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Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of proprietary software operating systems by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUI). Microsoft Windows eventually came to dominate the world's personal computer market, overtaking OS/2 and Mac OS which had been introduced previously. At the 2004 IDC Directions conference, IDC Vice President Avneesh Saxena stated that Windows had approximately 90% of the client operating system market.

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Thursday, January 17, 2008 / 11 comments

Custom Boot Menu in Windows XP

Advanced XP Boot MenuOne of the first things that I do upon receiving a new Windows computer is immediately create a poweruser-style customized boot menu. Then every time I boot I can choose Safe Mode, Recovery Console, Debug, whatever I want! It’s quick and easy to set-up and everyone should have one, soo sweet!

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Thursday, January 10, 2008 / 17 comments

Freshen your Anti-virus, Anti-Rootkits, and Anti-Spyware

Rootkit DetectionI’ve tried 100’s of Anti-virus, Anti-Rootkit, and Anti-Spyware tools over the last 10 years, but it’s always good to re-examine your system’s security every couple of months.

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Saturday, September 22, 2007 / comments

Changing Any Password On XP

This quick tutorial will show you the steps to change and reset any user password on a windows computer, and also show you how to protect your computer from people doing this to you!

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Saturday, June 16, 2007 / 7 comments

Racing the Windows XP ACL demon

Both of these pcs were behind a hardware/software firewall, and so each had their own host names, we’ll say PEPSI and COKE, and they were both on a private network on the same subnet, so each belonged to a domain called MARKETING.

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Monday, January 22, 2007 / comments

Top 5 Vulnerability Port Scanners

Asked some hackers and Computer Security gurus to list their 5 favorite Vulnerability/Port Scanners. Here are the results.

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Monday, January 22, 2007 / comments

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