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cvega's Kill the Nag: An In-depth Dissection
01-08-2009 1:11 PM
Ok, here we go again! This is my solution for cvega's Kill the Nag challenge . Let's review the conditions. Method: Patch Difficulty: Easy Restriction: Help->About action should remain function, killing the dialog from resource is prohibited. You can see from the nag-screen from the screenshot, it says that the program expired from trial and it annoy... Read More...
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cvega's Save The Devil: A Walkthrough
01-08-2009 11:22 AM
Since the "Save the Devil" challenge from cvega seems inactive for sometime now, I decided to write my complete solution for it, in case anyone is wondering how I got the correct numbers, and eventually "saved" the devil. So here goes. There are a couple of things that you need in order to follow me with this guide. You need OllyDbg (A free... Read More...
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Mega toolbar my...
03-10-2008 3:16 PM
Have you ever wanted to download something, but you just found out that the file was hosted in MegaUpload (One example is from http://gewdlooks.multiply.com -- shameless plug) and sadly you're greeted with the no available slots message. Fear not, let's fix this. You have 2 choices -- (a) install the Megaupload toolbar, (b) install a firefox add-on. I'd... Read More...
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Zipping Files Individually -- Pain in the ***!
11-08-2007 11:10 AM
Picture this, you have 9,999 .doc files. You decide to zip/rar it to save space. But you thought, "I want them individually archived so that I wouldn't have to open a huge zip/rar file just to find a file." But doing that could each up your time, doesn't it? Want a solution, read on! You might not be aware of it, but one of the most famous archiving... Read More...
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What's the Password?
08-07-2007 12:19 PM
Whew! It's been a while, but rejoice, I'm back with another dark tip! Have you ever wondered, "hey, I have some files that I want to keep in my hardrive, but I don't want anybody opening/reading/executing it...". Yeah, there are lots of ways to do it. But what I'm going to demonstrate is *cooler* than those. We will actually learn how... Read More...
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Change That Funky Logo
06-15-2007 3:59 PM
Hmmmmm... did you ever buy a PC and found that when you go to My Computer, right click, then hit Properties, the logo of the place where you bought the PC appears on the lower left side corner of the properties box? Did you ask yourself, damn that <insert name here>, I don't want their logo to appear here! Well here goes, let's replace it. First... Read More...
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Leech YouTube Movies
06-01-2007 4:11 PM
I think this would be useful to all YouTube junkies. (Actually, lamia asked me about this just this morning.. hehehe.) Did you ever want to download a copy of a video you see in YouTube, maybe for personal archiving, reference, smooth payback or <gulp> blackmail? Wonder no more because here's a site that does just that. Here's the instructions to... Read More...
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We Want Administrator Access! Pt.2
06-01-2007 1:50 PM
Hmmm... Sometimes we have a limited access. Sometimes, you know, we can't execute the cmd, no run command, no links to it, no access to the Windows directory to execute my previous dark tip ... Well, here's a little hack to access the command prompt on a limited account; 1. Open notepad. 2. On the 1st line, type 'cmd' without the ''. 3... Read More...
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We Want Administrator Access!
05-31-2007 3:36 PM
Haha, time for a dark tip. Have you ever wanted to have administrator rights on a computer that you don't own? Did you just forget your own password? If so, just follow these simple steps: 1) Run cmd. 2) Type net user 3) Check the account you want to get into (in our case, Administrator is the target) 4) Type net user Administrator /random 5) Check the new... Read More...
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