Recover Deleted Files or Folders in Windows Vista
The title of this article explains it all! DataRecovery is freeware and written by TOKIWA(a japanese) to undelete accidentally deleted files even from recycle bin.
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29.4.2007 Microsoft Ships Deleted Files with the Free Copies of Windows XP SP2
Despite the fact that Microsoft's business model is in no way similar to that associated with open source software, the Redmond company does offer free copies of its operating systems.
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23.1.2008 Microsoft Withdraws Private Folder App
Following an outcry from corporate customers, Microsoft is removing an add-on feature to Windows that allowed users to create password-protected folders.
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16.7.2006 Windows Registry Editor, Task Manager and Folder Options Disabled by New Infection
January 2008 comes with a new trend when talking about computer security because lots of worms, Trojan horses, viruses or other pieces of malware attempt to disable important Windows functions in order to hide their files.
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14.1.2008 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 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 - lets 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 Vistas tarnished image?
Call it complaining. Call it whining. The end result is the same: Windows Vistas image is tarnished. And its 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?
Microsofts 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 cant help but consider Vista SP1 a do-over.
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30.8.2007 Vista RTM vs. Vista SP2
We are all well aware of the limping start of Vista on the OS market. Despite the fact that its launch had been highly anticipated for a good while, contrary to all Microsoft expectations, Vista was received with great reluctance and unwillingness on the part of XP fans.
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13.12.2008 Microsoft: Vista! Vista! Vista!
Microsoft has a single generalized answer to all life's problems, but especially end user protection, and that answer is of course Windows Vista.
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14.8.2007Weird Windows Vista File/Folder Manipulation "Bug"
I think this could be considered as one of the weirder but non-critical "bugs" in both Vista RTM and Vista SP1. Thanks to Plax for the find:
1. Create a folder somewhere and put a file inside
2. Then open an Open file dialog from some application
3. Go
in the folder with the file and cut the file then rename the folder and paste the file somewhere else
4. Then you'll find out that instead
of the file a folder appeared
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12.02.2008Dell Q2 2008 Earnings Report Paints an Incomplete Picture
Yesterday's release by Dell Computer of very preliminary earnings numbers for its previous fiscal quarter may give investors at least a handful of
data to help them understand the turmoil from which it may be recovering...if it is recovering. The company doesn't appear to be hemorrhaging, and
there seems to be at least some good news. But it's hard not to keep seeing question marks and unresolved issues...
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31.08.2007Microsoft fixes bug in Windows Live file-sharing service
Microsoft confirmed it has fixed a bug in its online file storage and sharing service Windows Live FolderShare after users reported problems that the
service was deleting files without user authorization.
Microsoft sent an e-mail to users Friday alerting them that it has fixed a
bug that may have "accidentally moved" user files from their original folders into the FolderShare Trash folder, and that users should not delete
files in Trash until they ensure they were meant to be deleted. It also advised users how to retrieve deleted files from the Trash folder.
A copy of the
information sent to users has been posted on the FolderShare Web
site.
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11.12.2007Microsoft Says Thankyou! to Select Vista Testers
To everyone that took part in
the Windows Vista beta test
(as far as I know, about
20,000), only those that
submitted at least 1 bug
report will be offered a
complimentary copy of Windows
Vista Business or Ultimate.
Microsoft sent out a
mail to those testers just a
few minutes ago which
specified that it is being
offered as a download only. No
media will be mailed, and only
currently active, invited
members of the Windows Vista
technical beta program who
filed at least one bug are
receiving this offer.
Kudos to Microsoft! I'm
sure I'm not alone in saying
that they have really shown
their appreciation towards the
people that actually took the
time to submit the bugs that
were eventually worked out of
the final code, some bugs that
were submitted by beta testers
didn't make the final, among
those is the now infamous
explorer folder selection bug*
where the folder remains
selected in the tree view,
deleting a file or folder in
the folder view (right pane)
actually deletes the selection
in the tree menu!
Microsoft had already
announced that this was too
late to be included in the
signed off code and it will be
fixed with a patch update.
*Workaround =
Click on an empty area in the
right pane first before
deleting anything.
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17.11.2006Microsoft Withdraws Private
Folder App
Following a barrage of
criticism from security
experts and IT administrators,
Microsoft has withdrawn its
new Private Folder
application. The program was
introduced last week as a free
download for those who verify
their operating system as
genuine...
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15.07.2006Psystar recovering from bankruptcy, still making products
Just when we thought it was nearly over, Psystar has thrown us all a curve-ball and returned from the dead, emerging from the bankruptcy they filed
for. The news, which was reported by The Unofficial Apple Weblog, came in the form of a newsletter to Psystar's previous customers. In the
letter (which we have also included below, thanks to TUAW), they stated, "As you may already be aware in late May, Psystar filed for Chapter 11
protection. Although this was critical to our continued daily operations, we now are ready to emerge and again battle Goliath. More information will
become available in the coming days when we will be formally discharged by the Bankruptcy court.
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02.07.2009Hands on: More Vista mysteries
Several readers have been puzzled by Access denied messages when they try to open certain folders in Windows Vista Explorer or from an applications
File Open or Save dialogue. For example, complained E Jones, C:Documents and Settings is not accessible. I do not understand why access to my own
documents should be denied.
Another reader was frustrated by her inability to add shortcuts to the Send to folder. Ive been
using this since Windows 95 and very useful it is too but how the heck do I open it?
There are a number of these folders
around that cant be opened, and they are distinguished by faint folder icons with an arrow overlay. You only see them if you have both Show hidden
files and folders ticked and Hide protected operating system files unticked in Folder Options, View.
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02.11.2007Judge reverses himself, finds placing MP3s in a public folder isn't 'sharing'
An August 2007 ruling from an Arizona district court says that placing files in a folder shared over a P2P network constitutes
"dissemination." Today, the same judge, in the same trial, reversed his own reasoning...
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30.04.2008Microsoft's Private Folder
App Criticized
Microsoft's release last week
of an application that makes
it possible for those who
share a PC or account to store
files in a private folder has
been criticized for a number
of different reasons over the
past week...
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11.07.2006Patent filed for revolutionary technique to quickly recover lost passwords
ElcomSoft has discovered and filed for a US patent on a breakthrough technology that will decrease the time that it takes to perform password recovery
by a factor of up to 25. ElcomSoft has harnessed the combined power of a PC's Central Processing Unit and its video card's Graphics Processing Unit.
The resulting hardware/software powerhouse will allow cryptology professionals to build affordable PCs that will work like supercomputers when
recovering lost passwords.
Using the "brute force" technique of recovering passwords, it was possible, though time-consuming,
to recover passwords from popular applications. For example, the logon password for Windows Vista might be an eight-character string composed of
uppercase and lowercase alphabetic characters. There would about 55 trillion (52 to the eighth power) possible passwords. Windows Vista uses NTLM
hashing by default, so using a modern dual-core PC you could test up to 10,000,000 passwords per second, and perform a complete analysis in about
two months. With ElcomSoft's new technology, the process would take only three to five days, depending upon the CPU and GPU.
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23.10.2007How to Repair the Windows Vista Bootloader
There's a section of the EasyBCD documentation/user manual/wiki that contains more than just information on how to use the program. If you've
corrupted your bootloader, run into one or more bootmgr-related errors, installed Windows XP or Linux after installing Vista, or otherwise managed to
fry, crack, melt, or break the Vista bootloader, then here's how you fix it.
We've compiled information from over twos-years'
worth of experience with fixing broken bootloaders into a single guide, broken up into subsections for varying levels of damage to the bootloader. If
you can get into Windows, we advise that you download & install
EasyBCD, then follow the instructions
in this section of the guide to
repair the Vista
bootloader from within Windows.
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25.01.2008Screenshots of Latest Snow Leopard Leaked
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Sharing folders vulnerable to buffer overflow
Even though the recent webcam vulnerability in MSN/Windows Live Messenger was only just addressed, another exploitable bug has already surfaced. This
time it's a buffer overflow error that affects the Sharing folders feature in Windows Live Messenger 8.1 (and maybe other versions) running on
Windows XP.
The safety of the Sharing folder feature got questioned before, but we now have a concrete example of how it can be abused. A
Spanish security expert going by the name of Lostmon Lords has discovered that an attacker can cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS) or even execute
arbitrary code in Windows Live Messenger 8.1 by means of a specially crafted jpg, wmf, gif, ico or doc-file.
The attacker can "Create a
sharing folder" for its victim and then put the malformed file into the physical location of that folder on his hard drive (My Computer > My Sharing
Folders > victim@hotmail.com). Note that if the attacker would drag & drop the file directly into the Messenger window, his own client would crash.
Considering that the victim has accepted the sharing folder, the attacker can simply click the sharing icon to crash Windows Live Messenger, or even
Windows XP entirely when the process isn't terminated in time. The victim then needs to delete the sharing folder entirely to cease the
exploitation.
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neowin.net - 27.09.2007
Microsoft Private Folder
Released
Microsoft released today a
file encryption program,
called Microsoft Private
Folder. The way it works is
that it automatically creates
you a folder and you can add
files in it, which are
encrypted as soon as you put
them in.
The
program is part of the Windows
Genuine Advantage Offers, so
you'll need to pass the
Windows Genuine Advantage
validation before installing.
You'll need to set your
location to United States
using the scrollbar at the top
of the page. Else, the offer
won't be there.
jcxp.net - 06.07.2006
Intel CEO says PC sales recovering
jcxp.net - 15.04.2009
Vista SP1 Integration Guide
As we reported a few days ago, the latest build of Vista SP1
released to testers (6001.16633) is in the EXE standalone update format. Many of you will no doubt be wondering as to how exactly the bits can be
integrated into a Vista RTM ISO if at all possible.
There's some good news and there's also some bad news.
First of all, it must be noted that we are still unsure if the SP1 update will remain in the EXE format and that anything noted below is subject
to change. The primary reason being Microsoft's documentation for Vista Service Packs state that they will be provided in the MSU format whereas it is currently
being offered to testers in the EXE format.
Unlike previous service pack updates for older Windows OSes, Microsoft do not provide
any switches in the EXE to allow for simple integration. Part of the problem has to do with the completely different format that the Vista Setup DVD
uses where each edition of Vista is a separate index in the install.wim and that each index needs to be separately updated. While Microsoft could
implement a switch to allow the user to select which index to update or a switch to update all the indexes, it will turn out to be a very lengthy and
time-consuming process as we are talking about gigabytes of files that need to be updated/replaced, saved and recompressed. Unfortunately, Vista also
does not implement an Updates folder unlike Office 2007 where one could stick all the latest updates in the folder in the ISO and setup would pick
them up and install them...
winbeta.org - 28.08.2007
Recovering Data from Windows systems by using Linux
We have all run into cases where Windows fails to load for one reason or another. The problem may be hardware or a software failure, and the problem
may seem to be irrecoverable. Yet often Linux can be used to help recover data that otherwise might be lost. Another application of using Linux
recovery is in the creation of disk images for post-mortem analysis of security breaches. While such images are not created according to forensics
standards (which usually requires special hardware) and would not be likely to be of help in legal cases, they are helpful in internal reviews
following such incidents.
Note: The paper represents testing and documentation in a lab environment. User Account Control (UAC) is an
essential security component to Windows and Microsoft does not recommend turning off UAC in production environments.
neowin.net - 21.11.2007
Microsoft updates Live Mesh, new features announced
Microsoft has just announced an update to one of my favorite applications, Live Mesh. Today's update includes numerous bug fixes and included four
new features for the Windows version of the client. The version number is: Live Mesh for Windows: 0.9.3424.31. The new features include:Added option
to hide the Live Mesh folder shortcuts on your desktop.Live Mesh now remembers the last location used in the folder synchronization dialog.Live Mesh
News will now display the date (as well as the time) for all news items, even older ones.Curtain mode now properly supports multiple-monitor computers
running Windows Vista.
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story.....
neowin.net - 24.03.2009
Is AMD Returning to Profitability?
The old saying, essentially,
is, "From here, things can
only get better." From
where AMD was last April,
that's indeed what happened -
and perhaps that's no
surprise. Yesterday, the
company reported rising chip
shipments that led to
increased revenues and
recovering profit margins,
though still not yet near the
point of being considered
"healthy."..
betanews.com - 21.07.2007
DeluTube offers users a way to view deleted YouTube videos
DeluTube, as its name implies,
can serve up some video clips
even after YouTube has purged
them. That includes clips that
contain copyrighted music and
many clips that aren't work
safe. Delutube allows visitors
to enter the video ID (pulled
from the end of the YouTube
URL) of a deleted clip, then
attempts to retrieve the clip
from YouTube's system. Clips
are apparently not deleted
from YouTube's database at
the moment they are taken down
(or they at least persist in
YouTube's cache before being
cleared), allowing DeluTube a
chance of retrieving them. The
site also allows for the easy
downloading of the clips.
DeluTube isn't the
only service that can do such
a thing, of course, but it's
possibly the most ironic; the
site makes money serving
Google ads. The creation of
these services shows how much
demand exists for this sort of
material, and what a hard time
content owners have
controlling it. The line of
legality is very fuzzy since
the clips all come from
YouTube's servers, whether
they infringe on copyright
laws or are simply
inappropriate. Lawsuits are
undoubtedly coming, but will
they target YouTube for not
completely removing the videos
or will they target DeluTube
and other sites like it?
neowin.net - 15.03.2007
