Posts Tagged ‘Vista’

Sudo for Windows

Sudo for Windows
I found this handy tool on the internet today.
With the thought of dealing with Vista’s UAC domain-wide, and current implementations of XP – this seems like an ideal solution.
What I can’t believe is that Vista still lacks a sudo-esque command line tool. Or even su.

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Groovy Vista Shortcuts

Now that I’ve been using Windows Vista RC2 for some time now, I can definitely say that I’m impressed with the latest offering from Microsoft. The slowdowns are virtually non-existant on a 1GB system, and the window rendering is superb.
In the meantime, I thought I’d share some good Windows Shortcut Keys that are new to [...]

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I hate dialogs

As I’m getting accustomed to the BETA2 release of Vista, I can only think of one thing.
I hate dialogs.
I especially hate the big, black, screen-blanking, in-your-face annoyance of a security system that Microsoft felt compelled to put in place.
I can see where they are coming from (Unix!), but it just doesn’t work. The idea of [...]

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