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A federal court has just ruled that iPhone users who decide to “jailbreak” their phones may do so with the blessing of the law. Jailbreaking can mean either cracking the security features of the iPhone and allowing it to use non-Apple applications or allowing the owner to use other telecoms to make their calls. Its a hacker holiday! Full Story. …
MSCONFIG – System Configuration Utility and controlling Windows Startup items
MSCONFIG – Microsoft’s system configuration utility for controlling how Windows starts and what programs are automatically loaded when starting. Many of the items listed in the Windows Task Manager are processes (programs) that can be seen and controlled using the MSCONFIG utility.
MSCONFIG is one of those hidden Windows XP/Me/98 utilities. After all of these years, I wish that Microsoft had just created an icon for the utility in the “System Tools” program group (between Disk Defragmenter and System Restore). Everyone should use the utility at least once and view all of the programs that load when Windows starts. Many of these programs are legitimate (anti-virus, spyware protection, printers, modem, etc.). If you have had several generations of printers or digital cameras you might just find software loading for a device you no longer use or want. Become familiar with how to use the utility, and glance through the programs that are starting up. It may prove useful when and if you need to use this utility to solve a computer problem.
On The Internet Advisor show, we have asked our listeners to use the utility to monitor and control …