Microsoft updates Windows without users’ consent

On Sept 13, 2007, Scot Dunn from Windowssecrets reported that Microsoft is sneaking stealth updates to your PC without your knowledge, even if you have Windows Update turned off!
Anyway, according to Scot Dunn, there’s nothing harmful about the updated files themselves.
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Guides to html

James A. Eshelman, from the excellent site AumHa.org have listed down all the sites you can go to, to learn about html and stuff.
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Hal.dll – missing or corrupted?

Unfortunately, quite a common problem for XP users!
According to the PC Guru, this is one of three steps that he suggested:
This method requires a Windows XP CD-ROM.
Insert the Windows XP CD and start the computer
Press R to repair Windows when prompted to do so.
Select the Windows installation that you want to repair.
Type the administrator password [...]

Patch Your OS

Microsoft Patches & Service Packs
SuSe Patches
RedHat Patches, Kernels
Mandrake Patches
Debian Patches
Bastille patches
FreeBSD patches
Sun Microsystems patches

Detect Inscure Apps on your PC

How many insecure apps do you have installed on your computer? Not sure?
Well. let Secunia do the test for you. Use Secunia Software Inspector

NTLDR is missing, press any key to restart

How did this happened?
According to tinyempire : “When your computer starts, the BIOS attempts to find the primary hard drive’s active partition to read the first sector for the MBR (Master Boot Record), it uses that info to load the rest of the OS. For Windows NT4/2k/XP the NTLDR (New Technology Loader) takes it [...]

Uninstall XP from dual boot with Vista machine

It’s a bit tricky than the recent post.
There are 3 methods also that I’ve discovered so far

Using VistaBootPro (1.6MB)
Using EasyBCD ver 1.7 (859kb)
Using Vista DVD

Steps to take using VistaBootPro ( by ScorpioSoft )
1- you have to make another entry into the menu with Vista being your legacy OS to boot from
2- restart the system, go [...]

Uninstall Vista from dual boot with XP machine?

Before trying any of these methods, please BACKUP your data first, people
If you’re not sure what you’re doing and you’re afraid that you’ll  end up toasting your PC, get more knowledgeable geeks to do it for you.

First method, from Long Zheng

Boot your computer in to Windows XP.
Ensure you have the Vista DVD image [...]

Home Network Security

An excellent and elaborate article from CERT.
According to CERT.org, “This document gives home users an overview of the security risks and countermeasures associated with Internet connectivity, especially in the context of “always-on” or broadband access services (such as cable modems and DSL). However, much of the content is also relevant to traditional dial-up users (users [...]

Online Security Test Sites

Here’s a list of online security scanner put together by DoSHelp for your usage.

HackerWhacker
AuditMyPC
DSL Reports
Security Metrics

If you want the whole list go to DoSHelp link