On Wednesday March 5th, Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich will be hosting a virtual roundtable session live over the Internet on Windows Vista Deployment and Adoption. Joining Mark on the panel for the roundtable will be independent industry experts and IT Professionals from organizations that have already deployed Windows Vista as well as Microsoft MVPs. This roundtable offers IT Professionals worldwide an opportunity to ask questions about deploying Windows Vista.

To attend the event, just visit http://ms.istreamplanet.com/events at 9:00am Pacific Time on March 5th. You will be able to ask your questions live during the event. You are also welcome to submit your questions in advance by sending them to vrtable@microsoft.com between now and when the event starts. The panel will be 60 minutes long and try to answer as many questions as possible within that timeframe. The event will also be available on-demand afterwards as well.

For additional guidance, resources, tools, and straight-talk articles to help address your Windows Vista adoption questions, visit the Springboard Series for Windows Vista.

PrivacyConductor Descriptions:

Privacy Conductor, also known as PrivacyConductor, is counterfeit anti-spyware / anti-malware software. PrivacyConductor usually installed itself onto your PC without your permission, through Trojan and virus. PrivacyConductor will display fake security alerts or notifications to trick user to buy the paid version of PrivacyConductor.

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Manual Removal Instructions:

Stop PrivacyConductor Processes:
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PrivacyConductor.exe

Unregister Privacy Conductor DLL Files:
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msole.dll
msdde.dll

Find and Delete Privacy Conductor Files:
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PrivacyConductor.exe
PrivacyConductor.lnk
msole.dll
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When Windows Vista was originally released just over a year ago Microsoft commissioned Principled Technologies to compare the overall responsiveness of Windows Vista to Windows XP SP 2 for some common business and home tasks. With the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) Principled has updated their results. Principled Technologies concluded the following when comparing business scenarios:

• Overall, Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP performed comparably on most test operations. Performance differences between the two operating systems were typically less than a half second. Significant differences of over a second occurred on only nine of 128 measures; Windows Vista SP1 led on eight of those.
• Windows Vista SP1 was noticeably more responsive after rebooting than Windows XP on several common business operations.
• Overall, Windows Vista SP1 was more responsive than Windows Vista on most comparisons. Performance differences between the two operating systems were typically less than a quarter second.

Principled Technologies also concluded the following when comparing home scenarios:

• Overall, Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP performed comparably on most test operations. Differences were typically less than a half second.
• Windows Vista SP1 was noticeably more responsive after rebooting than Windows XP on several common home operations.
• Overall, Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Vista performed comparably on most test operations, with differences typically less than a half second.

To download a PDF of the two most recent reports, as well as the original ones from last year, go directly to the Principled Technologies website - http://www.principledtechnologies.com/Clients/Reports/Microsoft/microsoft.htm

StorageProtector Descriptions:

StorageProtector maybe a counterfeit anti-spyware / anti-malware software. Storage Protector usually come up after you installed a Trojan, virus and fake software.

It is very important to remove all the components of of the StorageProtector and all the malware and trojans that it might have come bundle with (such as zlob.trojan, trojan.vundo and Trojan.Downloader). To effectively remove Storage Protector, we have created a manual removal instructions which is easy to understand.

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Manual StorageProtector Removal Instructions:

Stop StorageProtector Processes:
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transpaid.exe

Find and Delete these StorageProtector Files:
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StorageProtector
Uninstall StorageProtector.lnk
transpaid.exe
StorageProtector.lnk

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Here we are - Group Policy Preference Client Side Extensions are now available for download. This is a cool thing bringing lot's of Group Policy Power to admins around the world!

The GPP CSEs are included in Windows Server 2008 RTM, but can now be downloaded for:
Windows XP SP2+ (32/64 bit)
Windows Server 2003 SP1+ (32/64 bit)
Windows Vista RTM+ (32/64 bit)

These are the links:
GPP CSEs for Windows Vista (KB943729)
GPP CSEs for Windows Vista x64 Edition (KB943729)
GPP CSEs for Windows Server 2003 (KB943729)
GPP CSEs for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB943729)
GPP CSEs for Windows XP (KB943729)
GPP CSEs for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB943729)

To get Group Policy Preferences on your network all you need is a single Windows Server 2008 as a management station in you existing Windows Server 2003 AD (or 2008 AD of course). When RSAT (Remote Server Administration Tools) is out there - very soon! - a Windows Vista SP1 will be enough to get this cool functionality in your domain!

But remember, no GP Preferences (GPP) without the CSEs - so go ahead and download them now ;-)

 

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Win Reanimator Descriptions:

Win Reanimator is the latest counterfeit anti-spyware software that endangers the world of computers. Win Reanimator usually installed itself onto your PC without your permission, through Vundo Trojan, Virus or fake software. Win Reanimator will display fake system alerts or fake security alerts to trick user to buy the paid version of Win Reanimator, in order to remove the potential and reported problems. Likely error messages include, “Windows has detected spyware infection! It is recomended to use special antispyware tools to prevent data loss. Windows will now download and install the most up-to-date antispyware for you. Click here to protect your computer from spyware!” Not only does it cause your machine to slow down dramatically, it would also put your privacy and data in risk.

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Manual Removal Instructions:

Stop Win Reanimator Processes:
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Win Reanimator.exe

Find and Delete these Win Reanimator Files:
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Win Reanimator.exe
Win Reanimator.lnk
Win Reanimator.url
Uninstall Win Reanimator.lnk

Remove Win Reanimator Registry Values:
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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Win Reanimator

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You can also download the free version of Avira Antivir to remove the spyware (update)