Where’s the love for Windows Vista? January 26, 2012
Posted by very in : News, Resources, Tech , add a commentSeriously, who would still want to install Windows Vista?
Acer still provides Windows XP drivers for Veriton VX4618G series. The one I’m working on is Veriton VX4618G-Ui7s60W. It comes with Windows 7 Professional.
Posted from Los Angeles, California, United States.
Windows 7 on Mac mini. November 23, 2011
Posted by very in : Apple, Microsoft, News, Resources, Tech, Windows , add a commentWhen running windows on virtual machine is not enough, I fired up Boot Camp on the Mac mini to install Windows 7.
Previously I was running Windows in Parallels 7, unfortunately there are some hardware that wouldn’t interface correctly in the virtual machine.
Posted from Stanton, California, United States.
Persistence of bootkit November 2, 2011
Posted by very in : Announcement, News, Resources, Security, Tech, Troubleshooting, Windows , add a commentPlatform: Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Symptoms, but not limited to:
- Search results using browser search box including Chrome and Internet Explorer 9 Omnibox are redirected to other sites.
- Internet Explorer is running in the background on login, using large amount of memory.
After long troubleshooting sessions I figured out that a bootkit was present on this computer.
A bootkit hides itself by modifying the master boot record.
The particular bootkit I was dealing with was not detected by Combofix, Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware and many others. The only anti-malware program detected the bootkit was Hitman Pro 3.5.
If you are dealing with a persistent malware infection that redirects search results, try using numbers of anti-malware softwares. In addition to that, search for “Google redirect virus” using an uninfected computer. The malware redirects search result system-wide. On the infected system, search results were redirected on Internet Explorer, Safari, Chrome and Firefox. The malware will redirect search results on any browsers installed on the system.
It is almost 5 o’clock in the morning. I have not had a minute of sleep. I’ll clean up this post later.
Posted from Los Angeles, California, United States.
Windows 7 Experience Index on 2011 15-inch MacBook Pro Core i7. May 5, 2011
Posted by very in : Announcement, Apple, Mac OS X, News, Resources, Snow Leopard, Tech, Troubleshooting, Windows , add a commentI finished installing Windows 7 on 2011 15-inch MacBook Pro Core i7 through Boot Camp early this morning. Why you asked? Because there’s a specific audio software that would run on Windows. I tried using virtualization within Mac OS X but it performed so poorly. I did upgrade the RAM to 8GB.
Anyway, here’s the Experience Index:
Posted from Stanton, California, United States.
Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Is Now Available For Everyone. February 22, 2011
Posted by very in : Announcement, Microsoft, News, Resources, Security, Tech, Troubleshooting, Windows , add a commentMicrosoft releases Windows 7 Service Pack 1 on this Patch Tuesday for everyone to download. Windows 7 SP1 was previously available to OEM, Technet members and Enterprise clients.
From Microsoft:
Windows 7 Service Pack 1 can be directly downloaded from Microsoft.
Posted from Cupertino, California, United States.
