jaclaz

http://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-highway/ Basically, should you have a Jeep, it would be a very good idea to check if it is one of the affected models and patch the software as soon as possible. jaclaz

Some news, bocker (docker in 100 lines of bash), of course preliminary/highly experimental: https://github.com/p8952/bocker jaclaz

Corollary: Because the usefulness of mounting a .iso is not anything new, anyone in his/her right mind has used good ol' MS's own virtual CD driver Control Panel: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38780 since the early 2000's, or used other third part utilities/driver that allow what you call "directly" mounting much in the same way Windows 8 can, so, no, nothing particularly Pro or Con. However this is a good example of how MS misinformation works, the driver has been available since the dawn of times, and notwithstanding from the above article it seems like a new release dated 2013: Version: 2.0.1.1 File Name: winxpvirtualcdcontrolpanel_21.exe Date Published: 4/23/2013 Supported Operating System: Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows XP Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7; Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, or Windows Server 2008 R2 the files inside the SFX are dated 2001 and the readme is from 2003, citing obviously only XP as "System Requirement", since: jaclaz

Dear Brandon, haven't you noticed, on this board we also assist people having issues with a number of other Operating Systems well after End of Support, including Windows 3.1/3.11, Windows 95 and 98, Windows NT4 and 2000. We even support people using Windows Me . It's a little shocking that you are a little shocked at this which is pretty much normal on msfn.org, particularly in a sub-forum titled: what did you expect to see inside it? No new threads since midnight of the 8th of April 2014? jaclaz

Read the whole thing: http://idlewords.com/talks/web_design_first_100_years.htm it is IMHO nice, interesting and - for once - a return to some sanity. jaclaz

Maybe , but you do realize that all you can get (at the most) is not an actual carrot, but rather a short piece of (hard) wood painted in light orange, don't you? jaclaz

Naaah, strangely enough , not grumpy at all I was just attempting to translate (as usual ) politically correct post by bphlpt into more layman language, while at the same time attempting to show my appreciation for the precise nailing of the issues he managed to do. jaclaz

Interestingly , but not surprisingly , just another proof of the unneeded amount of bloat the newer tools create. jaclaz

That for Windows 8 should be: install_wim_tweak.exe /o /c Adobe-Flash-For-Windows-Package /r see: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/152688-win6x-registry-tweak/ http://superuser.com/questions/559149/how-to-remove-pre-installed-flash-player-in-windows-8 You'll have to try if it works on 8.1 as well jaclaz

Sure , that's pretty much "expected" and "normal" (though it is what is usually called a fraud, you pay money someone for something that is NOT done), the news are that ADDITIONALLY those data that were not deleted were also poorly protected. jaclaz

on a - let's say with possibly delicate implications - web service/club : http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/08/cheaters-hook-up-site-ashley-madison-makes-account-deletion-confusing/ but it later comes out that not only it was not actually deleted , but the data was actually stolen? http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/07/online-cheating-site-ashleymadison-hacked/ jaclaz

Well, it's not the fault of the technicians, as always the issue is the marketing and management that are too short sighted to understand how they could easily have turned this issue into a brand consolidation at nearly no cost, by following the advise of a stranger on the internet (from time to time they do have good ideas ): http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/128092-seagate-barracuda-720011-troubles/?p=897151 jaclaz

An extremely polite way to say that nlite gives powers to the user and with great power comes greater responsibility, which translated means "You removed too many things, your fault!" . An even more polite way to not say how the real reason is that they are a bunch of lazy, presumptuous, bastards, driven by their marketing department and while they perfectly know how to componentize Windows XP (which BTW they actually did in Windows Embedded) the thought of doing so for the "normal" version never crossed their minds , in other words, that is by design. jaclaz

Rather than guessing it, you might gather as much from what you have been explicitly told. A sysprep (online or offline) means "system preparation" (with the aim of making a system "deployable" or "universal"), quite obviously it needs a "system", until you have not the system (i.e. you have not installed it you miss a key element). It is IMHO important that you understand (as opposed to attempt guessing) what the differences are between the two approaches, each one has it's own advantages (and drawbacks) depending on the specific needs, and that you experiment with both to find yourself which night be better suited for your environment/needs. If you have to setup a number of identical machines, often a sysprep deploying is faster than unattended install, but if you make less than a high number of machines weekly or monthly, the time needed to setup a fully unattended install will simply not be worth the time, and a plain "attended" install (from an updated source) would be good as well. jaclaz

Meanwhile, in other news, Cortana is (will be made soon) available on Android : http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/17/8993015/microsoft-cortana-android-app-leak http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/07/a-first-look-at-microsofts-cortana-running-on-android/ implying the need to signup on a Microsoft account (i.e. basically giving to MS the same kind of info that now you are giving exclusively to Google , a new form of democracy/equity) Seemingly it will be soon available for iOS too, though I doubt that any of the good iPhone guys will trade in Siri for Cortana jaclaz

Well, what jaclaz desperately tried to tell you (and definitely failed at it ) here: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/174072-capturing-a-windows-xp-reference-image-after-sysprep/ is that installing an XP from .iso/install source or deploying an image of an already installed (and sysprepped) XP are two different ALTERNATIVES that cannot be "mixed together". You use EITHER an install (attended or unattended) OR a deployment solution, they are DIFFERENT procedures. jaclaz

Maybe. The point might be if that is a BIOS password or a hard disk password (ATA password). If it is a BIOS password, the contents of the disk are likely encrypted and/or any other hard disk replacing the one currently in the machine won't be accessible. It is possible (but not very likely) that a procedure to remove the password exists, but (it depends on specific make/model) as an example a number of laptops use a dedicated chip to it, and the chip needs to be replaced (by de-soldering it and replacing it weith a "blank" one). If it is an ATA password, depending on make/model of the hard disk and the security level of the password it may be possible to reset it (keeping the data in the hard disk) or remove it (losing all data in the hard disk). jaclaz

For NO apparent reason : https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/ jaclaz

Still OT , but not much: http://venturebeat.com/2015/05/29/in-a-mobile-first-world-74-of-consumers-still-buy-products-using-a-computer/ jaclaz

... meanwhile in Cupertino .... Negative votes on Apps: http://www.macstories.net/stories/on-negative-app-store-reviews-during-betas-of-ios-and-os-x/ jaclaz

Yep , but the real problem (besides geographical distance) is that we know very little about a single (actually two) very specific issues originating from a same very specific firmware implementation on a different (though similar) drive, the 7200.11, and we know even less on these "LP Green" things, specifically we have a single "vague" report of success coming from a post on the Seagate board, quoted here: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/150475-st2000dl003-seagate-barracuda-lp-green-2000gb-suddenly-ceases/?p=990707 and (maybe) a single "even more vague" confirmation: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/150475-st2000dl003-seagate-barracuda-lp-green-2000gb-suddenly-ceases/?p=1091946 Please do note how the ONLY (as said "vague" and not properly confirmed) source runs only a "i" command that clears (possibly without any real need ) the g-list and then runs just a "N" command (clearing the S.M.A.R.T.) and EXPLICITLY tells you to NOT run any "m" commands: and we have at least a confirmation that running the "m0,2,2,,,,,22": http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/161029-seagate-barracuda-lp-green-is-not-recognized-in-bios-suddenly/ actually further "bricks" the device into a "No HOST FIS-ReadyStatusFlags 0002A1E1" . jaclaz

Well, this time it seems like it is a serious issue, not the usual media hype/fluff: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2945472/cybercriminals-start-using-flash-zeroday-exploit-leaked-from-hacking-team.html https://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/07/third-hacking-team-flash-zero-day-found/ jaclaz

Then trust the video and don't do the shorting. If you are NOT locked out with a LED:00000xxx FAddr:0000yyyy error, you are fine , otherwise you might need to find way to exit that loop . The 7200.12 is NOT a "LP green" model like we are talking about in this thread, however, see: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/157329-barracuda-lp-no-not-a-720011-nor-a-720012/ No, you don't. You read here that a user who used blindly the commands suggested as a remedy for a given illness on a completely different issue/problem had a 50% rate of success (one disk out of two) and since there was nothing to lose on the disk that he failed to revive, was suggested to try some other commands, in the remote hypothesis that they could work. DO NOT EVEN THINK of running any command unless you are pretty sure of the exact drive model involved, and the exact nature of the issue. DO NOT ASSUME that the procedure for another disk model can apply to your disk, a video may be a good visual reference for the generic process of accessing the disk, but nothing more. jaclaz

It seems like the "get a free license" and "accept ..." should be put in the past tense: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/174093-windows-10-insider-preview-product-keys-have-been-disabled/ Who already was an insider and has an already working install can go along that plan, but no "new installs", seemingly. jaclaz

JFYI: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/06/05/kaspersky_says_airgap_industrial_systems_why_not_airgap_baby_monitors_as_well/ 'nuf said jaclaz