usage on notebook computers. Generally, Windows Vista manages power as well
as its predecessor, Windows XP, although in some configurations it can be a little more demanding on your battery.
This guide
will help you get the most out of your notebook battery when running Windows Vista.
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01.01.2008Microsoft's OneCare silently changes Automatic Updates
Microsoft Corp.'s consumer security software changes the Automatic Updates (AU) settings in Windows XP and Vista without telling users or getting
their approval, a researcher said today -- behavior that may explain recent reports of patches being installed and systems rebooting without
permission.
When Microsoft responded to new charges of silent changes last week, however, it denied that AU settings were ever
altered without user approval, and it didn't mention OneCare as a possible culprit.
Scott Dunn, an editor at the "Windows
Secrets" newsletter,
reported this
morning that OneCare silently changes AU settings as it installs. No matter what AU setting the user selected previously, OneCare's installer
quietly changes it to the fully automatic option.
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25.10.2007Hacking Firefox: The secrets of about:config
Ever since its debut, Firefox
has garnered a reputation for
being an enormously
customizable program, both
through its add-on
architecture and its internal
settings. In fact, many of
Firefox's settings aren't
exposed through the Tools >
Options menu; the only way to
change them is to edit them
manually. In this article,
we'll explore some of the
most useful Firefox settings
that you can change on your
own, and that aren't normally
available through the
program's graphical
interface.
The
closest analogy to how Firefox
manages its internal settings
is the Windows Registry. Each
setting, or preference, is
given a name and stored as a
string (text), integer
(number) or Boolean
(true/false) value. However,
Firefox doesn't keep its
settings in the registry, but
in a file called prefs.js. You
can edit prefs.js directly,
but it's often easier to
change the settings through
the browser window.
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29.05.2007Microsoft Readies Windows Live
'Vegas'
Microsoft is inviting testers
to take part in a new Windows
Live beta program called
Family Safety Settings.
Appropriately code-named
"Vegas," Family Safety
Settings extends the parental
controls in Windows through a
downloadable program. Parents
can define specifically what
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16.02.2006Creating, Saving, Sharing Themes in Windows 7
Steven Sinofsky: With Windows 7 we picked a group of settings that we believe represent the most satisfying settings to broadly personalize, and would
also provide the most robust platform that maintains application compatibility, and made those easy to change. In addition we wanted to make it easy
to package up those settings so you could save and share them. We think of this as the start of bringing robust personalization (and customization)
to a broader set of customers. Katie Frigon, a program manager on the core user experience team, authored this post.
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03.06.2009Flaw in Windows 7 and Vista could allow remote reboot
Security experts warned Tuesday that a vulnerability in Microsoft's implementation of the SMB2 protocol can be exploited via the net to crash or
reboot Windows Vista and Windows 7 systems. An exploit written in Python is already available and being tested by security experts. Initial tests by
heise security indicate the exploit enabled a remote reboot of a Vista system. However, in the test, the exploit had no apparent effect on a computer
running Windows 7. Microsoft has yet to acknowledge the issue and release an official update. The only current workaround is to close the SMB ports
by un-ticking the boxes for file and printer access in the firewall settings.
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08.09.2009SSD tests show Windows 7 beta beating Vista SP1
Windows 7 is supposed to be able to detect that a Solid State Drive (SSD) is being used, and make changes to some settings so that it can take
advantage of the technology. TweakTown has run some tests with the Patriot Warp2 128GB SSD SATA drive for both RAID 0 and single drive setups,
comparing Windows 7 beta and Windows Vista SP1. Based on the results found, the site has concluded that Windows 7 currently has a slight edge over
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19.01.2009Windows Easy Transfer for Windows XP 6.0
This software installs Windows
Easy Transfer on a Windows XP
based PC. This software is
already built into Windows
Vista, so it is not necessary
to install it on a Windows
Vista based PC.
Windows Easy
Transfer enables you to
automatically copy your files,
photos, music, email,
settings, and more to your new
Windows Vista based PC. This
makes it much easier to setup
your new computer with all
your personal data and
settings. This software
provides support for
transfering data with Easy
Transfer Cables or across a
network, external drive, or
CD/DVD.
As an alternative to
downloading, Windows Easy
Transfer can be installed from
the CD that came with your
Easy Transfer Cable, or by
following the directions in
the Windows Vista version of
Windows Easy Transfer on how
to copy the program to Windows
XP.
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12.04.2007Microsoft Bakes Windows
AntiSpyware into Vista
Microsoft has
confirmed plans to bundle
anti-spyware protection into
Windows Vista, a move that is
sure to raise eyebrows among
competitors and possibly
antitrust
regulators.
The Windows AntiSpyware
product, which currently ships
to consumers as a free
standalone application, will
be integrated into Vista, as
is indicated in the newest
beta build of Vista
distributed to technical beta
testers on
Monday.
"The core
Windows AntiSpyware
functionality gets built in,"
said Greg Sullivan, lead
Windows product manager. "For
unmanaged environments???home
and small business users???we
want to provide base-level
security
services."
The
actual anti-spyware code was
not included in the second CTP
(Community Technology Preview)
release of Vista (Build 5231),
but visual evidence was found
in the "Security Center," a
built-in feature that lets
users manage settings for
security patching, Internet
options and the embedded
firewall...
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Windows Vista Memory Tweak Guide
With every release of a new operating system come new demands and Windows Vista is by large no exception to this rule.
There are several
relevant components to the Windows memory subsystem. In this guide we will put special emphasis on the hard drive, processor and RAM, taking you
through a variety of settings to optimally configure these and hopefully end up with an overall smoother running system.
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