Want Windows Vista Magnifier?
Microsoft announced the fact that it will open up its current hardware technologies licensing program to additional developers. According to the Redmond Company, contract manufacturers, outsourced design and manufacturing firms will be able from now on to enjoy the benefits of the U2 licensing program.
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5.6.2007 Windows 7 magnifier impractical for vision impaired people
Dan Warne has tipped us off about a "bug" in Windows 7 for vision impaired people.
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20.1.2009 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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11.10.2006Windows 7 magnifier impractical for vision impaired people
Dan Warne has tipped us off about a "bug" in Windows 7 for vision impaired people. Dr Scott Hollier of Media Access Australia wrote to APC mag to
reveal the problem. Hollier says "The bug occurs when a user tries to use the full screen Magnifier in combination with a high contrast colour
scheme. The Magnifier appears to be largely dependent on the Aero graphics engine, meaning that it works well when Aero colour themes are used.
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20.01.2009Want 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 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: 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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26.10.2006Microsoft Opens Up Hardware
Tech
Microsoft said Wednesday it
would license several of its
hardware technologies to
third-party manufacturers, as
part of a broader effort to
open up the company's
innovations to others.
Microsoft's U2, tilt wheel
and magnifier technologies
would be offered as part of
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30.03.2006IE 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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08.11.2007Run KMS on Server 2008, and which keys to use when activating Server 2008
Michael Greene: The documentation for volume activation 2.0 has been updated today for Server 2008. You can find it here:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=75674 Running KMS on
Server 2008 is functionally very similar to running it on Vista RTM. You leverage slmgr.vbs to bring the service online and then clients find
the server based on the DNS srv record. BTW, Server 2008 KMS can be run within a virtual environment.
If you want to know
which volume license keys to use when activating new machines running Server 2008, see page 19 in the Planning Guide and the
FAQ. You only need to put one key in your KMS, and it
will handle requests from both Vista and Server 2008. There are separate keys, and unique keys based on which version of server you need to
activate. Before you get excited - this is much easier to understand than it might first seem. Simply decide the "top" version
of Server 2008 you might install and then use that MKS key to activate the service on a 2008 server. All versions in groups below that version
will also activate off that key. The groups are simple...
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29.02.2008SP1 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.
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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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10.02.2008Microsoft promises the return of its Vista promotional registration site
A representative for Microsoft told Betanews Monday evening that a site intended to enable recipients of promotional copies of Windows Vista Ultimate
-- folks who are guests at Microsoft-hosted seminars and conferences, for instance -- to register and activate their copies, will be reinstated later
this week.
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27.01.2009IE 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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13.12.2007Microsoft to beef up anti-piracy checks in Vista SP1
Microsoft will change the user experience of its automatic anti-piracy checks in Windows Vista and also make it harder for hackers to bypass the
system in the first service pack for the OS due out early next year. Once Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) is installed on a PC, that computer will
no longer go into limited functionality mode if a user or administrator fails to activate Vista on that system in 30 days, or if the system fails
Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation, which checks to see if a version of Vista is pirated or counterfeit. In Vista, WGA is
called the Software Protection Program feature.
In limited functionality mode, a computer will shut down after 60 minutes and then allow
only browser use. Now, instead of going into that mode, a version of Vista that has not been activated in 30 days will start up with a black screen
and a dialogue box that gives users the choice of activating Vista now or later, said Alex Kochis, a group product manager at Microsoft.
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04.12.2007Microsoft 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 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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27.02.2008Boost to anti-piracy check in Vista SP1
Microsoft will change the user experience of its automatic anti-piracy checks in Windows Vista and also make it harder for hackers to bypass the
system in the first service pack for the OS due out early next year.
Once Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) is installed on a
PC, that computer will no longer go into limited functionality mode if a user or administrator fails to activate Vista on that system in 30 days or if
the system fails Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation, which checks to see if a version of Vista is pirated or counterfeit. In
Vista, WGA is called the Software Protection Program feature.
In limited functionality mode, a computer will shut down after 60
minutes and then allow only browser use. Now, instead of going into that mode, a version of Vista that has not been activated in 30 days will start up
with a black screen and a dialogue box that gives users the choice of activating Vista now or later, said Alex Kochis, a group product manager at
Microsoft.
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04.12.2007Vista Beta 2: Biggest download
in history
In an instant message chat,
Microsoft has told the Windows
Featured Communities that the
demand for Windows Vista Beta
2 has been overwhelming. It
is, in fact, the largest
downloaded software in
history. Currently, they are
serving product keys out ten
times faster then the
downloads can be served. In
fact, they are pumping out
bits as fast as they can - any
faster and there would be a
measurable impact on the
internet. In fact, I quote a
Microsoft representive:
"So, we are
literally saying that if we
increased our bandwidth any
further there's a possibilty
of taking down the Internet -
people might have problems
with World Cup viewing,
etc"
People
who have recieved Vista Beta 2
product keys, but are unable
to download, may need to wait
a few days, up to one week.
Microsoft encoruages users who
want to try out Windows Vista
Beta 2 to order the DVD. When
they recieve the DVD in 1-4
weeks, install it, and
activate it, they will be
automattically guaranteed an
RC1 upgrade.
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10.06.2006Activation 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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04.07.2007Workaround Discovered For "Clean Install" With Vista Upgrade
DailyTech has posted a 7-step
workaround courtesy of Paul
Thurrott (via Microsoft
internal documents) on how to
perform a clean install with a
Windows Vista Upgrade DVD. Per
Microsoft's new licensing
requirements for Vista, users
are required to install a
Windows Vista Upgrade from
within Windows XP and to make
matters worse, the Windows XP
license is forfeited. The
process may be tedious, but
few will argue when they
compare the price differences
between the upgrade and retail
versions. Here we go:
- Boot from the
Windows Vista Upgrade DVD and
start the setup
program.
- When prompted
to enter your product key, DO
NOT enter it. Click "Next"
and proceed with setup. This
will install Windows Vista as
a 30-day trial.
- When
prompted, select the edition
of Vista which you have
purchased and continue with
setup.
- Once setup has
been completed and you have
been brought to the desktop
for the first time, run the
install program from within
Windows Vista.
- This
time, type in your product key
when prompted.
- When
asked whether to perform an
Upgrade or Custom (advanced)
install, choose Custom
(advanced) to perform a clean
install of Vista. Yes, this
means that you will have to
install Vista for a second
time.
- Once setup has
completed for the second time,
you should be able to activate
Windows Vista normally. You
can also delete the
Windows.old directory which
contains information from the
first Vista
install.
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31.01.2007iTunes, activation outages are rendering new and old iPhones problematic
BetaNews correspondents in Maryland and Michigan are seeing first-hand problems as a result of significant system outages affecting both AT&T and
iTunes. Many buyers still can't activate their phones...
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11.07.2008Apple Preps Macs for iPhone
Apple released an update for
iTunes on Friday in
preparation for the iPhone.
Version 7.3 allows the user to
activate their iPhone service
through the application...
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