RegFromApp is a freeware utility from NirSoft that allows you monitor writes to the Registry from a specific process. This is more fine-grain than SysInternals RegMon making it a great complement, but not a replacement. You could use RegFromApp to monitor an installation process or an executable that you're launching for the first time. I anticipate this will greatly help with … [Read more...]
Adobe Reader 9.1 and Acrobat 9.1 Vulnerable to Javascript Again!
Adobe, after recently patching Adobe Reader and Acrobat to 9.1, has announced that this version too is vulnerable to javascript induced buffer overflows. You can see their announcement here: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-02.html A patch is set to be deployed May 12th. I stand by my original assessment. You're best off just disabling javascript in … [Read more...]
Windows 7 RC Available
The Windows 7 RC is now publicly available. Go check it out and get a preview of the next Windows operating system. 32-bit and 64-bit options are available again in multiple languages. It seems the roll-out of this 3.05 GB iso and product keys is going a little smoother than the Windows 7 beta. It looks like Microsoft has outsourced much of that work to Akamai Technologies. A … [Read more...]
VMWare Server: free Virtual Machine Infrastructure, step-by-step
Another Frewaregenius article is up under my name, this time I discuss VMWare Server in length. I've been looking for a replacement for Microsoft's Hyper-V that came with Windows Server 2008 after it consumed a lot of resources, slowed down startup and shutdown times, and caused performance glitches related to video and audio. VMWare Server seems to be the one I was looking for … [Read more...]
Use the Command Prompt with UNC Paths
If you're running a batch script from a network share, you might see a message like this: CMD.EXE was started with the above path as the current directory. UNC paths are not supported. Defaulting to Windows directory. This is just a warning message and not an error but it can still cause confusion among users even if the script works perfectly. You can allow the Command … [Read more...]