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  alex 8:28 pm on September 12, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Creative Applications, Creative Audio, Creative Entertainment, Creative Software, Creative Sound, Creative Website, Ebay, Entertainment Center, Installation Cd, Pax, Retail Version, Smart Recorder, Software Auto, Software Suite, Sound Blaster, Soundfont Bank Manager, Soundfont Manager, Volume Panel   

  how to install creative applications for x-fi xtreeme Music (OEM) on windows vista 

  If you have a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic (OEM version) and want all the applications that the retail version gets such as :

  • Creative Audio Console
  • Creative Volume Panel
  • THX Console
  • Creative Software Auto Update
  • Creative MediaSource
  • Creative Entertainment Center
  • Creative Smart Recorder
  • Creative WaveStudio
  • Creative 3DMIDI Player
  • Sound Blaster for Media Center
  • SoundFont Bank Manager
  • Creative Diagnostics

  Or if when you try to install the Sound Blaster X-Fi Installation CD for Windows Vista (that contains all the applications like the THX console, volume panel etc) you get an error message along the lines of unable to identify hardware – there is a solution (but sadly you cannot use the ‘official CD..you have to use a modded one- although from what ive read, the applications are the same, they just mod the setup)!

  1. Get the latest Drivers from the creative website
  2. Download the Application from Youp-Pax_X-Fi_Software_Su08.7z
     (you may need a program such as winrar to open it)
  3. Extract the Software Suite 08, do a custom install but uncheck install audio driver
  4. Next install the latest driver from the creative website
  5. Reboot and enjoy!

  If i manage to find a solution for installing the Sound Blaster X-Fi Installation CD for Windows Vista on the Creative X-Fi xtreeme music oem card without the need for the modded software suit , i’ll add it to this post.

  btw, if you have a retail version of Xtreeme music then you don’t need to use the modded application. OEM cards are usually on sale on eBay!

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    Randall Walden 5:51 pm on January 27, 2009 Permalink

    I have a Sound Blaster X-Fi and I use Windows Xp. I did’nt get any software or drivers with it. I downloaded this software but it reads that it is’nt for my audio device. I figured since it was originally for this card and Windows XP, it should work. Should’nt it? Thanks for your reply.

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  alex 10:50 pm on August 11, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Backup Features, Central Storage Place, Cost Of Electricity, Day Of Defeat, Day Of Defeat Source, Drive Space, Dynamic Domain, Ebay, Economic Aspect, Foot Prints, Gig Drive, Home Server, Microsoft (10), Neat Idea, Nifty Feature, Oem Version, Orange Box, Server Windows, Source Server, Terabyte, Usb Drive, WHS, Windows Home Server   

  Is the a point of having Windows Home Server? 

  Windows Home Sever:

  What’s the point of Windows Home server i think to myself as I stare and excogitate at my now installed 120-day Evaluation Windows Home Server. I installed it on a cheap (£5 – bargain off eBay!) P4 2.8, 1 Gig Ram, but i shoved in a 120GB instead of the the 40 Gig drive that came with the PC.

  At home we have 3 PCs and my Laptop, so a central storage place makes sense…but i think to myself, can’t i do this anyway on one of the XP/Vista machines and just share that folder? It makes sense from an economic aspect because a server needs to be on 24/7 and with the cost of electricity going up and the concern of global warming/carbon foot prints.

  Backup Features

  The nifty feature of automatic back-up is quite tempting, but is it really worth it? All that hard drive space required for images of each PCs drive, and my main desktop has a 500GB drive, so really at least a terabyte of storage is required.

  Remote Access

  Another nice feature is the remote access, say I’m at uni, and i need a file…maybe my course work which was on my USB drive, and my drive failed, then i could access my work by typing in the domain name and bam! I’d have access to my work…seems quite neat idea, but i could easily implement a ftp server and use a dynamic domain name and port forwarding…

  Well…..?

  So has Microsoft got my money for the £80 ish it costs for the OEM version? Well I’m not entirely convinced but i’ll give it a go, and see how it performs. Mind you I’ll put it to good use by running out Day of Defeat Source server for the VBC clan on it …if i could manage to get mani plug in working for the new orange box update!!!

   
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  alex 2:07 pm on July 15, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: art of deception (2), Backdoor, Backdoors, Bank Details, con (2), e-mail (2), Ebay, email, Free Adult Sites, Free Porn, Google (2), hacking (2), Hacking Into Computers, Mass Emails, New Ways, phising, Scammers, Security (3), Social Engineering (4), Social Engineers (2), Spelling Mistakes, Spoof, spoof sites, trojan, Trojan Horse, virus (2), Virus Scanner, World War 3   

  Social Engineering Tactics: Attacking With e-mails 

  Computer security:How Social Engineers are hacking into computers using Trojans as backdoors by getting users to click links in e-mails

  Background
  We are all very aware of attacks to gain our bank details by sending spoof emails of various banks, eBay and google ads accounts. More info about social engineers can be found on the The Art of Deception post.

  The Con
  Social Engineers are finding new ways to attack victims using Phishing methods. They send mass emails with subjects similar to those pictured bellow:

  

  the subject of the e-mails are designed so that you click on them, some other headers included World War 3 videos, video of saddam beheading etc

  

  emails typically contain a link to the page which contains a Trojan. Most of the time (as in most of the emails written by scammers), the grammar isn’t correct, many spelling mistakes as well as other mistakes such as the formatting of addresses.

  

  So when the user goes to ‘play’ the video, they are promted to download a file in order to play the file (often the file downloads without interaction from the user). However, this file contains a backdoor into your system (Trojan Horse).

  Similarly this method of getting the user to download a file in order to ‘play’ a video or somehow access content is used on ‘free’ adult sites – claiming free porn – when in fact they are getting a virus.

  How to Prevent?

  Have a good Virus Scanner that scans sites and files as you visit them on the Internet. The one i use is AVAST Free edition and it stops the Trojan entering the PC, and terminating the connection with that server….and keep it up to date, otherwise its pointless having it installed

  In general if the email looks dodgy don’t click links in it – simple!