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  2. Technical features new to Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    Registry notification hooks, introduced in Windows XP, and recently enhanced in Windows Vista, allow software to participate in registry related activities in the system. Support of UNIX-style symbolic links. [44] Previous Windows versions had support for a type of cross-volume reparse points known as junction points and hard links. However ...

  3. Security and safety features new to Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    Windows Vista binaries include intrinsic support for detection of stack-overflow. When a stack overflow in Windows Vista binaries is detected, the process is killed so that it cannot be used to carry on the exploit. Also Windows Vista binaries place buffers higher in memory and non buffers, like pointers and supplied parameters, in lower memory ...

  4. List of features removed in Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    The Open With dialog box in Windows Vista also uses the corresponding Default Programs API which limits only one registered application to be set as the default program. [ 22 ] The option on the File Types tab to configure particular file types to confirm open after download and others to open without confirmation after downloading has been ...

  5. An Overview of AOL Shield and AOL Shield Pro - AOL Help

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    Click Install and wait for the program to finish installing. 5. After the installation is complete, click Finish to launch AOL Shield. Supported operating systems for Shield AOL Shield is optimized for older operating systems like Windows XP and Windows Vista. It also has features that enable it to run on computers with a dial-up internet ...

  6. Features new to Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    Windows Vista is a language-independent operating system, unlike previous versions of Windows, and it supports additional languages when compared with previous versions. The Enterprise and Ultimate editions of Windows Vista allow additional languages to be installed with Multilingual User Interface. Users can now install and select non-English ...

  7. Enable and disable firewall in McAfee - AOL Help

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    To enable firewall protection: On the Windows taskbar, next to the clock, double-click the McAfee (M) icon. In the McAfee SecurityCenter window, click Web and Email Protection. Click Firewall Off. Click the Turn On button. Click Done. Don't see the McAfee icon next to the clock? If you're using Windows 7 or 8, click the arrow next to the clock ...

  8. Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    The Text Services Framework was compromised by a privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2019-1162) that could allow attackers to use the framework to perform privileged operations, run software, or send messages to privileged processes from unprivileged processes—bypassing security features such as sandboxes or User Account Control ...

  9. Disable third-party firewall software - AOL Help

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    Using the Programs menu; Using the Windows taskbar 1. On the Windows taskbar, next to the clock, right-click the ZoneAlarm icon, and then click Shutdown ZoneAlarm. Note: If you don't see the icon next to the clock, click the arrow next to the clock to reveal the hidden icons. 2. Click Yes. Using the Programs menu 1.