Windows Registry News Jan 26 2010

ShellMenuNew Cleans Up the Windows Explorer "New" Menu [Downloads]

Windows only: Portable system tweaking utility ShellMenuNew displays a list of all the items in the Windows Explorer "New" menu, and allows you to disable them easily. ShellMenuNew works just like...

Lifehacker:

http://lifehacker.com/5454912/shellmenunew-cleans-up-the-windows-explorer-new-menu

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News in brief

Here are a selection of brief news items from this week

West Salem Coulee News: 

http://couleenews.com/articles/2010/01/25/news/08briefs.txt

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Windows 7 Security: What You Need to Know, Part Three

AppLocker wards off Trojan attacks by preventing users from launching forbidden files and apps.

PC World:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/187502/windows_7_security_what_you_need_to_know_part_three.html?tk=rss_news

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Virus Writers Produce Hardware Damaging Code With Win32.Worm.Zimuse

Disguised IQ Test Combines Virus, Rootkit and Worm -- Malicious Code for One Fatal Formula

Marketwire:

 http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=1106643&sourceType=3

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GNU/Linux: rdesktop - Working on a Windows Based PC Remotely

The ERACC Web Log: "When I originally worked on the systems for this client I set up TightVNC on all the systems at the location. Then, using non-standard ports, I configured their router for remote access to be able to support these systems remotely using the Java based web connector in TightVNC from my Firefox web browser."

Linux Today:

 http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-01-22-004-35-OS-DT-NT

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