Data Execution Prevention (DEP) monitors programs and how they run from system memory,this results in many applications getting blocked by DEP in Vista. It can be turned off or customized as per liking,the quickest way to turn on/off DEP is through the almighty command prompt. Launch command prompt with administrator rights and type the following …
Task Scheduler in Windows is perhaps one of the most under utilized tools that I have known so far.Knowing it can make using Windows more fun and of course more interesting. Windows Vista and it’s UAC prevents applications from running without admin privileges. Although UAC can be disabled,many times it is not feasible for running …
Windows Vista comes with in-built antispyware and antimalware application – Windows Defender (the gray coloured wall icon). Defender proves to be much useful than just tracking down spyware and malware present in a Vista box. Let’s take a look at what more it can do apart from just running in background checking for malware and …