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‘Your iPhone activation session has expired’ solution

The Patri0t — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:22:02 +0000

It seems that users always have to face problems with each release of iPhone, the early adopters at least. Users are reporting bad screens and a conspiracy theory is also on the rise about iOS4.

Some users have been reporting an error “Your iPhone activation session has expired” when they tried to activate their iPhone 4 via iTunes. The solution is very simple. Restart your iTunes and try, if that doesn’t solve your problem then restart your computer or MAC and that should do the job.

Enjoy your new iPhone 4!

Direct Download Link Apple iTunes 9.2 for Windows/MAC OS X

The Patri0t — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:50:23 +0000

Mac OS X

Windows

Windows (x64)

Fasterfox for Firefox 3.6.1, 3.6.2, 3.6.3

The Patri0t — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:50:51 +0000

Fasterfox 3.1.2 & Fasterfox Lite 3.8.2 for Firefox 3.5.4/3.5.5/3.5.6/3.5.7/3.6/3.6.1/3.6.2/3.6.3

Fasterfox Lite: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9148

Simply visit any of the above, click “Let me install the experimental add-on” and let it do the magic for you =). Its not experiment per se, I have been using it since a long time without any problem.

Fully working with latest build:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.2) Gecko/20100316 Firefox/3.6.2

Google Checkout is down in UK and US

The Patri0t — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:39:09 +0000

Google’s alternative to Paypal, Google Checkout is down in the UK for last two days without any kind of explanation from the company which is making the merchants very uneasy and frustrated, reports on Twitter also suggest that the service is down in the US.

Unlike Paypal, they do not have technical support line by phone so the merchants and users are in the dark about what’s happened to the service. According to Google they are looking into it. Google usually is on top of their game but something seems to be wrong with them, i.e. the privacy woes with Google Buzz release were also not expected by the tech community.

Head over to Twitter for real time updates by Google Checkout users for the latest information.

BitDefender solution for flagging Windows 64-bit files as Trojan.FakeAlert.5

The Patri0t — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 06:15:38 +0000

Happened with ESET’s NOD32 once when everything was being flagged as Kryptik.JX trojan but this time its BitDefender, they pushed an update file that rendered Windows 64-bit systems useless since many were falsely flagged as Trojan.FakeAlert.5 and moved to quarantine. This might have left many users with a useless non-bootable Windows or other problems. Here is the solution to fix the false alarm by BitDefender which detects important files as Trojan.FakeAlert.5.

The BitDefender products effected were: Home user, BitDefender Business Client and BitDefender Security for File Servers.

All BitDefender 2008, 2009 & 2010 Users With 64-Bit Systems

Download BitDefender Rescue CD that will fix the problem

BitDefender Business Client: False positive Trojan.Fakealert.5 on Windows x64 systems

Read HERE

False positive Trojan.Fakealert.5 on Windows x64 systems – How to fix your BitDefender for File Servers product

Read HERE

BitDefender has a dedicated page for the said problem which can be accessed HERE

KB971033: How to hide and uninstall Windows piracy check update?

The Patri0t — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:13:19 +0000

Microsoft has just pushed Windows 7 piracy check update, which is also called Windows 7 Activation Technology Update by Microsoft, to Windows Update. It has been tagged as important by Microsoft so if you have set to install important updates automatically, it will be installed without any prompt. This post is about KB971033 update by Microsoft, it will tell you exactly what to look for, how to hide the KB971033 update and how to uninstall the KB971033 update, if it has already been installed. If you don’t want the update, change your settings and hide the update. Here’s what to look for:

For Windows 7 64-bit
Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB971033)

For Windows 7 32-bit
Update for Windows 7 for x86-based Systems (KB971033)

Description of the Update as it appears in Windows Update:
This update to Windows Activation Technologies detects activation exploits and tampering to key Windows system files. These exploits try to bypass regular Windows activation and are sometimes included with counterfeit copies of Windows.

There are some concerns about the said update, it is supposed to block 70 or so methods present for breaking Windows 7’s activation but it will also keep checking in on Windows even if it passes as Genuine the firs time.

How to Hide the KB971033 update?
1. Go to Windows Update by clicking Start, typing Windows Update and running it.
2. Right click on the update “Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB971033)” or “Update for Windows 7 for x86-based Systems (KB971033)” depending on the version of Windows 7 you are running.
3. Click Hide

How to uninstall the KB971033 update?
If you face a problem with the said update or you simply don’t want the way its going to keep checking your Windows, you can uninstall it by following these steps.
1. Go to “Programs and Features” either through Control Panel or by typing it in Start Menu.
2. Click “View installed updates”
3. Look for update KB971033, right click and click Uninstall. Restart might be necessary.

According to user reports, they are not able to uninstall the said update. I am looking into this and the post will be updated accordingly.

Links:
-Genuine Windows Blog entry about the said update
-Description of the update for Windows Activation Technologies/KB971033 information from Microsoft