How To Get New Gadgets In Windows Vista Sidebar

If you are using Windows Vista, you definitely will know the cool sidebar feature it comes with. Cool or not depends on individual choice. Some like to keep their desktop clean and unobstructed (these folks would not like the sidebar feature turned on ), while others like to spice it up to life with a lot of widget options that are available.

Also if you are one of those who has an enormous monitor then you most likely would love to have Vista’s Sidebar, that gadget-packed strip along the desktop’s right edge and the same is not true if you have a small monitor, as it will be a bothersome waste of space.

Here’s how you can get your Sidebar to life in Vista :

1> Right-click the little icon (shown in the margin) in the taskbar’s Notification Area -that icon packed area next to the desktops clock

2> Choose Show Sidebar.

By default, Sidebar will have a couple of built-in widgets like a calendar and stock ticker (widgets are minuscule programs that snap on and off their panel). To see these, click the little plus sign near the Siderbar’s top, A Window pops up offering the currently available gadgets. If you want to get more new gadgets for your sidebar, then click the Get More Gadgets online to visitGadget nirvana: A web site packed with Gadgets, ready for the picking.

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Retrive Administrator Password in Windows Vista

An administrator password in Windows Vista is the password to any account that's setup to access administrator level functions in Windows Vista.
There doesn't actually have to be an "Administrator" user account. What you need is the password to any account that can act as an administrator.
There are a few times when you will need this password! You may need an administrator password in Windows Vista if you're trying to run certain types of programs or access certain Windows Vista recovery tools.
Follow the steps below to quickly find an administrator password in Windows Vista!Difficulty: AverageTime Required: Retrieving the Administrator password may take a few minutes up to hours depending on the situation.

Here's How:
1.Try leaving the password blank. If there is actually an Administrator account, the password may not exist at all! Just press Enter without typing anything when asked for it.

2.Enter the password to your account. Often times, depending on how Windows Vista was setup on your computer, the primary user account will also be an administrator user account.

3.Try to remember your administrator password. If you installed Windows Vista on your computer yourself, you probably set the administrator password during the Windows Vista installation process. If that's true, you might be able to make really good guesses at what the password might be.

4.Have another user enter his or her password. If there are other users that have accounts on your Windows Vista computer, one of them may be setup with administrator access.

5.Recover the administrator password using a password recovery tool. Password recovery tools are software programs that work by making super-fast guess after super-fast guess until the password is discovered.
Note: Some password recovery tools is the list I linked to above also have the ability to transform regular Windows Vista user accounts into administrator accounts. This could be valuable if you know your account's password but it's not an administrator account.

6.Perform a clean installation of Windows Vista. This is a last resort option. This type of installation will completely remove Windows Vista from your PC and install it again from scratch.

If you're just curious about your administrator password, I wouldn't suggest this extreme solution. However, if you're needing the administrator password to access diagnostic tools and this is your last effort to save your PC, performing a clean install will work.

But Keep in mind that it is a time consuming process due to the fact that all of your data must be backed up and then later restored.

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Vista SP1 and XP SP3 November 2008 Security Release ISO Image

On the heels of the November 2008 launch of security bulletin releases, Microsoft has made available for download the ISO Image, containing the updates for its operating system. The November 2008 Security Release ISO Image is a package that only comprises the security updates, which resolve vulnerabilities in various versions of Windows client and server platforms, including Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3).
“This is a light month, with two bulletins covering four vulnerabilities. The only 'Critical' issue this month is a previously public remote-code execution vulnerability (BID 21872) in Microsoft XML Core Services. The remaining three issues are rated 'Important,' and include two information-disclosure issues affecting XML Core Services and a remote code-execution issue in Server Message Block (SMB),” revealed Symantec's Robert Keith.The
November 2008 Security Release ISO Image is designed to deliver a helping hand for IT administrators who have to download and implement multiple individual language versions of the patches made available by Microsoft this November. In the absence of Windows Server Update Services, the November 2008 Security Release ISO Image streamlines access to all the updates of this month, in all supported languages.
On the whole, with the two security bulletins released earlier this week, Microsoft patched a total of four vulnerabilities, including an issue that was initially reported to the company back in 2001. “If an attacker can trick a victim into connecting to a malicious SMB server, the attacker can reflect the victim’s credentials back, and gain access to the victim’s computer in the context of the currently logged-in user,” Keith added.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Security-and-Critical-Releases-ISO-Image.shtml

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Create a bootable Windows Vista on Flash Memory

1. Format the USB flash memory drive to FAT32 file system
Run CMD.EXE and type the following command. Note: This set of commands assumes that the USB flash drive is addressed as "disk 1″. Double check that by doing a list of the disks (type "list disk") before cleaning it).
1. diskpart
2. select disk 1
3. clean
4. create partition primary
5. select partition 1
6. active7. format fs=fat32
8. assign
9. exit

2. Copy Windows Vista’s DVD ROM content to the Fla
Type in command to start copying all the content from the Windows Vista DVD to your newly formatted high speed flash drive.* xcopy d:\*.* /s/e/f e:\

3. Setup your computer BIOS to boot from USB Drive.

4. Install Windows Vista from flash memory drive
After finish the above step. you can try to view how fast the installation of windows vista can be completed. Let us know how you feel if whether installing windows vista on flash memory drive compare the installation window vista on DVD media.

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