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Microsoft has issued a warning that a severe remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2019-1367) exists in its oldest browser, Internet Explorer. Taking its severity seriously, the company has even pushed an out-of-bound emergency patch. According to the advisory, the RCE vulnerability exists in the way the Internet Explorer’s scripting engine handles memory. It could lead to […]
Just recently, we reported that the Indian State of Kerala expects to save about $430 million by adopting an Ubuntu Linux-based operating system in its schools. In related news, The Korea Herald has reported that the government of South Korea is also working on its plans to switch to Linux from Windows. Until now, Windows […]
Windows 7 users have exactly one year of free extended support left. Microsoft has announced that it will no longer release updates or security fixes for the operating system after January 14th, 2020. So users still have one year to upgrade to Windows 10 before the updates stop rolling out altogether. However, Microsoft will continue to provide security updates […]
A researcher discovered new double Zero-day exploit that affected Adobe Acrobat, Reader and older Windows 7 platforms, Windows Server 2008. This critical Zero-Day exploit discovered during the analysis conducted by Microsoft against the malicious PDF file that discovered by ESET researcher. The malicious PDF initially reported to Microsoft as a potential exploit for an unknown Windows kernel […]
Microsoft’s Meltdown fix opened a gaping hole in Windows 7 security, warn researchers. Meltdown and Specter are probably the worst vulnerabilities discovered in the history of computing. These two security flaws were made public earlier this year and affect virtually all modern processors to be related to the way in which the Kernel and the […]
The only thing that’s worse than not installing the latest security patch for your insecure computer is installing a fix that ends up opening new loopholes. This might sound like fiction, but it’s reality in case of Meltdown patches released for Windows 7. As per Swedish security researcher Ulf Frisk, Microsoft’s Meltdown patch from January […]
Short Bytes: A security researcher, who goes by the username lgandx, reported a severe vulnerability affecting Windows versions ranging from Windows XP to Windows 10. Due to the bug, an attacker can take control of the system over the internet and force it to the display the stop error after crashing the LSASS service. Microsoft is […]
What is GodMode? Windows GodMode is an old trick, but I thought it’d be nice to share it with our readers who don’t know about it as Windows 10 is released. Also, I’ll be telling about all GodMode folders here, not just a single one. Windows GodMode, as the name suggests, provides you a shortcut and […]
Short Bytes: Microsoft has finally responded to the user feedback in the form of recognizing Windows 7 and 8.1 product keys to activate Windows 10 directly after the installation. Now you can just perform a clean install and then use the key for activation – i.e. no need to perform an upgrade. With Windows 10 […]
Short Bytes: This article describes the steps to schedule a Shutdown command for Windows OS. Take a look. The very first task we learnt was to Turn ON and Shutdown Windows when we were kids, and sometimes we felt the need to shut down Windows after a specified time in case of an emergency or […]
Short Bytes: It’s reported that some Windows 7 and 8.1 PCs are downloading Windows 10 automatically- even if the users haven’t reserved the upgrade. See how to stop this Windows 10 automatic downloading on your PC. I wrote in my previous Windows 10 article, some users are reporting that Microsoft is forcefully downloading Windows 10 upgrade […]
Short Bytes: After being criticized due to the introduction of Windows 10-like spying features in Windows 7 and 8.1, Microsoft has tried to come clean. The company has said that these Windows 7 and 8 updates are a part of Customer Experience Improvement Program and completely optional. Microsoft is facing tons of criticism regarding its […]
Microsoft partners with Laplink Software, Inc. to provide free download of Laplink’s file transfer software PCmover. According to Thomas Kool, Laplink’s CEO “We’re fully committed to this relationship with Microsoft in support of all Windows users, Our latest version of PCmover makes it easier than ever for customers running Windows XP, all the way to […]
Windows 10 is absolutely free for those who are upgrading from Windows 7 or Windows 8, but Microsoft played a clever trick there, by removing basic features from the core Windows operating system and offering those ‘removed’ features as add-ons and then charging for it too! We believe that all of this is happening because […]
Short Bytes: What if you don’t like Windows 10? There are simple ways to downgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 7 or 8.1. By using the simple recovery option, you can go back to your older genuine Windows copy within one month of the upgrade. BWindows 10 was released in late July and many of you […]
We do have to spend so much time when formatting PC. We are obliged because of windows installation speed. But using simple commands we can do this very quickly. As we all know ,that during formatting a Computer, after the file copying is completed then windows Require approximately 39 Minutes Time. But, We can bypass […]