http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/tags/vista Giveaway of the Day Forums » Tag: vista - Recent Posts en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:07:16 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7911#post-81739 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:49:04 +0000 hotdoge3 81739@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>A third of anti-malware products fail to secure Vista Business Edition, Virus Bulletin reveals<br /> <a href="http://www.virusbtn.com/news/2010/08_12.xml" rel="nofollow">http://www.virusbtn.com/news/2010/08_12.xml</a></p> <p>Virus Bulletin has revealed that, out of 54 anti-malware products tested, 19 failed to reach the standard required for VB100 certification in its recent test on Windows Vista Business Edition SP2. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7008#post-72784 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:57:28 +0000 hotdoge3 72784@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>If you have automatic updates on you will have sp3, as for sp2 updates will stop soon as for sp3 some time not work you may get can not fit roll back so I went to new,<br /> <a href="http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Malware-could-be-cause-of-problems-with-Windows-XP-patch-930423.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Malware-could-be-cause-of-problems-with-Windows-XP-patch-930423.html</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Symantec-says-rootkit-causes-Windows-XP-blue-screen-of-death-931280.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Symantec-says-rootkit-causes-Windows-XP-blue-screen-of-death-931280.html</a></p> <p> Windows cannot even be started in safe mode. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7008#post-72758 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:24:03 +0000 Terri218 72758@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>What does this mean? I have Windows XP with Service Pack 2. Should I upgrade to Service Pack 3 and if so how do I do that? I currently have automatic updates turned off and only update occasionally. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7008#post-72735 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:57:11 +0000 Violet4714 72735@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>hi, hotdoge3...</p> <p>fortunately, my pc is not set to download &amp; install updates automatically...for a while now, i&#39;ve waited to see if there are any problems reported with the patches before installing............either way, a risk...lol...</p> <p>MS ended up pulling one of the updates...if i understand correctly, some type of malware infection already on the pc will cause the BSOD if the patch is applied?...</p> <p>i only read one article:<br /> <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/189233/microsoft_says_malware_causing_blue_screen_crashes.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/189233/microsoft_says_malware_causing_blue_screen_crashes.html</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7008#post-72733 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:16:52 +0000 hotdoge3 72733@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/11/ms_bsod_update_glitch/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/11/ms_bsod_update_glitch/</a></p> <p>MS update gives some XP boxes the Blue Screen. hope you all OK ? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7008#post-72238 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:55:17 +0000 hotdoge3 72238@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Microsoft-to-fix-26-vulnerabilities-on-patch-day-923011.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Microsoft-to-fix-26-vulnerabilities-on-patch-day-923011.html</a> </p> <p>Microsoft to fix 26 vulnerabilities on patch day </p> <p>There will be no further updates for Windows 2000 after 13th July 2010 and Windows XP Service Pack 2 will also cease to be supported after this date. SP2 users are advised to update to SP3. Windows Vista RTM will be supported until 13th April 2010 only, Vista SP1 until 12th July 2011.</p> <p><a href="http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Microsoft-confirms-new-vulnerability-in-Internet-Explorer-922111.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Microsoft-confirms-new-vulnerability-in-Internet-Explorer-922111.html</a></p> <p>All versions of Internet Explorer from 5.01 to 8 on all supported Windows platforms are reportedly affected. Windows XP Home users, however, appear to be unaffected by the problem, as XP Home does not include a hidden C$ administrative share for websites to access.<br /> The crux of the problem is that security zone settings in Internet Explorer do not always bite if a path is entered in the browser in UNC (Uniform Naming Convention) format (e.g. file://127.0.0.1/C$/.../index.dat). This means that under specific conditions JavaScript from the Internet Zone can access (and render) local files, despite the zone model being intended to prevent this.</p> <p><a href="http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Internet-Explorer-still-a-problem-child-916160.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Internet-Explorer-still-a-problem-child-916160.html</a></p> <p>Microsoft has merely patched things up without addressing the actual core problem. There are other routes for getting around the zone model however. According to Medina, these routes are very hard to block, since they relate to fundamental functions of the browser designed to enable it to work seamlessly with other applications.</p> <p><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9149922/Chrome_apes_IE8_adds_clickjacking_XSS_defenses?source=toc" rel="nofollow">http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9149922/Chrome_apes_IE8_adds_clickjacking_XSS_defenses?source=toc</a></p> <p>Chrome apes IE8, adds clickjacking, XSS defenses</p> <p><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9150880/Petition_urges_British_government_to_dump_IE6?source=toc" rel="nofollow">http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9150880/Petition_urges_British_government_to_dump_IE6?source=toc</a></p> <p>Petition urges British government to dump IE6 </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6987#post-72096 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:32:17 +0000 pavid 72096@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Does an SSD really make that much difference, Campy? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6987#post-72090 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:56:58 +0000 Jaddis 72090@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thanks for the tips. Here are some links to some more tips that I have found useful in speeding up my computers:<br /> <a href="http://www.askvg.com/master-tutorial-to-make-your-windows-xp-super-fast/">Speed Up a XP Computer</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.askvg.com/master-tutorial-to-make-your-windows-vista-super-fast/">Speed Up a Vista Computer</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.askvg.com/master-tutorial-to-make-your-windows-7-super-fast/">Speed Up a Windows 7 Computer</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6987#post-72065 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:03:32 +0000 Campy 72065@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>#16 Get an SSD! (Really should be #1 if you can afford it.) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6987#post-72058 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:05:12 +0000 Inas 72058@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>You&#39;re welcome, pavid, anytime :) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6987#post-72057 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:03:00 +0000 pavid 72057@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hmmm, did that, did that, did that, didn&#39;t do that, always do that..... Whoops, I guess I&#39;m stuck with a molasses start up. LOL</p> <p>Thanks HP! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6987#post-72053 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:25:06 +0000 Inas 72053@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://m.pocket-lint.com/news/news.phtml/31214">15 Easy Tips To Make Windows Boot Up Faster - Article By Dan Sung of Pocket-Lint.com</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6708#post-69734 Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:06:44 +0000 hotdoge3 69734@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.opengl.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.opengl.org/</a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.g-truc.net/post-0233.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.g-truc.net/post-0233.html</a></p> <p><a href="http://www2.ati.com/relnotes/Catalyst_912_release_notes.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www2.ati.com/relnotes/Catalyst_912_release_notes.pdf</a></p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenGL" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenGL</a> (see Direct3D vs. OpenGL). &quot; very good info &quot;</p> <p>OpenGL 1.0 (is old) OpenGL 3.2 (New)</p> <p><a href="http://filehippo.com/download_directx/" rel="nofollow">http://filehippo.com/download_directx/</a></p> <p>Direct3D is Microsoft, OpenGL Catalyst drivers best to update &amp; directX </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6708#post-69705 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:28:39 +0000 Buskieboy 69705@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>To All: Thanks for the replies. I really appreciate the help.<br /> As for OpenGL, I searched for it and found 2 instances of it that<br /> apply to this problem. One seems to belong to Kingsmania the other<br /> to Beaking. Both of these games wouldn&#39;t work, but yet the OpenGL<br /> seems to have loaded with the game.<br /> They are:</p> <p>opengl2d3d.dll C:\Games\kingmania<br /> opengl2d3d.dll C:\users\buskieboy\Desktop\beaking</p> <p>Interestingly I find no OpenGL for the other games, which I haven&#39;t<br /> uninstalled (yet) as the free time had expired and I can&#39;t reactivate them.</p> <p>Would the opengl issue pertain to the application (exe) file errors:<br /> &quot;kingmania has stopped working&quot; after it actually did nothing anyway?</p> <p>I am running a HP Pavilion Laptop with 32bit Vista, 1.5ghz, 2GB RAM.</p> <p>Thanks,<br /> Buskieboy </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6708#post-69226 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:42:16 +0000 watcher13 69226@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hey GM, Stephen&#39;s probably been too busy too respond or didn&#39;t see you post. Here&#39;s the OpenGL download link that he posted in the first recent Rake In The Grass game, Archibald&#39;s Adventures:</p> <p><a href="http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/windows/18800" rel="nofollow">http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/windows/18800</a></p> <p>Buskie, from the discussion we&#39;ve had with all these &quot;Rake&quot; games, I&#39;m willing to bet Whiterabbit&#39;s right. He usually is, though he gets embarrassed when we say so. :) Although Wizzard is right, too, but the OpenGL seems to sense the resolution properly, so that you don&#39;t have to guess what to have your screen size set to when you try to open these games, like you seem to have to do when you&#39;re using DirectX/Direct3D with these games. Most of these games you&#39;re having trouble with, however, appear to be using 1024x768. If you don&#39;t change to OpenGL, you might want to try that, if you haven&#39;t already. Good luck. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6708#post-69162 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:46:47 +0000 GMMan, A+, Game Modder 69162@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>@Whiterabbit-uk: I don&#39;t think OpenGL is &quot;downloadable&quot;, are they? I think they are all included in the graphic card&#39;s drivers. I&#39;ve tried to find a standalone OpenGL download in the past but never managed to. The closest I came was a package for Windows 4.x. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6708#post-69158 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:00:37 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 69158@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>All those games use OpenGL as the main 3D graphics program. The games always start with the OpenGL as default, not Direct X. You may need to download OpenGL then the problem may be fixed. (I hope) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6708#post-69155 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:27:26 +0000 wizzard_of_ozz2004 69155@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Sounds like it may also be a screen resolution problem. Try changing your screen resolution and then start the game. I know that was a somewhat common problem with past game giveaways. It may be a pain in the butt, but you may have to change the resolution each time to play it. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6708#post-69147 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:05:47 +0000 Txnnok 69147@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I just installed styrateg after reading your post on W7 64bit, didnt have any issues and played it for about 20 minutes.</p> <p>I would think you have a some software blocking installs or taking away key components either after its downloaded. Also I believe that it does have be activated before it will work, so always run the setup as an admin just in case.</p> <p>--------------------------------------<br /> Do this. uninstall todays game and delete the zip or rar from the download. then turn off all protection, firwall, antivirus, adware protection and install the game again.</p> <p>Turn make sure the gamne works and then turn back on program and run a scan.then run the game again. If the works then that wasnt the program causing the problem.</p> <p>If this doesnt work, then tell what kind system you have and do you meet the minimum specs. Windows 98/2000/XP; PC 500Mhz; 128 MB RAM; 3D Video Card </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6708#post-69116 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:32:49 +0000 Buskieboy 69116@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>The last few games I&#39;ve downloaded, Styrateg, Troll, AlienTerminatorDeluxe, Gregory_Phoenix, have issues when I try to start them.<br /> I either get &quot;Display failed to load&quot; or the exe simply does nothing.</p> <p>Wasting my time downloading these games that don&#39;t work is getting boring.<br /> I noticed the problem downloads are for highly graphical games.<br /> If I try Rake in The Grass&#39; help email it comes back undeliverable. Nice.<br /> I realize it&#39;s free, but how about helping with the initial set up etc.<br /> Can rate or comment on usable software.<br /> Can anyone shed some light on why this is happening?<br /> Buskieboy </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6534#post-67791 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:38:01 +0000 leofelix 67791@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Only SMB 2 in Windows 7 is affected.<br /> Vista is not affected </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6534#post-67722 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:29:58 +0000 hotdoge3 67722@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10397759-245.html" rel="nofollow">http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10397759-245.html</a> (November 13, 2009)</p> <p>The advisory suggests that customers block Transmission Control Protocol, or TCP, ports 139 and 445 at the firewall, as a workaround until a patch is ready.</p> <p>Microsoft on Friday said it is working on a fix for a vulnerability in the Server Message Block file-sharing protocol in Windows 7 remotely crash a computer.</p> <p><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9140858/Microsoft_confirms_first_Windows_7_zero_day_bug" rel="nofollow">http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9140858/Microsoft_confirms_first_Windows_7_zero_day_bug</a></p> <p>Microsoft criticized the way Gaffi? handled the discovery.</p> <p>Windows is not that bad try Mac for bug&#39;s </p> <p><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139465/Bugs_Fixes_Solving_Safari_cookie_problems" rel="nofollow">http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139465/Bugs_Fixes_Solving_Safari_cookie_problems</a></p> <p>Bugs &amp; Fixes: Solving Safari cookie problems on new Snow Leopard</p> <p><a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/143286/2009/10/sldataloss.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.macworld.com/article/143286/2009/10/sldataloss.html</a></p> <p>Since Snow Leopard’s release, a few users have reported a scary data loss incident related to using the Guest account. Basically, after upgrading to Snow Leopard with an existing Guest account in Leopard, these users logged into their Guest accounts, then back into their normal accounts, only to find all of their data gone—none of their files were there,<br /> all preferences were reset, and all programs acted like they were being launched for the first time ever. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6534#post-67667 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:35:01 +0000 Terri218 67667@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I think my head just exploded. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6534#post-67666 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:14:25 +0000 Txnnok 67666@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I think it got me earlier today. I was taking a nap and woke up to see my computer caught in endless set of loops. It looked as if it was trying to access a program, but </p> <p>was being denied or it was closing a program and it was being denied. It was strange.<br /> It kept popping up some sort of failed to execute or access, </p> <p>I was just waking up so was still foggy. I quickly hit control-alt-delete, but that didn&#39;t work so yank the power and rebooted.</p> <p>No virus after several scans- I guess I was invaded. bastar@#@#</p> <p>The strange thing is lots of shortcuts are missing, at least half, so half my programs arent showing although they there and working, except system mechanic.<br /> It took out system mechanic for what ever reason.</p> <p>I just thought of why I might be able to reset with iolos, I couldnt do it with windows.</p> <p>Thanks for the post hotdoge</p> <p>This is by far the the most useful one yet, guess cause it it affect me real time.lol<br /> Thanks any though txnnok<br /> -------------------------------------</p> <p>Terri218,</p> <p>With all the technology getting a boost the hackers get a boost too. The programmers machines on the dark side on running faster and excuting code quicker.</p> <p>They infiltrate all of computers and just sit till needed and create a bot net. Which is millions of computers working at the same time. Which is way faster than than any super computer, not to mention that they can flood any server with request and shut it down.</p> <p>Those guys guys are getting faster and smarter and some work as teams.<br /> + imagine group after group of these popping week after. Or if just 10 guys took or 30 computers a week.</p> <p>Hotdoge could probably find the real stats and I bet they are way way higher, even with good guys fixing computers and people fixing their own. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6534#post-67663 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:20:44 +0000 Terri218 67663@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Wasn&#39;t the whole point of changing to Windows 7 was to make it safer? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6534#post-67662 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:11:44 +0000 hotdoge3 67662@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/11/13/microsoft-investigating-zero-day-windows-7-hole" rel="nofollow">http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/11/13/microsoft-investigating-zero-day-windows-7-hole</a></p> <p><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10346664-83.html" rel="nofollow">http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10346664-83.html</a></p> <p>zero-day vulnerability affecting Windows 7 and Vista.</p> <p>The flaw in Windows 7 could allow an attack which would cause a critical system error, or &quot;blue screen of death,&quot; according to researcher Laurent Gaffie.</p> <p>Gaffie wrote in his blog that the flaw lies in a Server Message Block 2 (SMB2) driver.</p> <p>&quot;SRV2.SYS fails<br /> <a href="http://g-laurent.blogspot.com/2009/11/windows-7-server-2008r2-remote-kernel.html" rel="nofollow">http://g-laurent.blogspot.com/2009/11/windows-7-server-2008r2-remote-kernel.html</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6275#post-65211 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 09:33:04 +0000 hotdoge3 65211@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>well he did said on it&#39;s 650GB of data that is big my 3.1 hard-disk is only 40 MB<br /> The best that users can hope for is a 1 hour and 24 minute,<br /> The medium user profile, for example, assumed 70GB of data and 20 applications; the super user profile, on the other hand, contained 650GB of data and 40 applications.</p> <p>Clean installs, on the other hand, were much faster </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6275#post-65100 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:38:26 +0000 Khai 65100@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>you&#39;ll find that article was &#39;cherry picked&#39; for the sensational aspect.</p> <p>the 20 hours quoted was for a system with a HUGE amount of data and represented the &#39;worst&#39; case for doing that kind of upgrade... tho the journo that wrote the article did&#39;nt point that out. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6275#post-65099 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:59:08 +0000 hotdoge3 65099@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/171897/windows_7_upgrades_block_out_a_day.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a41:g26:r49:c0.000234:b27713386:z0" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcworld.com/article/171897/windows_7_upgrades_block_out_a_day.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a41:g26:r49:c0.000234:b27713386:z0</a> </p> <p>Microsoft said that some &quot;in-place&quot; upgrades from Windows Vista to the new Windows 7 may take some users more than 20 hours to complete. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6055#post-62980 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:54:59 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 62980@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thanks Wizz, will check this out when I've caught up, lol. sounds cool.</p> <p>WR </p>