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 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 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 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 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 Matrix Screen Saver
Whether you're a newbie or senior software engineer, you want your screen savers to look cool, and this one fits the bill. It emulates the green Matrix code you see in the movie, with characters running vertically down the black background. You can set the resolution, the speed of the falling glyphs, and other options.
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SumoDance Screen Saver
Whose life can't be uplifted by the site of rows of dancing sumo wrestlers? Life's not so bad once you get to know these guys, as rows of them dance, bounce, and stomp to a goofy tune.
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UFO Screen Saver
Watch flying saucers zoom across a virtual cityscape. To preview the screen saver, unzip both files and put them in your c:windowssystem directory. Then go to the Control Panel, click the Display icon, and select the Screen Saver tab.
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Turkey Screen Saver
Adorn your desktop with some turkeys strutting across a simple black background. As the turkeys amble across the screen, they show a little knowledge of what will become of them Thanksgiving day--making for a poignant scene of innocence the moment before all is corrupted. You can choose from one to ten turkeys; the program also offers password protection.
Note that the screen saver shows the vendor's name on your desktop, and although this brash self-promotion can seem a bit annoying, it is tolerable--especially since the program is free, and because it's seasonal, you'll probably want it on your desktop for only a short time.
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Sea Life Screen Saver
Display a variety of sea life, including jellyfish, dolphins, sand sharks, and other underwater denizens. This screen saver works best at a resolution of 800 by 600 pixels, although 640 by 480 is also supported.
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Hubble Images Screen Saver
Take your mind to the heavens every time your computer is left idle. The Hubble Images Screen Saver displays images of nebulae and celestial bodies, captured by the world-famous telescope.
There's no other information concerning the images than the names, so if you wish to learn more about spacey sights with names like "Eta Carinae" or "NGC-3603," you'll have to look elsewhere. But the full-screen NASA photographs will jettison you to places far removed from this mudane, terrestrial existence.
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3D Dissolve Screen Saver
Watch 3D objects in random sizes and colors as they spin and transform. You might not see the same morphing twice. This updated version is smaller in size and has fixed a system key bug in Windows 95B.
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Halloween Witch Screen Saver
This screen saver shows a witch flying across the night sky, dropping pumpkins. A Halloween banner also slides down the screen.
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Flying Christmas Screen Saver
Watch Santa as he flies across your screen while Christmas music plays in the background. You specify the number of Santas to display and how fast they fly. You can also choose how long the included photos display before they fade out. The registered version contains ten photos.
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3D Santa Screen Saver
This screen saver features a 3D Santa Claus performing a variety of acrobatic acts (and a few unusual stunts, too). If you have a sound card, you can listen to some accompanying effects, as well.
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Rainy Night Screen Saver
Lull yourself to sleep with this screen saver, which adds rain and the delicate sound of distant thunder to your desktop.
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Models Celebrity screen saver
Angelica Bridges, Cindy Crawford, Meg Ryan Katherine Heigl, Pamela Anderson, Stacy Keibler are just a few of the Hot Models and Celebrities included in this Babe-Packed screensaver. You can also easily configure your favorite image from this screen saver as your desktop background.
(FREE - Win 95+ / 1.31 MB Easy install/uninstall)
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Windows 7 Logon Screen Rotator
Till Windows Vista & Xp there was no support for changing Login Screen background and you have to use third party apps like logon studio for changing login screen background.
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8.6.2009 New Vista Screen Shots Hit the Web
ActiveWin has posted some
new Windows Vista screen shots of Build 5268, which is the "Interim OEM build," according to the site. We are still hearing that
5270 is what will be designated as the December Windows Vista Community Technology Preview (CTP) build, however.
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19.12.2005 Apple Confirms Touch-Screen iPod?
Apple may have slipped up and given the first public confirmation of the long-rumored touch-screen iPod. In a PDF document intended for developers discussing the iPod notes feature, the Cupertino, Calif. company references such a device.
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2.11.2006 How to Change Windows Vista Boot Screen
Some of you remember how it was possible to change the boot logo screen of Windows 95/98. I'm not sure why anyone would go into the trouble of actually doing it, but it seems that it is possible to do the same for Windows Vista.
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19.11.2007 At the Roots of Windows Blue Screen of Death
Unfortunately for Microsoft, one of the aspects of its proprietary operating system that has grown to become associated by default with the Windows brand is the Blue Screen of Death. BSOD, for short, is the result of a critical system error that will stop the operating system dead in its tracks and lead to a reboot.
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17.7.2008 Windows 7 695x boot screen revealed
Chris Holmes, Windows Enthusiast and blogger, has posted a short and somewhat blurry video of the new Windows 7 boot screen in action.
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4.12.2008 New improved Win 7 Logon screen chenger
This app will auto resize you image to fit you current screen resolution. Must be run as admin. Works great.
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19.3.2009 High quality image Vista boot screen
Some people found a way to change that black boot screen of Windows Vista RTM to a high quality one, the one that was supposed to be in before it was cut from the final version.
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19.11.2006 Microsoft Researching Split-Screen Desktop Software
New technology from Microsoft Research India in Bangalore could end the waiting game in offices with limited computers. Researchers are developing software that splits a computer screen in two halves, each side with its own operating system, desktop, applications, cursor and keyboard.
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6.5.2007 Trojan poses as Windows screen to collect data
Symantec has warned of a Trojan that has posed as a Windows activation program and duped users into entering credit card information.
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7.5.2007 Black screen of darkness to haunt Vista pirates
Microsoft Windows' infamous "blue screen of death" has become synonymous with an operating system crash or freeze, but that's nothing compared with what users of pirated copies of Vista worldwide can expect from now -- a black screen of darkness.
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12.9.2007 Microsoft: Vista's 'Black Screen of Death' Is a Hoax
Many other news sites have just picked up the original article believing that it's legit. We have already updated our original post from last night and are posting the following to correct any disinformation out there.
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12.9.2007 Enable New Boot screen in Microsoft Windows Vista Beta 2
Tired of the pathetic boot screen in current Vista builds? There is a new trick that will allow you to see what may be the new boot screen for Windows Vista.
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12.5.2006How 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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06.11.2009Enable New Boot screen in
Vista Beta 2
Tired of the pathetic boot
screen in current Vista
builds? There is a new trick
that will allow you to see
what may be the new boot
screen for Windows Vista.
This new boot screen
is still not what we have been
expecting but is a move in the
right direction compared to
the white progress bar screen
currently used.
Enable New Boot Screen:
1. Click on the
start orb and type in
"MSCONFIG" in the textbox.
2. Once the
System Configuration tool
loads, click on the Boot tab.
3. Under Boot
Options check "No GUI
Boot".
4. Hit
OK and reboot to see the new
screen
More
tweaks at source!
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12.05.2006Facebook 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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07.02.2009Lenovo to launch dual-screen Workstation at CES
Lenovo is all geared up to launch its Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds Workstation at the CES Expo this January. The most interesting thing about this
workstation is that it features a dual screen display, hence the 'ds' in its product name(short for 'dual screen'). The workstation
comes with a dual screen display - The main screen is 17 inches and the secondary screen is 10.6 inches. Lenovo is also offering users the option of
selecting the less expensive Intel Core 2 Quad Processor (2.66GHz built on the newer 45-nanometer manufacturing process) instead of the Intel Core 2
Extreme along with the dual screen display.
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21.12.2008Windows 7 695x Boot Screen Video
Chris Holmes: So last week, winfuture posted about Windows 7 build 6954 having a new boot screen. Ever since then, people have been wanting to see
exactly what this new boot screen looks like. I can tell you it looks pretty nifty. It is basically 4 animating balls that come together and form a
glowing windows flag, making for a pretty cool effect.
I recently had a chance to film this boot screen in action, so without
further ado, watch the video of the new Windows 7 boot screen...
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04.12.2008Windows 7 695x boot screen revealed
Chris Holmes, Windows Enthusiast and blogger, has posted a short and somewhat blurry video of the new Windows 7 boot screen in action. The latest
sign of changes for Windows 7 signals a departure from the Vista boot up screen. Microsoft kept the boot screen simple with Vista after asking BIOS
makers, PC makers, and video card makers to remove product advertisement screens at system boot. Microsoft created a simple boot method which it
claimed took 6 seconds off initial boot compared to the more graphical boot that it had originally planned with the Longhorn betas.
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04.12.2008New Kindle to feature a 9.7 inch screen
According to Engadget, the new Amazon Kindle DX will feature a 9.7 inch screen as opposed to the 6 inch screen on the current model. This new model is
expected to be officially announced at the Amazon Press Event on the 6th of May. Image from Engadget The bigger screen could make the new Kindle
"more newspaper and college textbook-friendly". Universities including Case Western Reserve University, Pace, Princeton, Reed, Arizona State, and
Darden School at the University of Virginia have signed up for trials to issue the new Kindles with pre-installed textbooks to college students.
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05.05.2009MS Research project solves mobile touch screen problems
A computer science
student and a developer at
Microsoft Research have
created a technique designed
to make it easier to select
items on a mobile-phone screen
with a finger and not a tiny
pointed stylus.
The development comes just
before Apple Inc.'s much
anticipated iPhone, with its
touch screen, hits the market
in June.
The
Microsoft Research project,
called Shift, automatically
displays an image on the
screen above where users place
their finger showing the area
under the users' finger. The
image is circular and includes
a small X. By toggling the tip
of the finger, users can move
the X to place it on top of
the item they want to choose.
Lifting the finger from the
screen selects the item. ..
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17.05.2007Microsoft changes browser ballot screen, testing begins
Microsoft have made changes to the browser ballot screen that will prompt users in Europe to help them make selections on which browser they would
like to use.
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08.10.2009Live 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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10.04.2009Rumor: New iPod nano to feature a Zune-like screen
According to various sources, the upcoming fourth generation iPod nanos will be returning to the rectangular style of the first and second-gen models
with a screen not too different from the Zune's. The iconic click wheel will still be present in the new model, but the screen will have a 1.5:1
aspect ratio, as seen on the iPod touch, as opposed to the 1.33:1 ratio found on the current iPod nanos and the iPod classic.
For those
unfamiliar with the Zune, the screen will be vertically oriented, meaning lists will be longer and thinner, and videos will be rotated 90 degrees, so
in order to watch a video the device has to be turned on its side. All of this means that the new iPod nano will, in fact, be larger than the previous
model in exchange for a bigger screen. There's no denying that an iPod refresh is definitely on the way, but when remains to be seen. Rumors
suggest that the new iPods will be revealed later this year.
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31.07.2008European Vista and XP to get browser ballot screen too
Microsoft has confirmed that it will be distributing a ballot screen software update to users, in Europe, of Windows XP and Windows Vista. Last week
Neowin reported that Microsoft has proposed the idea of a ballot screen to the EU. European consumers who buy a new Windows PC with Internet Explorer
set as their default browser would be shown a ‘ballot screen' from which they could, if they wished, easily install competing browsers from
the Web. If this proposal is ultimately accepted, Microsoft will ship Windows in Europe with the full functionality available in the rest of the
world.
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28.07.2009Mozilla wants Windows ballot screen changed
Last week Neowin reported that Microsoft had made changes to the Windows browser ballot screen, which will make selecting a browser for consumers much
easier. Mozilla was not happy with their placement on the browser ballot screen, and has purposed Microsoft change the screen once again, placing them
first selection. All companies need to submit final purposes before November 9 before any more changes can be made. Mozilla purposed a change today
that would change the current ordering of the browsers, currently in alphabetical order of manufacture, to order of market share, with the exception
of IE. The reordering of the browsers would place Firefox in the first slot, followed by Chrome, Opera and Safari.
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16.10.2009Fedora 11 due for release next Tuesday
Fedora 11, the next version of the popular Linux distribution, is due to be released on Tuesday next week, according to the Fedora Project website.
The new version features better performance, increased security, and several improvements. Some of the more interesting features and improvements
include a quicker startup time (no more than 20 seconds from power up to login screen, at least when first installed), ext4 being used as the
file-system by default (on Anaconda installs), as well as coming with the latest versions of GNOME or KDE. The move to ext4 as the default
file-system should mean users notice better performance overall, and the optimised startup should also result in better system performance.
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28.05.2009Nokia Touch-screen, Tactile Response Interface Coming to Symbian S60
At the Symbian Smartphone Show in London this morning, Nokia showed a video depicting a model with a screen larger than the one on its current N95,
and without its pivoting thumb controls. This model was running applications on the Symbian S60 platform using a new touch-screen interface that was
similar to Apple's iPhone in one respect, and dissimilar to it in another: It provides tactile feedback...
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17.10.2007Firefox, 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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10.12.2008Zune HD browser, UI and On Screen Keyboard hands on Videos
Engadget has posted a detailed Zune HD hands-on video, full to the brim with good looking Zune HD features - including the UI, which was previously
reported about by Neowin, and the On Screen Keyboard in action. Crunchgear is also featuring a video which shows off the browser UI. Some of the
highlights of the videos are found below: On Screen Keyboard - The typing interface in the video seems very easy to use - the onscreen keyboard
allows a lot of space and seems to work just fine with larger fingers too. Pins, History, and New - From the home screen, a quick tap on the left
icons bring you to your Pins and History.
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12.08.2009Windows 7 Tablet PC Screen Shots
Rob Bushway @
GottaBeMobile.com: Several
of us on the GottaBeMobile.com team are fortunate enough to be participating in the Windows 7 beta, and weve got some screen shots of some of the new
Tablet PC features in Windows 7. Keep in mind, a lot of this might change between now and release. There will be more coming, so stay tuned. Warner
will be filming an InkShow soon. Hit the Read More link to see the gallery of screen shots...
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29.10.2008Vista's Purple Screen of Death
We've all heard of (and, quite unfortunately, experienced) the infamous
Blue Screen of Death. Some of us who tested the earlier Windows Vista beta builds had the unique experience of trying out the
Red of Screen Death, which occurred when the bootloader
experienced an un-handled exception (we experienced more than our fair share of these during the early days of EasyBCD development!). And then
there's
Vista's Purple Screen of
Death, which few have seen.
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