Windows 7's PC Safeguard sandboxes user accounts
One of the first pieces I wrote when I joined Download Squad covered Microsoft SteadyState, a free application that caches changes to your operating system and can remove all traces of them on rebooting. Now it looks as though that functionality will be part of the Windows 7 core - with one major improvement.
Whereas SteadyState will lock down your entire system, PC Safeguard can be configured on a per-user basis. Making changes under SteadyState can be a bit cumbersome and usually requires at least one reboot. With PC Safeguard, you've got two options. First, you log off the protected user and log in with your administrative account.
Second, you can simply run a command as an administrative user and the changes will persist. For example: right click the Firefox installer, run it as the administrator, enter the password, and it's there to stay.
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Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsAirMilf puts Palin in a helicopter - Time Waster
Filed under: Time-Wasters
You fly through the air in a Vietnam-era helicopter, shooting wolves, and trying not to shoot the elk running alongside. I had a really fun time with this one. The early levels are easy, moving relatively slowly and making it easy to get head shots (to raise more for the campaign).
As the levels progress, things move a lot faster. It started to get a bit more challenging around levels 7 and 8 and by 9 and 10 the helicopter was racing by the wolves.
If you need just a little more election fun, check out this game. The only reason I stopped playing was so I would have time to write this post. As time-wasters go, this one is pretty good. Easy, fun and increasing levels of difficulty.
AirMilf puts Palin in a helicopter - Time Waster originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsPresidential Street Fight - Time Waster
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While McCain and Obama battle it out at the polls, you can create your own election results with the Presidential Street Fight.
You can play as either McCain or Obama and shoot it out in front of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Each candidate comes with a basketball launching gun and a pile of boxes to use for cover. Shoot up and over the boxes to hit the other candidate or shoot straight at them to knock out the protective boxes.
Items like bags of money, Uncle Sam style hats and one ton weights will pop up occasionally, if you can hit them they will become your ammunition. I tried playing as both candidates and they seem to have equal skills and abilities.
The faces both make while aiming and shooting are great and the music is okay, though it does get a bit tedious after awhile.
Presidential Street Fight - Time Waster originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsPalin as President - Time Waster
Filed under: Time-Wasters
A simple photo of Palin in the Oval Office with lots of interactive bits give you a taste of what that reality might be like. You can click on a variety of everyday objects and listen to Palin name them - Joe the Chair, Joe the Six-Pack, etc. Or, watch her throw a dart to choose the name of her next child.
There are numerous opportunities to hear Palin say Maverick and you can watch a car drive off her bridge to nowhere. It won't waste a lot of time but it is good for a few laughs.
Of course if you're a Palin fan, this could give you a great visual for that dream of Palin in the Oval Office you've been having.
Palin as President - Time Waster originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsSuper Obama World - Election Day Time Waster
Filed under: Fun, Games, Internet, Time-Wasters
If you loved the old Super Mario World, and you like Barack Obama, you'll love Super Obama World. It's exactly what it sounds like: an old-school style hop n' bop game, where you play as a Senator from the state of Ilinois. Instead of little mushrooms with fangs, you bounce on pigs (maybe they're supposed to be pigs with lipstick?). Instead of Mario's coins, there are little American flags. Currently, you can plan an ice level with a very interesting boss (hint: she can see Russia from her house). More levels are planned after the election, "including Arizona, Illinois, and D.C. levels. Just because the campaign is over doesn't mean the excitement has to be!" Whoever you plan to vote for, or regardless of whether you're even eligible to vote, this is a fun little platformer.
Editor's note: In an effort to be as
Super Obama World - Election Day Time Waster originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsFirefox's private browsing feature debuts in latest Minefield build
Filed under: Internet, Security, Mozilla, Open Source, Beta, Browsers
Back in September, the Mozilla wiki provided clues that private browsing was indeed back on the radar for version 3.1 of Firefox. With the release of beta 2 looming, anxious testers can preview the feature by downloading the latest nightly build.
To enable the feature, click the tools menu and then click private browsing to enable it. You'll be asked to confirm your selection and restart the browser. Eschewing any blatant notification that you've activated the feature, Minefield will simply add (Private Browsing) to the application 's title bar.
You'll also see a notice that private browsing is enabled and what exactly that means: browsing, search, form, and download history will not be saved, nor will cookies or temporary files. Any new downloaded files or bookmarks will be retained.
Eshan Akhgari has more information available about private browsing, and thankfully he's put forth a possible application that doesn't directly involve NSFW surfing: "an example scenario would be looking for a new employer while at work."
Interested in trying it out? Grab the latest release from Mozilla's ftp.
Firefox's private browsing feature debuts in latest Minefield build originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsElection Incrimination - Time Waster
Filed under: Time-Wasters
It's a race against the clock to hide everything before the press arrives in the Oval Office. McCain has such secrets as Viagra, a George W. Bush dart board, and an oil contract signed in blood. Obama has Sarah Palin, Michael Jackson and hip hop clothes to hide.
The game presents a lot of stereotypes and plain ugly items (a KKK member for one) so if you're easily offended, don't try it out. But, if you aren't, enjoy hiding items for both candidates, or setting up the one you didn't vote for to be outed by the press.
Election Incrimination - Time Waster originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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