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Microsoft WGA without class action status!

Yesterday, I’ve heard this news from somebody else! They told me that there was a lawsuit that is trying to sue Microsoft for adding “Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA)” anti-piracy patch onto Windows XP users and disguised it as a high priority update in “Windows Update Center”. Nonetheless, if it had been given “class action status,” this could allow anyone who had owned a copy of Windows XP disk, then, they would have been able to join the lawsuit without hiring a lawyer. So, in my own judgment, this anti-piracy patch, it sounds very dodgy. It also acts like a monitoring software and eats all of your computer resources at boot-up! Even worse, it may retrieve sensitive data and send them back to their headquarters for analysis. Therefore, I would recommend everybody to keep an eye on “WGA” connections and block it from accessing your network.

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Backup your Outlook Mailbox for the worse occasion!

Introduction: when I was working on my design project, my head was thinking about a mini – tutorial for Ms-Outlook user. But, don’t get me wrong! Microsoft Outlook is a very good mailbox, especially, if you have a private server with your very own email account. It will also come in handy, if you’re working for a large company.

On the other hand, if you’re working in a company with a lot of important emails (which is stored in your inbox), you better think about creating a backup of your mailbox, just incase you lost your important assignment or schedule.

Alright, here is the tutorial for backing up your “Outlook” mailbox.

1.] Start your Outlook Mailbox and click on: “Tools >> Options >> Maintenance Tabs”

2.] In the “Store Folder” dialog box, you need to copy the directory.
All you need to do is highlight the directory and press ‘Crtl+C’ to copy the contents.

3.] Click ‘Cancel’ twice to close the dialog box.

4.] At this stage, you need to click: “Start >> Run >> ‘Crtl+V’ – Paste the contents >> Press Enter.”

5.] Highlight every file and make a backup with a new – empty – folder.

6.] Store the backup folder into an external drive.

7.] You’re done!

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After a certain point of time, you will get annoyed by the default Windows Vista logon screen and to make matter worse, Windows Vista does not allows you to change the logon screen. But you can easily complete this task using a third party tool called “LogonStudio Vista” by Stardock. It has the capability to change the logon screen as and when you want it to.

• First of all, get the LogonStudio from here.
• After completing download, install it.
• Launch the program, then click on Create.
• Then in the resulting window, enter an appropriate name and the click on Browse to select a picture of your choice for the logon screen.
• Now, click on Save.
• Now in the main window, select the picture that you created, click on Apply to confirm the changes to the logon screen.
• You can also download additional logon backgrounds from LogonStudio website by clicking on the Download button.

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VBScript – System Processor Information

Introduction: this little script was designed to collect various information about your computers’ central processing unit. It will then transfer the information to a file called: SyStem_OS.rtf for you to keep; for future analysis.

1.] Download notepad++ from the original author or from a mirror and install the software.
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/notepad-plus/

http://filehippo.com/download_notepad/

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2.] Copy this “VBScript” code and save it as a “.vbs” extension.

—Copy Source Code—

'Author: Lair360
'Version: 43.2
'Revision: 68 Build 124
'Notes: This script will gather information about your computer CPU processor
'and it will put these information into an RTF file.
'----------------------------------

On Error Resume Next
Set objWMI = _
   GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}//./root/cimv2")
Set colProcesses = objWMI.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Processor")
	Set objFS = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
		Set objNewFile = objFS.CreateTextFile("SyStem_OS.rtf")
objNewFile.WriteLine "Process Report -- Date: " & Now() & vbCrLf
For Each objProcess In colProcesses
	objNewFile.WriteLine "Processor: " & objProcess.Name
	objNewFile.WriteLine "Processor ID: " & objProcess.ProcessorId
	objNewFile.WriteLine "ProcessorType: " & objProcess.ProcessorType
	objNewFile.WriteLine "Family: " & objProcess.Family
	objNewFile.WriteLine "Architecture: " & objProcess.Architecture
	objNewFile.WriteLine "Maximum Clock Speed: " & objProcess.MaxClockSpeed
	objNewFile.WriteLine "VoltageCaps: " & objProcess.VoltageCaps
	objNewFile.WriteLine "Socket Designation: " & objProcess.SocketDesignation
	objNewFile.WriteLine "NumberOfLogicalProcessors: " & objProcess.NumberOfLogicalProcessors
	objNewFile.WriteLine "NumberOfCores: " & objProcess.NumberOfCores
	objNewFile.WriteLine "Manufacturer: " & objProcess.Manufacturer
	objNewFile.WriteLine "L2CacheSize: " & objProcess.L2CacheSize
	objNewFile.WriteLine "L2CacheSpeed: " & objProcess.L2CacheSpeed
	objNewFile.WriteLine "L3CacheSize: " & objProcess.L3CacheSize
	objNewFile.WriteLine "L3CacheSpeed: " & objProcess.L3CacheSpeed
   objNewFile.WriteLine _
        "----------------------------------------------"
   objNewFile.WriteLine vbCR

next
objNewFile.Close
'----------------------------------

—End Source Code—
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3.] Execute the script and have fun checking your CPU infos!

4.] Finish!

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Fix Error: 10002 – Access denied attempting to launch a DCOM Server

Introduction: when I was at work, the administrator had a problem with his “DCOM Server”.
It was a disaster for other staff, as it distracts their work. So I decided to take over and sort this problem out! After the repair, I use my other tools to locate the problems and record it for future references…

Event Type: Error
Event ID: 10002
Description: The Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) server that is failing to launch is Machine Debug Manager. This occurs because “Machine Debug Manager” requires sufficient DCOM permissions.

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1.] Navigate to “Command Prompt” by clicking: Start >> Run >> Type: cmd
2.] Inside the command box, you’ll need to type in: “dcomcnfg.exe” (without the quotes).
After that, just hit enter to execute “Component Services”.
3.] Extend the “Console Root” directory by clicking: Component Services >> Computers >> Right click: My Computer >> Properties >> COM Security tab.
4.] Under “Launch and Activation Permissions”, click “Edit Default” and remove the “IWAM account”.
5.] Add it back with ‘full’ permission.
6.] Exit “Component Services” and reboot your computer…
7.] Check your Event Log for any 10002 errors.
8.] Done!

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