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Jul
07


Worms – Viruses And Internet

Computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and spyware applications are flooding the worlds networks. Youre nuts to use a PC without an antivirus tool, but that alone isnt enough. Antivirus programs cant detect a new virus until it is already on the loose. That leaves your system vulnerable for the hours or even days it takes your antivirus vendor to deliver an update. Fortunately, you can help stop the nastiest viruses in their tracks–even before anyone knows about them

 

 During the past month, the Lab’s virus wall has been Blaster-ed, hit by a worm that was SoBig, and visited by old acquaintances with such names as Klez, Bugbear and Sluter. Rumors of more nasties to come continued to circulate.

While each virus or worm appears to pose an individual threat to Lab computers, the real threat is the Internet itself, Computer Protection Program Manager Jim Rothfuss told members of the Computing and Communications Services Advisory Committee (CSAC) at their September meeting.


“The fundamental problem is that the Internet is the threat – the emergency is continuous,” Rothfuss said. “As a result, our protection must be continuous, not just as a response to the crisis of the week.”


As each new worm or virus appears, some of the earlier ones fall off the screen, he said. Such viruses as Code Red, Code Red 2, Nimda, Slammer and others may not be in the news, but they are still out there, scanning for vulnerabilities and attacking whenever the opportunity presents itself.


The recent spread of the SoBig.F worm was the fastest ever, infecting more than a million computers around the world in just a few days. Because of the Lab’s vigilance in maintaining its Virus Wall, only two infections were reported here – out of the 250,000 SoBig.F-infected messages aimed at LBNL.


Once a computer becomes infected, it needs to be taken off the network, have the virus removed, antivirus software updated and the security patches applied. However, because such worms and viruses spread so quickly, if the user attempts to reconnect to a network to download the patches, the machine can get infected again before the patch can be downloaded. To prevent this, the Computer Protection Program has established a procedure called “DHCP Jail,” where vulnerable computers are put in solitary confinement (in other words, cut off from the network), until the vulnerability is fixed. The owner may need to call the Help Desk (x4357) and pay for the Mac/PC Support Group to install patches or have a friend download the patches onto a CD for them.


Such measures are necessary because of the damage an unprotected computer can inflict on other LBNL systems. In the case of the Blaster worm, an infected computer was attached to the Lab network and 76 computers were infected. Subnetworks had to be blocked within the Lab to stop the spread. Cleaning up the cybermess afterward was one of the most costly computer security incidents the Lab has ever had, Rothfuss said.




Security Tips: Keep Viruses, Worms, and Spyware Off Your PC


Patch that system, private! Its time to bust out the old drill-sergeant voice, because anyone who doesnt follow this simple instruction is going to have to drop and give me 50 knuckle push-ups. Okay, everyone repeat after me, “Unpatched systems are the devils spawn.”

Enable Automatic Updates: In Windows XP, right-click My Computer, choose Properties, Automatic Updates, and make sure that Keep my computer up to date is checked. (See this months Internet Tips for more on Automatic Updates.) Once a month (preferably just after Microsoft announces its latest security fixes), visit windowsupdate.microsoft.com, let the site scan your system, and then download anything labeled Critical. Every month, no exceptions–got it?

Turn off scripting behaviors in Internet Explorer: Many worms and viruses spread through Web page scripts (commands in the page that push the worm out to anyone who opens it in IE). Other browsers dont have this problem, but if you cant or simply wont change to Opera, Mozilla, or another browser, you must alter IEs scripting settings to block the threat.


In IE, click Tools, Internet Options, Security. Choose the Earth icon under Select a Web content zone, and click Custom Level. The settings in the dialog have three options: Disable, Enable, and Prompt. Enabling everything is asking for trouble, but being prompted every time a script or ActiveX control wants to run will drive you batty. In any event, disable Download unsigned ActiveX controls, Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe, Active scripting, and Scripting of Java applets (see FIGURE 1 ). Set Java permissions to High Safety.


With scripts disabled, many of your favorite Web sites may not open. Also, your company intranet or Web mail service may require scripting. If so, add the URLs for these sites and services to IEs Trusted Sites list. Open IE and click Tools, Internet Options, Security. Select the Trusted Sites icon, click Sites, and then enter the URLs one at a time. Uncheck Require server verification (https:) for all sites in this zone, and click OK (see FIGURE 2 ).

Control what starts up with Windows: Many worms place a reference to themselves in a portion of the Windows Registry that defines what programs start up with Windows. The TeaTimer applet that comes bundled with Spybot Search & Destroy 1.3 and with WinPatrol can control what gets added to this list. TeaTimer asks you to verify any program that seeks to be added to that list. Spybot and WinPatrol are free, so why not use both?


Use a software and a hardware firewall: If you have broadband Internet service–even if you have Zone Labs free ZoneAlarm or some other software firewall active on your PC–you cant be too safe. Belkin, D-Link, Linksys, and other vendors sell inexpensive broadband gateways that bounce back worm attacks that otherwise would reach your computer.


Proactive Malware Prevention With Qwik-Fix


In early tests, PivXs Qwik-Fix Pro was successful in preventing malicious scripted Web pages from forcing Internet Explorer to load worms or spyware. The tool provides stopgap protection so that your system doesnt get infected while youre trying to download patches. Qwik-Fix Pro is free for noncommercial use, and businesses should be able to buy the corporate version by the time you read this.


Andrew Brandt is a senior associate editor for PC World and the author of the monthly Privacy Watch column.

Jul
07

On my previous post, I have introduced you to 3 best free Windows hardware drivers backup utilities that backup and restore your Windows hardware drivers quickly and easily. This utility is a life saver during the re-installation of your Windows where you can restore Windows drivers with just a few mouse clicks. But before you can backup the hardware drivers, you have to check the Windows Device Manager ( Right-click My Computer, click Properties, go to Hardware tab and click the Device Manager button ) to confirm that all your hardware drivers are working properly. There should not be any label with yellow question mark in your Windows Device Manager. 

If there is any label with yellow question mark, in most cases labeled as Unknown Devices, you need to install the right drivers before you can backup the drivers. You can install the drivers from your vendor Driver CD or search for drivers in the manufacturer’s website. But what if you have lost the Driver CD or you have no idea who is the manufacturer of the hardware device? In Windows Vista, you probably can get the right driver for your hardware device via the Windows Update but there is no guarantee because not all device drivers are available in the Windows database
Well, don’t worry. I am a former part-time technician at a computer shop and I have installed Windows OS more than you do. Even without Driver CD, I can find the correct drivers for almost any hardware devices. How I did it and how can you do the same too? Well, here are 3 best and free methods to find the correct drivers for unknown hardware devices in Windows XP and Vista
Full list after the jump. 
  

1. Driver Max

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Driver Max is not just the best free Windows hardware drivers backup utility, but it can do more than just backup and restore Windows drivers. Driver Max allows you to quickly check for updates for your drivers and identify unknown hardware devices on your computer. However, to get access to these two features, driver updates and unknown hardware identification, require you to first register an account at Driver Max. Don’t worry, it’s free! 
On the main window of Driver Max, click the “Identify Unknown Hardware” button. Driver Max will start looking for relevant drivers of the unknown hardware devices in its database and returns a list of matching drivers. You can download and install the drivers using Driver Max. Quick and easy! 
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2. Unknown Device Identifier

Unknown Device Identifier enables you to identify the yellow question mark labeled Unknown Devices in Device Manager and reports you with a detailed summary for the manufacturer name, OEM name, device type, device model and even the exact name of the unknown devices. With the collected information, you can contact your hardware manufacturer for support or search the Internet for the corresponding driver with just a simple click
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3. Look in PCI Database

If you failed to find the correct device drivers using the first two methods, then only use this a bit tedious method, learnt it from Instant Fundas. For your information, every hardware device has a Vendor and Device id associated with it. If you can find this ID, you can find the manufacturer or vendor of the corresponding device. In Windows, it’s easy to find the vendor and device id. 

  1. Open Device Manager (Right-click My Computer>Properties>Hardware>Device Manager)
  2. The hardware whose drivers are missing will appear as Unknown device, so it’s easier to locate the device.
  3. Right click on the unknown device and click on Properties.
  4. Under the Properties window click on Details tab and select Device Instance Id from the drop down box.
  5. You should see a code similar to this
    PCIVEN_8086&DEV_27DC&SUBSYS_30868086&REV_014&1E46F438&0&40F0
  • The portion of the code highlighted in RED is the Vendor ID and the portion highlighted in GREEN is the Device ID. In this example:
    Vendor ID = 8086
    Device ID = 27DC
  • Once you have obtained both the IDs, proceed to PCI Database. There you can either search for the vendor from the vendor ID or directly get information about the device along with the vendor name by searching with the device ID.
  • After you find out the information about the device and the manufacturer of the device, you can visit the manufacturer’s website and download the corresponding device drivers
    So, who said finding drivers for unknown devices in your Windows is difficult?

    Jul
    07

    When Windows XP Embedded first started shipping, it was leaps and bounds better then original Windows NT Embedded. All the new PC technologies such as USB, IEEE 1394, multimedia, plug-n-play technologies, and ACPI were supported. The tools and database were improved. Many Embedded Enabling Features (EEF) were carried over and improved: the new Enhanced Write Filter could be disabled, system message interception and error reporting were enabled with a few registry keys, headless support was improved so a monitor, keyboard, and mouse could be added, CD-ROM boot support was carried over, a new cloning method was integrated to address the new First Boot Agent (FBA), and the various TCP/IP remote management solutions were brought over.

    Noticed I said TCP/IP remote management features. There was one popular Windows NT Embedded feature that was left behind. A recent newsgroup poster reminded me that Serial Console Administration (SCA) was not part of XP Embedded. I first noticed this missing feature when I received my first copy of XP Embedded. I made a feeble attempt to take NT Embeddeds SCA and run it on XP Embedded. The results were not encouraging. Seeking wise council, I talked with my good friend Jon Fincher at Microsoft. Telnet server was updated for functional and possible security fixes, but we didn’t come-up with a quick solution or answer for SCA. There were other new features of XPe I wanted to explore first, so I shelved SCA as a task to perform later. Later turned into a couple years.

    The recent newsgroup poster brought the issue back to life. The newsgroup poster had a headless system that requires a static TCP/IP address to be set. SCA would serve as a nice solution to access the system and change the TCP/IP address at the command prompt. My suggestion to the newsgroup poster was to try taking the old NTe Serial Consol Administration and getting it working with XPe. The newsgroup poster took the advice. They built an XPe image and got SCA working by copying over the SCA files and replacing XPe’s Telnet Server with NTe’s telnet support. As a result, their system supported both Telnet and SCA.

    I had to attempt this solution myself, so I can have some closure on my early attempt. My extreme embedded thinking wants to go to the simplest solution and support systems that don’t even have a network card, which is an ideal solution for anyone wanting a method to administrate their stand alone XPe system.

    CAUTION
    Before we proceed, please note: Using serial remote administration is not technically supported by Microsoft. Use this solution at your own risk!








    Part 2 — Developing the Solution




    First, I verified what the newsgroup poster found by replacing telnet server and copying over SCA, and the solution worked. Replacing the telnet files and adding cmdrmt.exe post FBA is an okay method, but I prefer to just simply add an XPe component whenever possible. The following sections discuss the method and process I used to create an SLD and component for NTe’s SCA.

    Test Setup — Null Modem and HyperTerminal

    First, I needed to make sure my test setup for SCA was working, which meant I had to build an NTe image with SCA. I dusted off my old copy of NT Embedded, took my Windows NT Embedded Step-B-Step book off the shelf, found Windows NT Workstation 4.0, and was lucky to find the latest Service Pack for NT 4.0 at msdn.microsoft.com. After setting up an NT 4.0 development system and building an NTe image, the test setup was up and running. HyperTerminal was used to establish a serial connection over a NULL-modem cable to the NTe target.

    File and Registry Resources

    Like XPe, NTes components consisted of files, registry keys, and dependencies. The files for Serial Console Administrations components consisted of the following:

    • Cmdrmt.exe — is the serial remote administration application

    • Rz.exe — is a Z-modem receive file transfer application. (See Appendix A for more information)

    • Sz.exe — is a Z-modem send file transfer application. (See Appendix A for more information)



    Files View for the Serial Consol Administration in NT Embedded’s Target Designer

    The files needed from NTes Telnet are: login.cmd, termcap, tlntsess.exe, tlntsvr.exe, and tlntsvrps.exe. When you use the SLD, you will need to extract the component from the NTe CD. NTe is still available from Microsoft distributors.

    One good thing from the old NTe days, as you can see in the picture below, viewing the registry in NTe is much simpler than XPe. Unfortunately, you cannot copy and paste the registry key paths text as easily.



    Registry view for Serial Console Administration in NT Embedded

    The challenge was to capture the NTe keys to put into an XPe component. The NTe image I built included REGEDIT.exe. Using NTes SCA and Telnet components as a guide, I exported the different registry branches for SCA and Telnet from within my running NTe image to several .REG files. I had to change the header in each of the .REG files to reflect Regedit version 5.00, so XPe’s Component Designer would import the .REG file appropriately.

    The SCA component in NTe had a properties dialog that allowed you to change the setup or registry keys via a dialog interface. These setup dialogs were known as Target Designer Extensions (TDX) in NTe. You could create your own TDX in NTe, but in XPe we are not so fortunate. We can only change the registry key values when the component has been added to a configuration within Target Designer. Of course you can preset the values in the component before the component is added to the database. The pictures below show the different tabs of the SCA properties page. The following table relates the properties to the registry key:



    Serial Console Administrations Property Settings
    (Click image for larger view)



    Table: Serial Console Administration Parameters





























































    Tab

    Parameter

    Selectable
    Options

    Corresponding Registry Key
    Serial Port
    Settings
    Port number 1 thru 255 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMControlSet001
    ServicescmdrmtParametersCommandParameters

    COM1: Baud=115200 PARITY=n DATA=8 STOP=1
    Baud rate 9600
    14400
    19200
    38400
    57600
    115200
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMControlSet001
    ServicescmdrmtParametersCommandParameters

    COM1: Baud=115200 PARITY=n DATA=8 STOP=1
    Data bits 7 or 8 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMControlSet001
    ServicescmdrmtParametersCommandParameters

    COM1: Baud=115200 PARITY=n DATA=8 STOP=1
    Parity Even
    Odd
    None
    Mark
    Space
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMControlSet001
    ServicescmdrmtParametersCommandParameters

    COM1: Baud=115200 PARITY=n DATA=8 STOP=1
    Stop bits 1 or 2 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMControlSet001
    ServicescmdrmtParametersCommandParameters

    COM1: Baud=115200 PARITY=n DATA=8 STOP=1
    Auto
    Login
    Settings
    Use Default
    Domain
    NA HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMControlSet001
    ServicescmdrmtParametersDomain
    Use Default
    User Name
    NA HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMControlSet001
    ServicescmdrmtParametersUserName
    Use Default
    Password
    NA HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMControlSet001
    ServicescmdrmtParametersPassword
    Number of failed
    logons
    NA HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMControlSet001
    ServicescmdrmtParametersMaxLogons
    Session
    Settings
    Default Shell NA HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoft
    TelnetServer1.0DefaultShell
    Login Script NA HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoft
    TelnetServer1.0LoginScript
    Terminal
    Emulation
    ANSI
    Custom
    VT100
    VT52
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoft
    TelnetServer1.0TerminalEmulation
    Terminal Size
    Columns
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoft
    TelnetServer1.0Columns
    Terminal Size
    Rows
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoft
    TelnetServer1.0Rows
    Alt Key
    Mappings
    1 or 2 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoft
    TelnetServer1.0AltKeyMapping


    Component Dependencies

    I knew that the XPe SCA component was going to require some dependencies on other components. Using NTe as a first step, what were SCA’s dependencies in NTe? When the SCA component is added in NTe, three components are automatically added to the configuration:


    • Console Administration Common, which includes the files login.cmd, termcap, tlntsess.exe.

    • Event Logging — The registry keys point to the event logs.

    • Windows NT Command Prompt — CMD.EXE or in XPe this is known as CMD Windows Command Processor component.


    Adding the Serial Console Administration component in NT Embedded

    Based on NTe’s component relationships, what are the dependencies for the XPe SCA component? We know that the SCA component is going to have dependencies on CMD Windows Command Processor and Event Log components. Because this is serial port administration, the Communications Port component is a logical dependency. If you have a unique serial card that requires a special driver, you will have to add the component separately and extablish the dependency. XPes Telnet Server component is going to be a “conflict” with this component since the XPe and NTe Telnet component files are going to conflict with each other. Finally running Dependency Walker on cmdrmt.exe yields four component dependencies: Microsoft Visual C++ Primitive: Ntdll, Primitive: Ntlsapi, and Primitive Rundll32.

    I found the files, registry, and resource. The next step was to create and test the component. The SLD that is separate from this document is the result. You can download the SLD from my website. Now, all I needed to do was test the component in an XPe image.



    Part 3 — Testing the Component




    As I mentioned earlier, I want to test the extreme case, so the SCA component will work with almost any configuration. The XPe test image will have Minlogon, Command Shell, and a serial port. Networking and multimedia components will not be in the image. A target PC and a host will be connected via a Null modem cable.

    Note: the following was tested with Windows XP Embedded SP2.

    Building and Deploying the Image

    1. Make sure that you have the NTe files for Cmdrmt.exe, Rz.exe, Sz.exe, login.cmd, termcap, tlntsess.exe, tlntsvr.exe, and tlntsvrps.exe. You can get NTe from a Microsoft distributor.

    2. The SLD is setup so the SLD is a directory level above a subdirectory called “Files”. This subdirectory must contain the files listed in step 1 in order to successfully import and test the component. Create the “Files” subdirectory and copy the files in step 1 into the subdirectory.

    3. Using Component Database Manager, import the SLD into the database.

    4. Close Component Database manager.

    5. Open Target Designer.

    6. Create a new Configuration called XPESCA.

    7. Add the following components to the configuration:

      • MinLogon Sample Macro

        • Make sure all selections under settings are checked.

      • Serial Console Administration

      • PnP (User-mode) — required to access the COM port.

    8. Run a Dependency Check.

    9. A password is needed for SCA to login. Modify the Administrator Account component, and add password as the password for the Administrator account



      Advanced Settings for Administrator Account component

    10. Using the SCA Parameter table in section 2.2, modify or note the connection settings for baud, parity, data bits, etc. for the SCA component.

    11. Run Dependency Check again.

    12. Build the image. The image should be around 55MB in size.

    13. Download the image to your target system.

    14. Boot the target system so the image runs through FBA.
    Testing the Connection

    1. Connect a Null modem cable between your target machine and a machine that runs HyperTerminal.

    2. Once FBA completes on the target, start a HyperTerminal session on the host machine.

    3. Create a new connection for you development machines COM port. If you have not done so already.

    4. In Windows XP, the terminal setup is defaulted to ANSIW and VT100 terminal. By Default SCA is set for ANSI. Change the setting from ANSIW to ANSI. This should change the terminal from VT100 to ANSI.

    5. Make sure that the baud, parity, etc. are correct, and make a connection.

    6. You may have to hit return a couple times to get a sign-on prompt.

    7. Enter the Administrator for the User and password for the Password. The Domain is left blank, just hit Enter.


      Logging into Serial Console Administration

      Note: Scroll Lock must be disabled to use HyperTerminal or the screen will not scroll up to present a log-on banner.


    8. A sign-on banner appears, you can now perform basic command line operations such as setting and checking the TCP/IP address.



      Signed in


    9. Now, lets use RZ and SZ to send files back and forth. In the SCA console, create a new directory called test. (c:>cd test)

    10. Start the RZ.EXE program, to receive a file from the host and place the file in the new test directory:

      C:>rz /dtest

    11. In HyperTerminal, select Transfer->Send from the menu.

    12. In the Send File dialog, Browse to a file to send, and send the file. A transfer dialog appears indicating the status of the transfer. When the transfer completes, the c:> prompt will re-appear.



      Sending a File


    13. Now let’s send a file from the target to the host. Using SZ.EXE send the same file back to the host:

      C:>sz /sc: estfilename

    14. The transfer operation and dialog in HyperTerminal automatically starts. The file gets downloaded to your user account under c:Documents and Settings.



      Receiving a File


    15. Disconnect when finished

    16. Close HyperTerminal
    Since a Telnet server is also in the image, you can also connect to the target via a TCP/IP Telnet session. There might be some security issues since the Telnet server is an older version. You can use XPe’s security setups to prevent access to the Telnet server if you don’t need Telnet access.



    Appendix — File Transfer Utilities




    Receive File — RZ.EXE

    Rz.exe has many options. A brief description follows ([] indicates default values):




























    Parameter

    Description
    /fFileName [ReceivedFileName] Receive file name (can include a full path).
    No Space between the f and the file name.
    /dDirectory [Current Directory] Directory to send the file too
    /xEscapeControlCodes : + or [-] Specify whether binary chars will
    be sent within the ZMODEM stream
    /oOverWrite :
      NEVER
      NEWER
      APPEND
      [ALWAYS]
      REN_DATE
      REN_SEQ
    Specify the file overwrite behavior for RZ to use:
    /tUseDateTime : [+] or - If FileName is specified then UseDateTime is [-] by defualt
    /pSavePartial : [+] or -
    /uUseDirectory : + or [-] If FileName or CreateDirectory are specified
    then UseDirectory is [+] by defualt
    /cCreateDirectory : [+] or -

    Send File — SZ.EXE

    Sz.exe has many options. A brief description follows ([] indicates default values):





























    Parameter

    Description
    /sSourceFileName Source file name (can include a full path).
    No Space between the s and the file name.
    /tTargetFileName
    [SourceFileName]
    Name of the sent file on host
    (HyperTerminal will ignore the path)
    /xEscapeControlCodes : + or [-] Specify whether binary chars will be
    sent within the ZMODEM stream
    /cCrcType: [32] or 16] Specify the type of CRC used for transfer
    (32 bit or 16 bit CRC)
    /oOverWrite Specify the file overwrite behavior
    for HyperTerminal to use
    /iIncludePath : [+] or – Specify if path is to be sent to HyperTerminal
    (HyperTerminal will ignore path information)
    /eEolConvert: + or [-] Specify if Eol characters are to be
    converted before being sent.
    /mXferMethod :
    WINDOW or [STREAMING]
    Specify the transfer method of data packets
    (STREAMING has better throughput
    but WINDOW is better for noisy lines)



    Resources




    Windows NT Embedded Step-By-Step, Sean D. Liming, Annabooks, 2000, San Diego, ISBN: 0-929392-68-X

    Jul
    07

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    Jul
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    In past years, Hivelocity has garnered placement on Inc. Magazines annual list of fastest growing companies in America. With a three year growth rate of nearly 200% Hivelocity came in at #1834, which ranks as the 6th fastest growing IT Company in Florida. Hivelocity attributes its growth and success to its ability to provide the latest in server technology at a fraction of what the competition charges while consistently remaining atop their 99.9% network uptime guarantee. Hivelocitys most recent server line includes Intels latest generation of Quad-Core Xeon Harpertown processors. According to WebHostingStuffs objective network uptime tracker, Hivelocity has been very reliable with a 99.98% uptime record over several years. With its new line of energy efficient and cooler running servers Hivelocitys operating costs are sure to decrease which should result in even lower server pricing down the road.

    Since 2001, Hivelocity has offered 99.9 percent network uptime, specializing in dedicated web hosting and co-location, providing services to thousands of customers from all over the world.

    Jul
    07

    Yamicsoft WinXP Manager v6.0.2 | 6.1 MB -=RS.COM=-

    WinXP Manager is a tool for setting, optimizing, diagnosing and tweaking Windows XP. It includes more than 28 different tools that will let you teak and optimize your system. You can tweak memory and CPU settings, customize IE settings, find and remove junk files, check and repair your registry, control startup programs, optimize your connection speed, validate your Favorites and much more. It also includes an Auto-Optimization option, that allows less experienced users to easily optimize certain settings, using a wizard. The interface is easy to use and all available options are categorized into sections. Includes basic documentation and an annoying nag screen that pops up every few minutes

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    Jul
    07

    Features,overview and updates of Windows 7 Black Edition 2009 R1 Beta:


    * New Windows Sounds
    * Codings and scripts are updated from previous Ultimate Versions (This option is available only in Rockers Team Customized windows and not available in any other customized OS)
    * More Stable and Reliable
    * UAC Disabled
    * New Look for Windows Media Player
    * Added New User Account Pictures
    * New look for Superbar Theme (Default)
    * New Shortcut Arrows
    * Show extensions for known file types
    * Enabled IE Phishing Filter
    * User Account 2 on Control Panel
    * MP3 Corruption fixed
    * Low Memory consumption
    * Extra 3rd Party themes
    * Enabled Glass Effect without a supported card
    * Windows will tell you exactly what it is doing when it is shutting down or is booting
    * Added command prompt to right click context menu
    * Enabled addition Avalon effects
    * Disabled Tool Tips
    * Get rid of the Windows Mail splash screen
    * Enabled ClearType Tuning
    * Added Copy to Folder , Move to Folder , Open with Notepad to right click context
    * Disabled Windows Media Player AutoUpdates
    * Menu bars and window frames opaque
    * Enabled slow-motion window effects
    * Added “Advanced System Properties” in my Computer
    * Added Control Panel to my Computer
    * Faster browsing with IE
    * DEP execution enabled
    * Guys Search
    * Take Ownership, Device manager, Group policy, Registry Editor in the right click
    * Fully Automated setup you need to choose language and partition only.
    * Removed Windows Defender
    * New logon screen.
    * Patched uxtheme files to use 3rd party themes.
    * Faster Shutdown ( 3 seconds services kill timeout.)
    * Fast Booting Time
    * Add Useraccounts 2 on ControlPanel.
    * PowerOff after shutdown
    * Get rid of the Windows Mail splash screen
    * Get Desktop Icons during first logon (Documents, Computer, Recycle Bin, Control Panel, Network)
    * New High quality Icons
    * Hibernation is Disabled.
    * Shutdown when you click power Button on start Menu
    * Maximum simultaneous downloads for IE to 20 ( default is 2 )
    * 605 Sidebar Gadgets
    * New look for Logon Screensaver
    * New look for Windows Media Center
    * New Explorer View
    * System Files are boosted upto maximum Performance
    * Removed Old Default Graphics card drivers and updated with new latest version drivers
    * Faster Application load Time
    * Improved the performance and reliability
    * Fixed MP3 file corruption when you play windows media player 12.
    * Removed all the Watermarks feedback URLs from explorer.
    * Take ownership the files in right click.
    * Windows switcher is activated.
    * Specifies the time, following user input, during which the system keeps apps from moving into the foreground.

    Programs:
    1. 7-zip
    2. imgburn
    3. Nero 9.2
    4. Mozilla 3.0.6
    5. CCleaner 2.13
    6. Adobe Flash Player Plugin
    7. K-lite Codec Package
    8. Notepad 5.1 ++
    9. Winrar
    10. Adobe Shockwave 11.0.2

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