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  1. Windows Hardening: Disable 5 Features to Cut Attack Surface

    Windows ships with dozens of features and background services designed to improve convenience — but those conveniences are also additional points of entry for attackers. A recent how‑to-style guide compiled a short list of commonly unnecessary capabilities that many users can safely disable to...
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    • Forum: Windows News

  2. CVE-2025-7973: Privilege Escalation in FactoryTalk ViewPoint 14.x

    A critical local privilege‑escalation flaw has been disclosed in Rockwell Automation’s FactoryTalk ViewPoint (versions 14.00 and prior) that allows an attacker with local access to escalate to SYSTEM by abusing Windows MSI repair behavior — the issue is tracked as CVE‑2025‑7973 and has been...
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    • Forum: Security Alerts

  3. CVE-2025-7973: Privilege Escalation in Rockwell FactoryTalk ViewPoint

    A high-severity privilege-escalation flaw has been disclosed in Rockwell Automation’s FactoryTalk ViewPoint that allows a local attacker to escalate to SYSTEM privileges by abusing Windows MSI repair behavior; the issue (CVE-2025-7973) carries a CVSS v4 base score of 8.5 and affects FactoryTalk...
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    • Forum: Security Alerts

  4. Microsoft Replaces Legacy JScript with JScript9Legacy in Windows 11: Enhanced Security & Compatibility

    For nearly three decades, Microsoft's proprietary JScript engine has been a silent, persistent presence across multiple generations of Windows. Born during the days of Internet Explorer 3.0, JScript—Microsoft's own dialect compatible (at varying degrees) with ECMAScript/JavaScript—served...
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    • Forum: Windows News

  5. Windows Script Host Errors on Windows 10 Start-up

    im getting Windows Script Host Errors on Windows 10 Start-up. followed this guide and ran the Autoruns https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-remove-and-install-windows-script-host/3bc43654-a4be-46df-8ce5-86beba2eba12 but the file isn't appearing on the list, also tried...

  6. Windows 11 Script Host error 80070002

    Hello! I recently installed Windows 11. I want to change the shortcut winKEY + E to another folder. I used the below code and it worked on another laptop, but now I got the error from title. REG FILE: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00...
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    Windows 10 Blank login after login...

    Hi, Blank Screen after login! I wonder if anyone can help.... I had some malware/adware downloaded and although having removed it I now have this error.. a blank screen AFTER logging into my user account - I have tried creating a second user account I get the same.... if I press...
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  8. Windows 7 How To Fix Windows Script Host

    Link Removed I TRY SOME OTHER SOLUTION BY REMOVING THE "JSSCRIPT" IN MY SYSTEM BOOT UP VIA "MSCONFIG" THOUGH "JSCRIPT" DONT EXIST ON IT... I ALSO TRY TO DELETE THE FILES .. I THOUGHT IT WAS GONE BECAUSE IT DID NOT GO POP AGAIN FOR A 5-10 HRS BUT WHEN I START MY PC AGAIN AFTER A FEW HOURS THIS...
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    Windows 7 Windows Script Host: Can not find script file ?

    Hello & Thanks , win7 x64 Starting yesterday , I keep getting the following message: Windows Script Host Can not find script file "C:\ProgramData\{95137DD0-C591-AC56-7417-DCD4A4950F5A}\2.0.1.9\lare.txt". Any idea why and how to fix it ? Thanks/ ...Vern
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support