• James.Random() : Windows Vista – still undecided?
  A nice 60 minute ’round-table’ discussion about SP1. Well worth the watch.
  (tags: SP1 Review )
• Slipstream Windows Vista with SP1 & Create a Bootable Vista SP1 DVD
  A tutorial on how to use vLite to create an SP1 install DVD.
  (tags: SP1 Install DVD )

A nice 60 minute ’round-table’ discussion about SP1. Well worth the watch. (more…)

A tutorial on how to use vLite to create an SP1 install DVD. (more…)

When you try to start a program that must run with elevated permissions on a Windows Vista-based computer, you may receive an error message that resembles the following:

The directory name is invalid.

This issue occurs if the following conditions are true:

• User Access Control (UAC) is enabled.
• The system Temp folder does not exist.
  Note: Typically, the system Temp folder resides in the following location

  %windir%\Temp directory

Consider the following scenario. You upgrade from the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 to the .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 1. Then, you change the input language in a text box on the Microsoft Expression Design surface to an East Asian language. In this scenario, the language does not function correctly.

Note: This problem also occurs on computers that have the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 installed.

• PWN to OWN contest happened here in Vancouver
  Apple laptop cracked on day 2 due to Safari hole, Vista cracked on day 3 due to Adobe Flash hole. Ubuntu survived uncracked.
  (tags: Apple Linux Security Crack )
• Vista Vitals: Welcome back Command Prompt!
  If you like to use command prompt, here’s some of the things you can do with it in Vista.
  (tags: Command Prompt UAC )

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You develop an application that calls the TransactNamedPipe function to request data from a remote server. You run the application on a client computer that is running Windows Vista to request lots of data from a remote server that is running Windows Vista.

When you do this, the TransactNamedPipe function returns a “success” status. However, no data is transferred to the request buffer through the named pipe.

Additionally, the application on the client computer stops responding for about two minutes when the application calls the CloseHandle function.

Apple laptop cracked on day 2 due to Safari hole, Vista cracked on day 3 due to Adobe Flash hole. Ubuntu survived uncracked. (more…)

If you like to use command prompt, here’s some of the things you can do with it in Vista. (more…)

Thankfully I don’t have any Creative hardware, I’d be pissed about this situation! (more…)