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		<title>94 more secret Windows shortcuts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week the blogosphere went temporarily insane over a simple GUID that displays a list of Control Panel shortcuts. It’s not even close to deserving the “God mode” label, but I’m still hearing about it. As I noted in response, that’s only one of 39 GUID shortcuts available in Windows 7. But even those are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The ultimate God Mode list: 39 secret Windows 7 shortcuts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For some reason that only the gods of the blogosphere can explain, an old Windows trick took on new life this week. If you create a new folder using an arbitrary name, followed by a period and the GUID {ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}, you end up with a categorized list of Control Panel tasks.

As I explained last weekend, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/the-ultimate-god-mode-list-39-secret-windows-7-shortcuts.html</link>
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		<title>Facebook enhances privacy settings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a significant privacy shake-up, Facebook has announced it will remove regional networks and give users more control over their personal information. Users of the popular social network will now be able to control who sees each individual piece of content that they upload.

This contrasts to current Facebook policy, which only allows users to create [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/facebook-enhances-privacy-settings.html</link>
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		<title>Windows 7 tricks: 20 top tips and tweaks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just got your hands on Windows 7 and want to bend it to your will? No problem. We&#8217;ve got plenty of tips, hacks and secrets to keep you busy for a long time, including automatically opening Windows Explorer to a folder of your choice, speeding up taskbar thumbnails, finding hidden desktop themes, forcing User Account [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/windows-7-tricks-20-top-tips-and-tweaks.html</link>
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		<title>The ABCs of securing your Windows netbook</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Netbooks are likely to be a popular gift this holiday season—they&#8217;re cheap, highly portable, and the kind of thing that you can give as a gift to a relatively novice computer user who needs a laptop but doesn&#8217;t need the power or responsibility that comes with a more expensive portable.

 Netbooks are also looking increasingly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/the-abcs-of-securing-your-windows-netbook.html</link>
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		<title>Microsoft targets 2012 for Windows 8</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When we first started posting news tidbits regarding Windows 8, we warned readers not to expect the operating system to arrive until 2011 at the earliest, and we noted that 2012 was more likely.

 After the problems caused by the long gap between the releases of Windows XP and Windows Vista, Microsoft said that starting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/microsoft-targets-2012-for-windows-8.html</link>
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		<title>Installing Windows 7 from a USB stick the easy way</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These days there are quite a few types of computers which don’t have an optical drive built in. For the average user this is no great loss. Today Software is downloaded and not bought on a CD or DVD anymore.

Also the CD has lost its popularity for exchanging data, people use the Internet or USB [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/installing-windows-7-from-a-usb-stick-the-easy-way.html</link>
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		<title>Users cannot rely on new Windows 7 safety features alone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recent tests have shown that Windows 7&#8217;s User Account Control did not catch seven out of ten malware items when run on the OS.

With Windows 7 proving vulnerable when security tested, NCP engineering encourages all businesses to review their security measures and consider adopting a virtual private network to ensure business protection. Moreover, secure communications [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/users-cannot-rely-on-new-windows-7-safety-features-alone.html</link>
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		<title>Microsoft Security Essentials or Forefront: Which should a Windows user choose?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s been a while since Microsoft has shared any new information about its free antimalware offering, Microsoft Security Essentials (codenamed “Morro”). But the Softies are quietly setting the stage for the product, which is slated to launch before the end of the year.

A quick refresher: MSE is the replacement for Windows Live OneCare and a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/microsoft-security-essentials-or-forefront-which-should-a-windows-user-choose.html</link>
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		<title>Microsoft Backports Windows 7 Security Change to XP, Vista</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has backported changes to its AutoRun and AutoPlay features to Windows Vista and Windows XP to help users fight malware that spreads via USB devices.

Microsoft made the change in Windows 7 earlier in 2009 to stop the spread of the infamous Conficker worm, which was taking advantage of the functionality to silently jump from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/microsoft-backports-windows-7-security-change-to-xp-vista.html</link>
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		<title>10 Microsoft Windows 7 Features to Anticipate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft Windows 7, touted as an improvement on both Vista and XP, will include many changes to previous versions of the operating system.

 In addition to fundamental improvements, such as programming tweaks that increase its overall speed, there will also be funkier adjustments, including eccentric new wallpapers. Microsoft is looking for a massive hit in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/10-microsoft-windows-7-features-to-anticipate.html</link>
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		<title>Review: Windows 7 RTM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that Microsoft&#8217;s Windows 7 has reached the release to manufacturing (RTM) stage, it&#8217;s time to take a close look at all the features of the upcoming operating system.

You might think that, because there are so many similarities between Windows 7 and Windows Vista, Windows 7 is essentially just a big Windows Vista service pack. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/review-windows-7-rtm.html</link>
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		<title>Windows 7 will nag users 29% less often, Microsoft claims</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most hated features of Windows Vista will be seen a third less often by users of the upcoming Windows 7, a Microsoft executive promised today. &#34;You&#8217;ll see a lot fewer UAC prompts in Windows 7,&#34; said Paul Cooke, director of Windows 7 client enterprise security.

User Account Control, or UAC, the security feature [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/windows-7-will-nag-users-29-less-often-microsoft-claims.html</link>
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		<title>Vista7 more secure than Linux and Mac OS X</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vista today, post-Service Pack 2, which is now in the marketplace, is the safest, most reliable OS we’ve ever built. It’s also the most secure OS on the planet, including Linux and open source and Apple Leopard.

It’s the safest and most secure OS on the planet today. Everything that we’ve learned in Vista will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/vista7-more-secure-than-linux-and-mac-os-x.html</link>
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		<title>Conficker self updates, launches false infection alert</title>
		<description><![CDATA[April 1 may not have turned into the D-day that some feared Conficker might create, but the newest version of the worm (Conficker.C) is still out in the wild with mischief on its mind. The malware&#8217;s creators released a new patch on April 7; the group obviously intends to continue its active war against security [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/conficker-self-updates-launches-false-infection-alert-2.html</link>
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		<title>Conficker self updates, launches false infection alert</title>
		<description><![CDATA[April 1 may not have turned into the D-day that some feared Conficker might create, but the newest version of the worm (Conficker.C) is still out in the wild with mischief on its mind.

The malware&#8217;s creators released a new patch on April 7; the group obviously intends to continue its active war against security researchers. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/conficker-self-updates-launches-false-infection-alert.html</link>
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		<title>Further Windows 7 features revealed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More information emerges from Microsoft about compatibility issues and features of the forthcoming Windows 7, in the form of answers to user&#8217;s questions.

In an previous article, we dug up information on Windows 7 from the Springboard Series round-table meetings, fronted by Microsoft&#8217;s Mark Russinovich. Now, some more answers to questions from users have been published. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Windows 7 UAC shapes enterprise security</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a lot of buzz about the security features in the upcoming release of Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system, especially User Account Control (UAC).

Microsoft designed UAC to control the elevated “administrator” privilege that is so dangerous from an IT security perspective. UAC debuted in Windows Vista to help reduce privilege levels of all users, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/how-windows-7-uac-shapes-enterprise-security.html</link>
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		<title>Worm Set For April Fools Day Launch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Security researchers have sent out notice about a worm set to hit the wild on April 1, making the situation no laughing matter. Conficker.C, the latest variant of Conficker.A and Conficker.B-both of which have been shut down by some crafty reverse engineering-isn&#8217;t quite as nasty as its predecessors, in the same way Lil Kim isn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/worm-set-for-april-fools-day-launch.html</link>
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		<title>Microsoft Releases IE8, Stresses Security</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft plans to make its Internet Explorer 8 browser available on Thursday, along with a company-commissioned report claiming IE8 is more secure against malware than rival browsers from Mozilla and Google.

Users will be able to download IE8 in 25 languages at 12:00 noon Eastern Daylight Time on Thursday from Microsoft&#8217;s IE Web site and its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.windowsvistasecuritynews.com/microsoft-releases-ie8-stresses-security.html</link>
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