Nightly Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 04:16 AM CET - Feb,12 2002
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- Microsoft plugs six browser holes -
The "11 February 2002 Cumulative Patch for Internet
Explorer" update eliminates all known security vulnerabilities affecting Internet
Explorer 6, as well as six new vulnerabilities, and is discussed in Microsoft Security
Bulletin MS02-005. Download now to protect your computer from these vulnerabilities, the
most serious of which could allow an attacker to run code on your computer.
- The Valentine's Day virus massacre - The recently discovered San VBS worm
attempts to tempt users into visiting a Web site harbouring malicious code using a
Valentine's Day message, written in Spanish. Another worm, Zacker-C,
attempted to pass off a malicious attachment as a New Year greeting card. (theregister.co.uk)
- Deadlier Klez worm on the prowl - The latest version of the Klez
worm is so tenacious that an antivirus company is posting free tools
to fight it. The virus overwrites victims' files with random content.
- MS server bugs open the door to hackers - Holes in Exchange 2000
and Windows 2000 could allow hackers to view the system registry or gain control of
servers. Meanwhile, Microsoft continues to struggle with its reputation for lax security.
- IEEE 802.11 Technology - The Microsoftr Windowsr XP and Windows
.NET server operating systems include support for secure access to the network via IEEE
802.1X, providing support for wireless LANs and Ethernet. This support includes automatic
network detection and configuration, and network identification and mode selection
(Infrastructure/ad hoc) for IEEE 802.11 LANs.
- Server Tualatin CPU Review - Do you plan a new server? If you
do, Digit-Life has written an interesting review of
Server with Tualatin CPU.
- Dacris Benchmarks 6 Announced - Dacris Software has announced a major revision
to its flagship product, Dacris Benchmarks. Code-named "Dacris Benchmarks 6",
this entirely new product will integrate the best features from Dacris PC Designer and
Dacris TweakWiz into an application service framework which is currently being referred to
as Dacris Framework.
- 3.2 GHz Athlon Power: Dual Boards From ASUS and MSI - Tom's
Hardware has posted a
review of Athlon dual motherboard from ASUS and MSI.
- EagelTec Combo Card Reader Review - EagleTec's ET-FPTM USB memory
card reader-writer has slots for CompactFlash, SmartMedia _and_ MultiMediaCard. And it
costs less than twice as much as the average single-slot regular card reader. And it's
about as small as it can be, considering its three card slots. And you can use all three
slots at once. And with current Windows versions, it doesn't need a driver.
- Sony MP3 Discman DCJ-01 Review - While WinAmp killing my CPU,
CoolHardwarez has posted a review
of Sony MP3 Discman DCJ-01.
- Nvidia Detonator 27.42 XP Comparison - The review is in German,
but the benchmarks are understandable...
- Radeon Drivers Comparision - Heh again, the review is in
German, but the benchmarks are understandable...
- 128 tweaks for XP loosers - There's over 128 tweaks (or tips for a few) on
how to get Windows XP runnin the way you like, I stumbled upon it and it was interesting.
(thanks Jack)
- NVIDIA GeForce4 MX To Quadro4 MOD - It is reported that GF4MX440
cards on Akiba market are the same and using the reference board design. In GeForce2
series, Quadro ID are Pin 18 and 19 of BIOS Flash memory chip. So at this time, in
GeForce4MX, I tried removing and re-soldering resistor chips located near BIOS Flash
memory, and finally I found the position which turns GeForce4MX to Quadro4...As a result
of these changes, during reboot the system detected a new graphics card and offered to
install divers for it. I applied Detonator-27.20 which contains the description of
GeForce4 & Quadro4 series. My NV17 card is recognized as Quadro4 550XGL!
- How to add Linux to the NT Bootloader - In this article I will
give you a simple step by step guide on adding an entry for linux on Windows NT/2000/XP
bootloader. This method has been tried on Mandrake Linux 8.1, Red Hat Linux 7.0/7.1/7.2
and SuSE Linux 7.3, it will probably work on most distributions that allow you to choose
where the bootloader is installed.
- Make an Office XP CD with Integrated SP1 - For those of you
running Office XP, you're probably aware, or at least you should be, that Microsoft
has released Service Pack 1. For me, this patch solved more problems than it created,
so in my opinion, this is a must have patch. It's available for download, and you can
choose to download the full 17MB patch, or simply use the the Office Update Page.
For those of you on dial-up, you can order the sevice
pack on CD for free in the US and Canada. Finally, there is another downloadable,
which is the Administrative Update. It's a big one, 39.1MB, but it will update any
version of Office XP you may have. Read more at ViperLair.com
- Microsoft Convert Number Smart Tag for Word 2002 - The Microsoft Word Convert Number Smart Tag add-in automatically
detects and tags numbers in a Microsoft Word 2002 document. You can then use the smart tag
to convert the number to text. For example, the smart tag might detect the number 1,234,
and you can click the smart tag to convert it to one thousand two hundred thirty-four.
- S/N For MS Project 2002 Beta 3 -Microsoft has posted a S/N for
Microsoft Project 2002 Professional Beta 3, Please type in the following Product Key:
G3B9H-X2382-9HTRD-XKDQV-VYPF8
- Opera 6.01 Build 1041 - A new build of Opera Software has been
released : without Java /
with Java
- Kazaa Media Desktop v1.5 - The KaZaa Media Desktop is a
second-generation peer-to-peer file-sharing program that lets you search and download
media files from other KaZaa users. You can also organize and play/view your media files
through an integrated media jukebox, publish your own work, reach an audience, and
communicate with other KaZaa users. KaZaa supports audio, video, software, games, images,
and documents.
- XP Antispy 3.4 - This new version added functionality to disable creation and sending
of errorreports, if an OfficeXP application crashes, ded functionality to disable
bandwidth-reserving in networks, which is caused by the QoS (Quality of Service) and the
program can be controlled by commandline.
- CPUCooL 7.0.11 & CPUFSB 2.2.4 - CPUCooL is a
program that monitors temperature, fan speed, and voltages for many motherboards. It works
with all chipsets from Intel, ALI, VIA, AMD, and SIS 5595 motherboards. CPUFSB is a small
version of CPUCooL. It is for changing the FrontSideBus only. So you have a small tool
only one of the the most important freatures of CPUCooL. Changing the FrontSideBus enables
you to set the frequency of your CPU up to the limits.
- AGP PCI Latency Utility - Use this utility is to
reduce the number of clks that AGP video cards are taking. According to the PCI Latency
Timer Howto, 248 clks (a typical value for AGP vid-cards) is about 4 times too much time
for any device to grab the bus.
- Radeonator v1.40 - Radeonator is a tool for tweaking your ATI Radeon
8xxx/7xxx/64DDR/LE/VE/32DDR cards.
- Leadtek Winfox tweaking utility v2.204 - I have noticed over at
FDRsoft.com a new version of Leadtek's
Winfox Tweak utility v2.204.
- WinXP Refresh rate fix for 27.42 drivers - Many of you may have
noticed that the Nvidia refresh rate fix does not work with the latest 27.42 dets. This is
because Nvidia has changed the way the registry stores the refresh rate information. Here's how to fix
it:
-Install any det version between 23.11 and 27.20. Apply the refresh rate fix as
normal.
-Using Regedit go to the key HKLM/System/CurrentControlSet/Services/nv/Device0
-Using the Export Registry Key function copy all values from the Device0 key.
-Uninstall the drivers using Add/Remove programs.
-After reboot install the 27.42 drivers. Go to the same Device0 key and delete it.
-Create a new Device0 key and import the saved values. (thanks Rob)
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