Hacks and Crackes
Encrypt / Decrypt Options to Windows 7 / Vista Right-Click Menu
If you use the built-in file encryption in Windows 7 or Vista, you might be interested in adding an option to the right-click menu to more easily encrypt and decrypt your files, rather than having to use the file properties dialog.
Adding this to the menu couldn’t be simpler – there’s only a single registry key [...]
How to Add Copy To / Move To on Windows 7 or Vista Right-Click Menu
There’s a registry hack for Windows that will let you add a Copy To Folder or Move To Folder to the right-click menu, which can be very useful when you want to move a file but don’t have the other folder open already.
Right-click on a file:
And up pops a nice dialog that you can use [...]
Vista has been hacked
Joanna Rutkowska, a Polish researcher, showed how it was possible to bypass security measures in Vista that should prevent unsigned code from running. The security expert displayed her research to a packed room and christened her malicious software “Blue Pill”. Matrix reference anyone?
A spokesperson for Microsoft was on hand to provide an official reaction:
"Microsoft is [...]
Microsoft invites hackers to test Vista
Microsoft are taking a fresh approach to working out security problems in anticipation of the release of Windows Vista, by inviting hackers to come and pick holes in their system.
Microsoft has consistently received criticism at the lack of resources they put into protecting their products. This attempt is aimed to rectify all that; people like [...]
Vista activation cracked
Author:Wil HarrisPublished: 2nd January 2007
With some clever Registry trickery, hackers have found a way to permanently delay the activation of 32-bit Windows Vista.
A previous hack last month involved setting up a spoof key server to generate faked license keys for the corporate version of the OS. This hack, which is rather simpler, avoids running the [...]
Vista activation cracked by brute force
Author:Brett ThomasPublished: 1st March 2007
owe a deep-hearted "thank you" to Charlie over at The Inquirer right now, because this story is just not as interesting without his very bitter but realistic take on it.
Most of us remember the great effort Microsoft put in to developing a complicated and "foolproof" license setup for Windows Vista, and [...]
