Consumer security software providers

Windows 7 consumer security software providers

Antimalware apps for Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Release Preview

Using Microsoft MSDN Subscriber Downloads

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Using ISO Image Files Many products are posted as ISO-9660 image files. An ISO-9660 image file is an exact representation of a CD or DVD, including the content and the logical format. The most common use of an image file is to write it to a blank CD-R or DVD-R, resulting in an identical copy of the original disc including file name and volume label information. ISO image files may also be opened and their contents copied to a local folder, much like ZIP files. ISO files may also be virtually mounted and accessed as a device. These three methods of using ISO images are described below. Note: you may have to rename the file extension from .IMG or .UDF to .ISO, depending on your software. Writing ISO files to CD-R or DVD-R Most CD-R/DVD-R writing software includes a feature to create a disc from an image file. Note: you must use the special "copy image to CD" or "burn image" functionality. See your software’s Help for detailed information. Writing ISO images to CD-Rs and DVD-Rs The Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit includes the DVDBURN.EXE command line tool. Though it has not been tested by Microsoft, many customers also report success using ISO Recorder. Testing CD-Rs and DVD-Rs After your CD/DVD-R has been written, you can compare your download copy to the original to verify that the process was successful. For this purpose, Subscriber Downloads provides the SHA-1 hash value for the download’s ISO image; to view the SHA-1 hash value, click “Details” in the download’s listing on Subscriber Downloads. To verify your copy, you can use the Sigcheck tool, available from Sysinternals, to generate its SHA-1 hash value by running Sigcheck with the –h option; then compare the value you generated against the original to verify your copy. In addition, many freeware programs can calculate an SHA-1 hash value; use your favorite Internet search engine to look for sha1 hash to find them. Accessing ISO images via Virtual Drives Certain tools exist which create a virtual disc drive on your PC and mount an ISO image on that drive. These tools typically assign a new drive letter to this drive, and the contents of the image can be accessed by opening “My Computer” and double clicking on the new drive. Though they have not been tested nor are supported by the Subscriptions team, customers report that Daemon Tools offer such capability. Other products like IsoBuster and WinRar can access the contents of ISO images directly and verify ISO files, but also have not been tested nor are supported by the Subscriptions team.


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Locating the virtual machine bundle in VMware Fusion

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Fusion creates a virtual machine as a bundle, which is a set of files grouped together as a package. Each virtual machine bundle contains the virtual machine's virtual disks (data) and settings files. Note: Before you alter the virtual machine's files, VMware recommends copying the virtual machine's bundle to a safe location (either on an external hard drive or anywhere else on the Mac's hard drive) to backup the virtual machine. For more information, see Best practices for virtual machine backup (programs and data) (1013628). By default, virtual machine bundles are stored in Macintosh HD/Users//Documents/Virtual Machines. Depending on your version of Fusion and your Mac OS Settings, this last folder name may be Virtual Machines.localized. Note: Virtual machines running off of Boot Camp partitions are stored in Macintosh HD/Users//Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines/Boot Camp. Only Fusion's virtual machine settings files for the Boot Camp partition are stored here; Fusion uses the Boot Camp partition as the virtual disk. If you have used the virtual machine in VMware Fusion, you can locate its bundle. To locate a virtual machine bundle: Launch Fusion. If the Virtual Machine Library window is not visible, go to Window > Virtual Machine Library. From the list on the left side, press Ctrl and click the virtual machine for which you want to locate the files. Note: In Fusion 4.x, press Ctrl and click the thumbnail of the virtual machine for which you want to locate the files. Click Show in Finder. If the virtual machine does not appear in the Virtual Machine Library, you can use Mac OS X's built-in Spotlight feature to locate it: Click the Spotlight icon in the top-right corner of your screen (at the far right of the menu bar). Type .vmwarevm. Click Show All. If you see more results that are not virtual machines, click File Name from the search result window's search bar (rather than Contents). Press Ctrl and click the virtual machine whose files you wish to locate. Click Open Enclosing Folder. The revealed object is the virtual machine bundle. To see its contents: Press Ctrl and click the bundle. Click Show Package Contents.

Create a Menu Item to Hide and Show Hidden Files in OS X

Use Automator to Create a Contextual Menu to Hide or Show Hidden Files

How To: Use Automator to show/hide hidden files

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Using Automator to Create a Toggle Hidden Files Menu Item Launch Automator, located in the /Applications folder. Select Service as the type of template to use for your new Automator task, and click the Choose button. In the Library pane, make sure Actions is selected, then underneath the Library item, click Utilities. This will filter the available workflow types to just those relating to utilities. In the filtered list of actions, click Run Shell Script and drag it to the workflow pane. At the top of the workflow pane are two drop-down menu items. Set the 'Service receives selected' to 'files or folders.' Set the 'in' to 'Finder.' Copy the entire shell script command that we created above (all eight lines), and use it to replace any text that may already be present in the Run Shell Script box. From the Automator file menu, select "Save," and then give the service a name. The name you select will appear as the menu item. I call mine Toggle Hidden Files. After saving the Automator service, you can quit Automator. Using the Toggle Hidden Files Menu Item Open a Finder window. Right-click any file or folder. Select Services, Toggle Hidden Files, from the pop-up menu. The Finder will toggle the state of hiding files, causing hidden files and folders to display or be hidden depending on their current condition.