Not really fitting in a particular category, these might be of use to folks looking for tips, or software.
- Newsletter #75: How I Saved the World from the F1MAN113 Trojan – Mark Minasi has a great dialog on how he tracked down a non-existent Trojan on his system, and made some great observations in the process. Good info for anyone working with System Restore files.
- chml: a tool to control Windows Integrity Levels – Mark Minasi has also recently released a new version of CHML tool. This allows admins to look at a file’s Windows Integrity Level as well as make deeper modifications to it than are available from Microsoft’s own tool provides.
- "Fix it" – The Next Evolution of KB Articles and WER - Ask the Performance Team blog. Microsoft is now making available “quick-fixes” via KB tips. These allow users to download a special software fix package and run it to apply the hot-fix or suggestion instead of having to decode and follow technical steps. It’s a nice move, provided that the users still are applying the correct fix in the first place.
- Fix it for me blog – Microsoft blog by the Fix-it team that outlines their purpose and which KB’s have been updated with the “Fix-it” software download fixes.
- Bitdefender and GData delete winlogon system file - News - heise Security UK – not again!
- Computer Repair Utility Kit - Technibble – Great all-in-one download package for key system fixes and utilities. Be warned. Some dangers lurk in here for the non-system admin savvy. Spotted via this great TechBlog: Be prepared! 57 great Windows repair tools all in one place post by Dwight Silverman. Powered by the awesome (and free) Pegtop PStart utility.
See Ya!
--Claus V.
3 comments:
The Computer Repair Utility Kit has been pulled from the Technibble site. They say that some of the utility authors did not want their programs re-distributed by Technibble in the manner of an all-in-one tool. Understandable but disappointing. I was hoping to test it out.
@ Anonymous - You are correct. I need to update that link tonight if time allows.
I was afraid they would run into this issue. However, PStart is a very simple (and free) tool that can be used to create your own with a bit of work.
The real trick would be tracking down the list of apps that were included.
With a little detective work that might be possible. I did download the app and might be able to extract the app list this weekend (again, if time allows).
Then determined folks could build their own. As long as it was the direct end-user doing the download and building, the various authors might not have as much of an issue.
Cheers!
@ Anonymous - The list of all the apps that were in the package (except the custom scripts) can be found here:
A Computer Repair Utility Kit You Can Run From a Thumb Drive - ReadWriteWeb.
There are hyperlinks to all of them direct to the developers' sites.
What you could do is to download Pegtop PStart and get it unpacked. Take a minute to read the Help file to learn how to configure it. It is pretty simple once you get the hang of it.
Then go to the RWW website and download/unpack the tools into subfolders under the PStart folder using the categories listed on that website as your guide.
Note some are "setup" files you don't want to necessarily unpack.
When you are done, launch PStart and start building the folders/categories then add in the links to the appropriate app in the subfolders. (Use the image capture on this TechBlog post as a guide: Be prepared! 57 great Windows repair tools all in one place )
When you are all done, just copy the PStart folder to your USB stick.
You've basically done all the work they did!
--Cheers!
-Claus V.
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