6 Tools to Forcefully Enable Grayed Out Disabled Buttons

You may have noticed that there are times when certain buttons, checkboxes or windows in a software or Microsoft Windows operating system itself gets disabled or grayed out and clicking on them will have no effect. This limitation is there on purpose and for reasons like restricting the functionality until the software is activated or as a safety measure that requires to complete a step before allowing you to proceed to the next. It could also be a restriction set by the administrator to prevent other people from tampering the system and changing the configurations.
Logically most of the time the buttons are disabled for a good reason but there are times when you really need them enabled. For example, unlike fully functional trial software, some software demo has their main functionality crippled and you don’t get to test them out until you pay for a valid license to activate the software. Or perhaps the LiveUpdate button on Symantec Endpoint Protection client has been disabled and you urgently need to pull the latest signature from the server to detect the latest threats. If you have a similar situation where you need to forcefully enable a disabled button, you can try any of the 6 tools listed below which we have successfully tested on Windows 7.

Is your mobile device vulnerable to ShellShock?

Dear HackerzTAG Fan,

By now you’ve probably heard about “Shellshock,” a new vulnerability that went undiscovered for 22 years until Thursday. The bug targets BASH, a popular software widely used to control the command prompt on many *nix computers. Shellshock is extremely dangerous because attackers can simply run a shell command on the remote machine without the need to know anything about the victim’s system. It has the potential to wreak havoc on websites, web servers, PCs, routers and more.

If this vulnerability goes unpatched, hackers can gain complete control of an infected machine and compromise your business – not to mention the cost of operational down-time.

Is your mobile device at risk? 

We believe that very few ROMs of Android devices may be susceptible to this attack. If you want to find out if your Android device is vulnerable, check out the Zimperium Shellshock Vulnerability Scanner available for free download via the Google Play Store.
This app will assess whether your mobile device is at risk for the ShellShock vulnerability.  The app will determine if you are running a vulnerable version of BASH, or apps that include the BASH process.