Tag: RESTRICTIONS

FixUp Restrictions by Sotware Dragon is a handy little application that is designed to help undo some of the annoying effects of a malware infection. When launched, it will scan your system to see what - if any - restrictions are in effect and allow you to remove them by checking the corresponding boxes. Granted, a lot of these repairs may already be handled by your favorite malware cleanup ...

Ah, EULAs. Can live with them, can't be bothered to read them. TechWeb has an illuminating overview of what's new in Windows Vista's end-user license agreement, i.e. that thing you never read before clicking "I Agree." Of course, there's plenty of new stuff that you can't do. To begin with, Microsoft forbids you from transferring the OS to another machine more than once. Whereas you could transfer ...

At Microsoft's Tech.Ed conference in Sydney today, Senior Program Manager Steve Riley announced that Windows Vista users won't be able to watch next-generation HD video content unless they upgrade to a 64-bit processor. The reason has to do, of course, with DRM. "This is a decision that the Media Player folks made because there are just too many ways right now for unsigned kernel mode code [to ...