How to login to an expired Windows
Microsoft has a neat little way to prevent software piracy of their Windows operating system.
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14.12.2006 Login with Live!
Microsoft today came a step closer to replacing their old .NET Passport system with the launch of the new Live.com login.
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29.4.2006 Easily Login to Windows XP with No Password Administrator Account Backdoor Trick
In password-protected Windows XP Home or Professional edition system, each user logs on to his or her own user name and password to have full access to the Windows computer.
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25.11.2006 Firefox, IE vulnerable to fake login pages?
Mozilla's Firefox 2 and Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 are vulnerable to a flaw that could allow attackers to steal passwords.
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23.11.2006 PC login Now - How To Change a Windows XP Limited User Account Into a Computer Administrator
One of the place that I work at has a few hundreds of computers and it is shared by students.
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12.7.2008 How to activate Windows 7 RC build 7100
You can complete installation of windows 7 by leaving product key filed blank and enjoy Windows 7 for 30 days maximum before it gets expiry. The only way to activate windows 7 Pre Beta is by using product key for Windows Vista beta or RC edition.
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1.5.2009 How to activate Windows Vista Ultimate for 180 days
Thanks to soulplane who report this crack method in
our forum. The method is very similar to the as we report about in
Next Vista 2099 Time crack. In the crack is short "SCREENSHOTs TUTORIAL".
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23.1.2007 How to Activate Windows 7 Beta 1 Build 7000 x86 and x64
How to Activateactivate windows 7 beta 1 build 7000 x86 and x64? Try this - Microsoft windows 7 activation ver 1.0 by wocarson.
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29.12.2008 Hack to Activate and Switch Window in Windows 7 By Mouse Over Hover Without Click
When there are many windows open on desktop of Windows 7, normally users will click on another window in order activate the window into front or foreground and switch to the task or window.
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19.5.2009 KMS Crack Method to Activate Windows Vista Business or Enterprise Edition
If you intend to activate Windows Vista against a KMS server (Enterprise or Business edition only), but having a hard time to find a working KMS (Key Management Service) server that is public available on the Internet, its possible to install and set up a spoofed KMS host. This tutorial is a complete guide to properly activate your Windows Vista with your own local KMS server with pre-built and pre-installed activated Windows Vista KMS as VMWare virtual appliance image, without the need to install a KMS yourself.
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13.12.2006 KMS method to activate your Vista
cnewton report this how to. Have you guys tried this. Does it actually work?
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4.12.2006 How To Activate Office 2007 Trials
Thanks to sushantvirdi for this how to. Yes after some researching i finally found a way to activate the trials offered by Microsoft on their Website....
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2.5.2007 Permanently Activate Windows Vista by Skip Activation with Patched TimerStop.sys Crack
Hackers are going all out to crack Windows Vista activation procedure which is enhanced by Software Protection Platform (SPP).
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20.12.2006 RemoveWAT or Chew-WGA Bypass Activate Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 Forever
Despite already has perfect and reliable Windows 7 activation crack based on royalty-OEM mechanism, hackers have managed to come out with a new activation crack method as an alternative to BIOS loader and OEM BIOS mod, which effectively bypass the activation requirement of the installed Windows 7 system, by removing and disabling Windows Activation Technologies (WAT).
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16.11.2009 Paradox activate + WGA for 32bit Vista
Thanks to shudogg for this post in our forum. shudogg wrote: This is the best Windows Vista Crack I have found. It is by Paradox, and some of you may have seen it in Pantheon's Vista Ultimate release.
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23.4.2007 Activate Windows 7 Pre-Beta 6801 with Vista Beta or RC Product Key without Crack
Already download and install Windows 7 Pre-Beta build 6801? You probably have to leave the product key field blank during installation in order to complete the setup of Windows 7.
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1.11.2008 Security Tab Fixer for Windows XP - Activate Security Tab Under File, Folder Property Menu
Unlike Windows Vista & Windows 7, Window XP do not show Security tab under file or folder properties dialogue box.
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28.6.2009 Windows 7 Migration Tool to Move From Windows XP to Windows 7
In past we had covered guide on upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7. Unfortunately there is no direct upgrade path from Windows Xp to Windows 7 and you have to use Windows Easy Transfer utility if you want to move your user and program files from XP to Windows 7.
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22.11.2009 Vista SP1, and then Windows 7, Windows 8 and Non-Windows Midori
2008 saw the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Server 2008, but Microsoft's journey on the Windows path is far from over.
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5.8.2008 Windows 7 RC Brings Windows XP Mode Beta and Windows Virtual PC Beta
The Release Candidate of Windows 7 will bring with it the first Beta development milestones for Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC.
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29.4.2009 Windows Reactivator 2.0 - Backup & Restore Activation Status of Windows XP with Windows Reactivator
Every time you reinstall your windows XP you need to reactivate it online using your product key & worst if you lost your Windows XP product key.
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3.6.2009 Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2
Feb 26th, 2008. Principled Technologies has released two Microsoft commissioned reports on Windows Vista SP1 performance. In these tests, Principled Technologies measured responsiveness of Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2 when performing a set of common business and home tasks.
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28.2.2008 Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9 1 Billion and Counting
Is Windows dead? Or, at least, is this the beginning of the end for Microsoft's proprietary operating system?
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15.9.2008 Week in Microsoft: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9
This week in Microsoft, we covered 128-bit support possibly coming to Windows 8 and Windows 9, Windows 7, Windows Mobile 6.5, Bill Gates, Office 2010 Starter, Microsoft MVP status, Windows Live Hotmail, the EU, and Microsoft Security Essentials.
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10.10.2009 Windows Vista Build 5231 and Windows Media Player 11 Leaks!
Windows Vista Build 5231 has leaked to the web. The new build is said to include Windows Media Player 11 included. View the screenshots below! This is a Main branch build that was released on September 12th, 2005 at 8:20PM.
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Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3: Official Release Dates
A French website, PC Inpact, has posted the official Microsoft product change request forms for Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3.
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6.2.2008 Download Free Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2 Straight from Microsoft
Via the Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image. That's right! Microsoft is offering access to free downloads of Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2.
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6.3.2008 Windows Vista SP1 outperforms Windows XP SP2 in file copy
"Its interesting that people seem to think that Vista under performs in every area of the system which is quite an incorrect perception.
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27.5.2008 Windows Fiji Has RTMd as Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008
Microsoft officially confirmed that Windows Fiji has been released to manufacturing.
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18.7.2008 Windows 7 Beta Doesn't Play Nice with Windows Azure Cloud OS Tools
The promise for Windows 7 is that it will deliver an evolution when it will come down to stretching into the Cloud compared to its precursor, Windows Vista.
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16.1.2009How the default Windows 7 wallpaper evolved
Gizmodo tracked down Chuck Anderson, the creator of Windows 7's box art, default wallpaper and login screen. In an exclusive overview of the
evolution of the Windows 7 wallpaper and login screen, the gadget lovers managed to secure some rare development shots of how Microsoft came to the
wallpaper that is now used worldwide. Chuck Anderson is a 20 something digital media artist living in the US. Both the login screen and wallpapers
took approximately four months, start to finish according to Gizmodo. They were achieved by a mix of pen and paper, wacom tablet and Photoshop.
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06.11.2009IE Automatic Component Activation (Changes to IE ActiveX Update)
Pete LePage: Back in April 2006, we made a change to how Internet Explorer handled embedded controls used on some webpages. Some sites required users
to click to activate before they could interact with the control. Microsoft has now licensed the technologies from Eolas, removing the click to
activate requirement in Internet Explorer. Because of this, we're removing the click to activate behavior from Internet Explorer!
Its important (and cool) to note that this change will require no modifications to existing webpages, and no new actions for developers creating
new pages. We are simply reverting to the old behavior. Once Internet Explorer is updated, all pages that currently require click to activate will
no longer require the control to be activated. Theyll just work.
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08.11.2007Modifying the All Users profile in Vista or Windows Server 2008
Peter Fitzsimon: Ok, so I just spend a few whistful hours trying to work out how to modify the "All Users" profile on a Windows Server 2008 system.
I wanted to add a program to run at login (e.g. in the Start Menu|Programs|Startup directory) for all users that login, but things are now a bit
different with Vista and Windows Server 2008.
I have found quite a few people asking similar questions on the Internet but no one
seems to have offered a solution that works so I thought I'd post my findings.
Firstly, for those who haven't hit this before,
the "C:Documents and Settings" directory where user profiles are stored in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 systems has changed to "C:Users"
in Vista and Windows Server 2008. (I regularly encounter XP users who have upgraded to Vista getting confused by this one)
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24.02.2008Live services hit with outage system wide
Update: All systems are back up and running Many users have been locked out of their accounts as problems with users inbox's seem to be
inaccessible by any means. The problem appears to be system wide, as Microsoft reports on Twitter, stating "@MesaPink The issue will be resolved
shortly sorry for the inconveinvce. It is system wide." Users are unable to access their inbox, as they attempt to login, they are given the error
"You don't have an inbox...yet" Some others users are reporting login problems with logging into Windows Live Messenger, giving them an error
"We can't sign you into Windows Live Messenger". As the situation develops, more users are stating problems with more and more Live services.
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10.04.2009Desktop Security: Create Custom Login Experiences With Credential Providers For Windows Vista
Credential providers in
Windows Vista allow you to
customize the logon experience
and integrate the
authentication methods that
best meet your organization's
needs. With this article,
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27.01.2007Microsoft to Lock Pirates Out of Vista
Microsoft said Wednesday that
it plans to clamp down hard on
piraters of its
next-generation operating
systems, crippling both
Windows Vista and Windows
Server "Longhorn" if
users fail to activate their
copies within 30 days...
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04.10.2006Microsoft releases activation exploit detection update
Microsoft has released an update for Windows Vista designed to detect activation exploits that bypass product activation and that interfere with usual
Windows operation. This update is tagged as KB940510.
According to Microsoft "when the update is installed, no functionality of your
operating system will be affected. If no exploits are detected, the update silently exits. If exploits are detected, you will be provided a link to a
Web site that describes how you can remove the exploits. When the exploits are removed, you may be asked to use a valid product key to activate your
copy of Windows. If you do not want to remove the exploits, Windows may disable the exploits and then ask you to use a valid product key to activate
Windows."
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27.02.2008Facebook opens up to OpenID
Facebook has stepped forward and joined OpenID with a growing number of popular web sites that have recently joined OpenID. Up till now, Facebook has
only allowed third-party developers to access user's data strictly through its own proprietary standards. OpenID allows users who have never
before been on a web site with OpenID to allow that person to login using their Facebook account, but for now Facebook hasn't released details if
they will let people login using their Facebook account details, but only mentioned they will support OpenID.
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07.02.2009IE Update to Disable "Click to Activate"
This is a preview of the update that will be available in April 2008.
If you don’t recall, in April 2006, we made a change to
how Internet Explorer handled embedded controls used on some webpages. Some sites required users to “click to activate” before they could
interact with the control. Microsoft has now licensed the technologies from Eolas Technologies inc, removing the “click to activate”
requirement in Internet Explorer.
"This change will require no modifications to existing pages, and no new actions for developers
creating new pages," LePage said in a post to Microsoft's IE blog. "We are simply reverting to the old behavior. Once Internet Explorer is
updated, all pages that currently require 'click to activate' will no longer require the control to be activated. They'll just work."
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13.12.2007Want to Test Vista? Better Act
Fast
Microsoft UK .NET platform
product manager Ian Moulster
wrote in a post to his
personal Web log that the
company will cut access to
Windows Vista Beta 2 on
Friday. He recommended that
users start their download and
activate Vista as soon as
possible...
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30.06.2006Microsoft to launch test build of IE refresh In December
Back in April 2006, we made a change to how Internet Explorer handled embedded controls used on some webpages. Some sites required users to
“click to activate” before they could interact with the control. Microsoft has now licensed the technologies from Eolas, removing the
“click to activate” requirement in Internet Explorer. Because of this, were removing the “click to activate” behavior from
Internet Explorer! It’s important (and cool) to note that this change will require no modifications to existing webpages, and no new actions for
developers creating new pages. We are simply reverting to the old behavior. Once Internet Explorer is updated, all pages that currently require
“click to activate” will no longer require the control to be activated. They’ll just work.
So you’re probably
wondering when we are going to release this update? The first chance will be with an optional preview release, called the Internet Explorer Automatic
Component Activation Preview, available in December 2007 via the Microsoft Download Center. Additionally this change will be made part of the next
pre-release versions of Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3. After giving people enough time to prepare for this change, we’ll roll this
behavior into the IE Cumulative Update in April 2008, and all customers who install the update will get the change.
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09.11.2007Microsoft: 10 Vista Activations
Spotted this over at Bit-Tech
earlier today:
"A Microsoft
spokesman... told us that
Windows Vista will not require
a system re-activation unless
the hard drive and one other
component is changed. This
means that enthusiasts will be
able to swap CPUs, memory and
graphics cards out without any
worry about having to
re-activate with MS, either on
the internet or by phone.
Should you change the
hard drive and another piece
of hardware - for example for
a major upgrade such as a
motherboard change that
requires a re-installation -
Microsoft will allow you to
re-activate up to 10 times.
You will not, however, be able
to have more than one machine
activated
concurrently."
This could pose some serious
problems for enthusiasts that
are constantly switching rigs
or components around. Although
Microsoft reserves the right
to allow more than 10
activations per copy, the
bit-tech folks believe keeping
a base 'activated' image of
Vista might save some
headaches down the road.
Update: Yes,
the article is rather vague
but does raise some
interesting issues. Most
importantly, what does
Microsoft consider a
re-activation to be? According
to the article you wont have
to 're-activate' a copy of
Vista unless you change the
hard drive and an
additional component. If I
simply reformat my existing
Vista PC and run the
activation wizard, will I have
used up one of my ten
activations?
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26.10.2006SP1 brings with it a softer, gentler, naggier WGA
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Windows Vista SP1 brings with it a new tweaked version of the WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage) anti-piracy scheme. How does
this look to the end user?
Check out the complete SP1 WGA gallery
here.
Currently Vista offers two different user experiences to those considered to be running non-genuine
installations of Vista <...> As of SP1, both these states are gone and if a system is considered to be non-genuine it will enter what I can call a nag
state. In this state users will see:
- A nag screen to activate at logon that cannot be dismissed for 15 seconds.
-
Every hour the desktop background is switched to black (it can be changed back, but after an hour its set to black again).
- Activation
dialogs and balloon dialogs appear regularly.
- Optional Windows Updates arent delivered.
So, instead of losing
functionality, the user is nagged to activate...
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10.02.2008CardSpace (InfoCard) and Live ID
Running Windows Vista? Noticed
the Windows CardSpace applet
in the Vista control panel but
not sure what its for? That
may soon change if Windows
Live ID provides CardSpace
integration.
Formerly
called InfoCard, CardSpace
integration with Windows Live
was discussed back in March
2006 when Live ID was first
emerging as the updated
Microsoft Passport. To put it
as simply as possible,
CardSpace allows you to
securely store multiple
identies on your PC, and use
them online when required.
This eliminates the need to
enter a password when you want
to identify yourself to a web
service - instead you choose
the identity you wish to send
from your PC. This helps
protect the user from phishing
scams and keyloggers, which
for more important services
like online banking, helps
reduce the risk of identity
theft.
So how would
this work for Live ID? Testers
of the in-beta Windows Live ID
authentication services SDK
(which allows users to log
into 3rd party sites with
their Live ID) are currently
able to create a
custom
signin page on the Windows
Live ID test servers. This
login page presents the user
with the existing option to
sign in with a Live ID, or the
alternative - to sign in using
CardSpace.
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03.07.2007Linux integration components for Hyper-V RC now available
The virtualization team is pleased to announce the release of the Linux Integration Components for Hyper-V RC! These components provide compatibility
with the recent Hyper-V RC release. You can obtain the Linux Integration Components via the Microsoft Connect site. Cheers, -Jeff
Integration Components for Linux available through connect.microsoft.com:
1. Login to
https://connect.microsoft.com/default.aspx 2. Click on
Activity in All Connections Since Your Last Login in the left panel.
3. Review the available programs and apply for the Linux
Integration Components for Microsoft Hyper-V.
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02.04.2008Activation problems delay sales during iPhone 3G premiere
Customers at Apple Stores across the country were told to wait, as it appeared that Apple's iTunes system it is using to activate the iPhones on
AT&Ts network crashed...
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11.07.2008DVD Jon Activates iPhone
Jon Johansen (DVD Jon) has
posted a
method that allows users to
take a new iPhone and activate
it without connecting to AT&T
servers or supplying any
personal information.
The method allows users
take an iPhone and activate it
to allow iPod and Wifi
functionality, but without
signing up for mobile
telephone service with AT&T.
This has also be
accomplished by
cancelling
the AT&T service in the
first few days after
activation.
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04.07.2007Firefox, IE vulnerable to fake login pages?
Mozilla's Firefox 2 and
Microsoft's Internet Explorer
7 are vulnerable to a flaw
that could allow attackers to
steal passwords.
Dubbed a reverse cross-site
request, or RCSR,
vulnerability by its
discoverer, Robert Chapin, the
flaw lets hackers compromise
users' passwords and
usernames by presenting them
with a fake login form.
Firefox Password Manager will
automatically enter any saved
passwords and usernames into
the form.
The data
is then automatically sent to
an attacker's computer
without the user's knowledge,
according to the Chapin
Information Services site.
An exploit for this
flaw has already been seen on
social-networking site
MySpace.com, and it could
affect anyone using a blog or
forum that allows
user-generated HTML code to be
added, according to Chapin.
"Users of both
Firefox and Internet Explorer
need to be aware that their
information can be stolen in
this way when visiting blog
and forum Web sites at trusted
addresses," Chapin said.
According to security
company Netcraft, which
discovered the exploit being
used on MySpace, a fraudulent
login page was hosted on the
company's own servers.
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23.11.2006MySpace falls into Google's OpenID arms
Social-networking drama continues this week as MySpace plights its open-identification troth to Google Friend Connect. It also announced a name change
for its own universal-login system...
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10.12.2008Microsoft Releases WGA Bypass Tool to OEMs
With the introduction of
Windows Genuine Advantage
(WGA), a computer must be
validated as genuine prior to
receiving security patches
from Windows Update. Windows
must first be activated for
the validation tool to run,
however most system builders
do not activate computers on
behalf of the end user. This
poses a problem for system
builders who want to sell
systems pre-patched with
updates but not enable
automatic updates.
The
System
Builder Bypass tool
(sbbypass.exe) will allow
system builders to download
and install critical updates
on new PCs without the
requirement to activate or
validate. Download the System
Builder Bypass tool. Need to
be member of OEM system
builder site.
The
System Builder Bypass tool is
to be used to assist system
builders with building a new
PC, and thus requires sysprep
to be running in factory mode.
An internet connection is
required to download critical
updates.
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