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Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) Validation v1.7.69.1 Update

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

The DLL files responsible for Windows Genuine Advantage Validation and Notifications has been updated to version 1.7.69.1, or 1.7.0069.1 on 21st March 2008, after a long dormant period not updating on the WGA programs. As usual, Team ETH0 has released a corresponding crack for v1.7.69.1 of WGA files. Withthe crack, Windows users can ensure that when there won’t be any genuine or legality problem when accessing Windows Update or Microsoft Update and Microsoft Download Center.

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Windows Vista SP1 Standalone Setup Package (x86 and x64) Official Download Links Release (Wave0 5 Languages)

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Windows Vista SP1The much anticipated Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), RTM and final 6001.18000 build, has been officially released on Microsoft Download Center for public download on March 18th 2008. This marks the end of the need for Vista users to download via torrent or from file sharing and hosting sites the ‘unauthorized’ version of SP1, which may be tampered with. The first service pack for Windows Vista has released to Microsoft OEM Partners, MSDN and Technet subscribers since month ago.

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How to Check if Windows Vista, XP and 2003 System Is 32-bit or 64-bit (x86 or x64) Version

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

You may receive a computer as a gift, and want to find out whether the system is installed with a 32-bit or 64-bit (Microsoft labels them as x86 or x64) based operating system, which requires specifically built software application (See x86 or x64 OS). For computer or PC that has been installed long time ago and user forgets about its version, or has changed owner several times, and user no longer sure whether he or she is running a 32-bit or 64-bit (x32 or x64) version of Windows operating system, use following methods to determine and find out which version actually it’s.

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Workaround to Change System Display Language When Vista MUI Install Tool Fails

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Non Ultimate edition Windows Vista users can now use Windows Vista MUI Tool to install additional language packs or MUI packages into system so that the system can display in another locale language other than default installed language. As non-supported Vista also does not provide any user interface to change language format, Vista MUI Multi-Languages Package Installation Tools also provides a way to change the default display language.

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Windows Update and Windows Sidebar Problems after Using Vista MUI Tools to Install and Switch to New Language Pack

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Windows Vista MUI Installation Tools is an utility to install MUI (multilingual user interface) language pack into Windows Vista, especially on unsupported editions of Vista which does not allows more than one language been installed, such as Windows Vista Business, Home Premium and Home Basic edition. The hack or crack to install new language to existing Vista installation usually works, but there may be problems to some components of Vista after selecting new language to display and reboot.

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How to Disable and Turn Off Compressed Folder and ZIP Support in Vista (Including Cabinet File)

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

As with Windows XP (related guide: how to disable Compressed (zipped) folder in XP), Windows Vista inherits the Compressed Folder feature which has built-in ZIP format support in the operating system, and also treating and listing of the compressed archive package as a ‘folder’ when viewing folder tree in Windows Explorer. Cabinet file (.CAB), which is compressed packages that contain a number of related files, has similar characteristic with .ZIP files.

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Turn Off and Disable Windows XP Built-in ZIP Support and Compressed Folders

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Windows XP has built-in ZIP support to unzip or uncompressing ZIP archives or files, and also to allow users to compress or zip files and folders as a zip package or Compressed Folder. Beside, in Windows Explorer folder tree, the Compressed Folder which is actually a zip file is treated as directory and displayed as a folder too, thus the folder tree contains both sub-folder and the compressed zip files, albeit with different icon.

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Windows XP SP3 (v.5503 - Possibly RTM) Torrent and HTTP Download Link

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

Will Microsoft pulls another trick like Windows Vista SP1 on Windows XP SP3, where the RTM version is released without announcement initially (in the case of Vista SP1, the RC2 was made RTM or RTL or RTW). There is a leaked version of Windows XP SP3, the latest service pack for aging Windows XP, which some users have speculated as the build which will be the final RTM version of XP Service Pack 3, or at least the RTM candidate.

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