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How to use the Windows Recovery Environment

If you’re an IT Pro, I would venture to guess that you’ve been in the middle of the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) at least once, possibly without knowing its name. WinRE is a small, efficient, and surprisingly robust little operating system that ships with Windows 10. For the majority of the time, you use WinRE...

Last Update: Aug 23, 2022

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Using System Restore in Windows Vista

Last Update: Aug 23, 2022

In Windows XP Microsoft introduced a new method of keeping a working copy of your system files called System Restore, and now we can also use it on Windows Vista. System Restore helps you restore your computer’s system files to an earlier point in time. It’s a way to undo system changes to your computer…

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Add “Take Ownership” to right-click menu in Vista

Last Update: Jul 19, 2022

In order to streamline the ownership of various files and folders in Windows Vista, you can add the “Take Ownership” option to your right-click menu. After clicking this icon, the owner of the selected file or folder will automatically change to your username. Please note that in order to use this feature you must have…

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Microsoft Closes the Book on Windows Vista

Microsoft is ending support for Windows Vista today; an OS that never had a chance at long-term success.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: March 17

Because I’ve pilkunnussija’d and I can’t stop correcting my own writing, this edition of Short Takes looks at a Surface Book 2 report, Windows Vista’s EOL, a controversial Windows 10 change, and more.

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Microsoft to Fix Zero-Day Windows Flaw That Was Outed by Google

Microsoft announced that it will fix a dangerous new zero-day security flaw in Windows that it says is being exploited by hackers in Russia. But Microsoft is also understandably outraged that Google inexplicably outed the flaw before a patch was ready.

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SCARY: “Atom Bomb” Windows Security Hole said to be Unfixable

Windows has an unfixable security flaw. That’s the frightening conclusion of this researcher, who says he can inject code—at will—into browsers and other Windows apps. It affects all versions of Windows released in the past 16 years, he says. And it can’t be patched, without breaking legitimate desktop apps. It could be bad for containerized server workloads, too…

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Correcting Multiple Monitor Configuration Issues in Vista

Whenever you plug in an external monitor to your Vista computer the OS is supposed to remember your setup and then replicate it each time you plug that monitor in again. However, this doesn’t always happen. In this article, MVP Daniel Petri provides a couple quick solutions for getting multiple monitors to configure correctly in Windows Vista.

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Quickly Access your Folders in Vista

One of the most handy tricks in Windows Vista (and previous operating systems) is the My Computer shortcut. In this article, MVP Daniel Petri shows you how to quickly access any folder on your computer through a cool toolbar shortcut.

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Get Your Desktop Icons Back in Vista

Windows Vista (and Windows Server 2008 and even Windows 7 for that matter) are configured so that after the installation completes and the user first logs on, the desktop is totally empty from any icons, and only the Recycle bin is present. While this setup might fit some users, most users want control over their old desktop icons. In this article, MVP Daniel Petri will show you how to do that.

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