Use Vista without activation!

March 24th, 2007

News from bink.nu:

Brian Livingston has a new trick:

Microsoft has built into Vista a function that allows anyone to extend the operating system’s activation deadline not just three times, but many times. The same one-line command that postpones Vista’s activation deadline to 120 days can be used an indefinite number of times by first changing a Registry key from 0 to 1.

This isn’t a hacker exploit. It doesn’t require any tools or utilities whatsoever. Microsoft even documented the Registry key, although obtusely, on its Technet site.

Continued @ Source

Windows Home Server

March 18th, 2007

Well I got my invitation to the Windows Home Server the other day. Now all I need to do is free up a spare PC to give it a go on.

When I eventually get around to it, I will post my opinion!

Some info @ Microsoft 

One Day, One Thing, One Chance (zazz.com.au)

March 18th, 2007

One of the guys at work made me aware of this site a couple of months ago..

• http://www.zazz.com.au

This site has some great gear on it, and the owners have an interesting concept. Only offer one item per day. So bookmark it, set it as your homepage and you will be sure to find something that catches your eye here!

Style Change

March 18th, 2007

Well, I’ve given this site a bit of a unique feel. What do you think?

I like the sponge effect in Photoshop

Uninstall OneCare, If you want to keep your emails!!

March 12th, 2007

Microsoft has admitted that its Live OneCare security suite has been accidentally deleting some users’ Outlook and Outlook Express e-mails.

According to postings on Microsoft’s OneCare forum, erasures have been caused when the antivirus programme finds a virus in an e-mail attachment. Instead of then quarantining that single e-mail, users have reported that entire .pst or .dbx files -— the personal folder where non-Exchange Server users’ messages and other details are kept -— have been quarantined or, in some cases, even deleted.

Continued @ Bink.nu

Inverted Coke Can

March 12th, 2007

Funny thing happened before my girlfriend went to Shepparton for the long weekend. We were loading her crap into the boot of her car, when i saw her travel esky laying down in the boot of her car. I sat it up and had a peek inside to find this

The top of the can had exploded!! but the coke was still intact inside the can. After attacking the can from the bottom with the cordless drill, this is now sitting in dads bar with the rest of the weird and wacky stuff we collect

OneCare Phishing Filter Catches MS Promotion Site

March 7th, 2007

News from slashdot.org

“Microsoft has launched a marketing campaign that lets any student at an Australian university buy the Ultimate edition of Office 2007, usual price $1,150, for only $75 — a discount of about 93%. But when students go to the promotion site, Microsoft Live OneCare pops up a warning that the site may be a phishing scam. The warning reads: ‘Phishing filter has determined this might be a phishing website. We recommend that you do not give any of your information to such websites. Phishing websites impersonate trustworthy websites for the purpose of obtaining your personal or financial information.’”

Go Microsoft, thats really putting confidence in your new products, first the below average detection rates of Viruses and Malware in OneCare, now this.

Read More @ Source

Welcome to Rosscify.com

March 7th, 2007

Well! Finally the blog begins.

First entry! Getting rosscify.com

After knowing about a free domain offer for a couple of months, i finally remembered and had the time to register my domain!!

So here it is, currently powered by Wordpress which seems to be the popular web blogging software.

Currently this blog is running on:

• Windows Server 2003
• IIS 6.0
• PHP 5.2.1
• mySQL 5.023