Neowin News Feed for: Disables

Prevent v 1.0 disables cut, paste, copy, delete, re-naming of files & folders

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:20:44 +0000

Prevent v 1.0 is a freeware app which runs on all Windows. If you don't want anyone deleting or renaming or messing around with your data, maybe your younger sibling, then Prevent may be able... Read more...

Australian teen disables government's porn filter

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:49:44 +0000

Earlier this month, Australian Prime Minister John Howard announced a multi-million dollar pornography filter along with several other measures to make the Internet safer for children and families, including an information and education campaign and... Read more...

Apple disables iTunes hack

Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:01:58 +0000

Apple Computer has closed a security hole that allowed an underground program to tap into its iTunes Music Store and purchase songs stripped of antipiracy protections. The PyMusique software, created by a... Read more...

Apple disables iTunes song-swapping tool

Thu, 29 Apr 2004 14:22:13 +0000

Among other additions Apple Computer made to its iTunes software, the Mac maker has plugged a hole that allowed some people to download music from another computer. Apple's iTunes allows Macintosh and... Read more...

NeoTweak XP 0.8 Beta disables context menu

Steven Parker — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 08:51:08 +0000

There was a small problem in NeoTweak XP 0.8 Beta that disables the ability to right click on your desktop or explorer. This was due to a small coding error (that has been fixed in... Read more...

Patch: Directory Corruption Disables XP Search Companion

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 05 Jun 2002 09:27:35 +0000

After you connect to a Web site, you may receive an error message. After you receive the error message, you cannot use Search Companion to search for files or folders, or to search the Internet.... Read more...