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  • R Rick York

    Check out the comments on this article : http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/HackXP-SimpleWay.asp[^] I have been here since the beginning (member 196) and I can't recall ever seeing anything like this. Well, I guess a few of Bill the info droid's articles came close but, damn. Ironically, old Bill loves this article. Now that I think about, that's not ironic. That's fitting. Most incredible is the author's responses to some of the posts. He's actually calling people liars. The whole thing is just astonishing. :omg: :wtf:

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    Binary Boy
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    Gone. What did it say about hacking XP? Was it a security flaw of some kind?

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    • R Rick York

      Check out the comments on this article : http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/HackXP-SimpleWay.asp[^] I have been here since the beginning (member 196) and I can't recall ever seeing anything like this. Well, I guess a few of Bill the info droid's articles came close but, damn. Ironically, old Bill loves this article. Now that I think about, that's not ironic. That's fitting. Most incredible is the author's responses to some of the posts. He's actually calling people liars. The whole thing is just astonishing. :omg: :wtf:

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      Jim Crafton
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      The article provided, supposedly, ways to create a fake user account, access/recover the Admin password, as well other utilities like this. I posted a comment about the article that prompted some of the "you're a lier" responses by noting the "article" as submitted was not an article by CP standards. The guy had put together a few sentences in poorly written english mentioning his article and how he'd been rejected by some other code site. The meat of the article was in his link to a PDF. If you opened the PDF, the content is there, albeit in below average english, and it *is* somewhat interesting, however that's not how we do articles at CP :) (IMHO) Also in the PDF are what appear to be hacked BIOS passwords, which I mentioned was an uncool thing to publish. Apparently this pissed people off, our friend and hero Bill S steps in with his usually witty offerings, and we're off to the race course after that! ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF!

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      • J Jim Crafton

        The article provided, supposedly, ways to create a fake user account, access/recover the Admin password, as well other utilities like this. I posted a comment about the article that prompted some of the "you're a lier" responses by noting the "article" as submitted was not an article by CP standards. The guy had put together a few sentences in poorly written english mentioning his article and how he'd been rejected by some other code site. The meat of the article was in his link to a PDF. If you opened the PDF, the content is there, albeit in below average english, and it *is* somewhat interesting, however that's not how we do articles at CP :) (IMHO) Also in the PDF are what appear to be hacked BIOS passwords, which I mentioned was an uncool thing to publish. Apparently this pissed people off, our friend and hero Bill S steps in with his usually witty offerings, and we're off to the race course after that! ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF!

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        Nish Nishant
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        Jim Crafton wrote:

        Apparently this pissed people off, our friend and hero Bill S steps in with his usually witty offerings, and we're off to the race course after that!

        Or in short, it's all your fault, Jim! Shame on you. :rolleyes: Regards, Nish

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        • R Rick York

          Check out the comments on this article : http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/HackXP-SimpleWay.asp[^] I have been here since the beginning (member 196) and I can't recall ever seeing anything like this. Well, I guess a few of Bill the info droid's articles came close but, damn. Ironically, old Bill loves this article. Now that I think about, that's not ironic. That's fitting. Most incredible is the author's responses to some of the posts. He's actually calling people liars. The whole thing is just astonishing. :omg: :wtf:

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          Michael Dunn
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          The author also openly admitted that he asked friends to sign up and comment positively on the article. :rolleyes:

          --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ

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          • N Nish Nishant

            Jim Crafton wrote:

            Apparently this pissed people off, our friend and hero Bill S steps in with his usually witty offerings, and we're off to the race course after that!

            Or in short, it's all your fault, Jim! Shame on you. :rolleyes: Regards, Nish

            Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
            The Ultimate Grid - The #1 MFC grid out there!

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            Christian Graus
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            Wow - I can't believe I missed it... Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++

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            • M Michael Dunn

              The author also openly admitted that he asked friends to sign up and comment positively on the article. :rolleyes:

              --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ

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              Neville Franks
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              Michael Dunn wrote:

              The author also openly admitted that he asked friends to sign up and comment positively on the article.

              I very much doubt they were friends, more like clones.:omg: One even wanted to rate the article 10 out of 5. It was rating around 1.6 at the time. He did a great job of shooting the messengers. I was looking forward to seeing more comments this morning.:-D Neville Franks, Author of Surfulater www.surfulater.com "Save what you Surf" and ED for Windows www.getsoft.com

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              • N Neville Franks

                Michael Dunn wrote:

                The author also openly admitted that he asked friends to sign up and comment positively on the article.

                I very much doubt they were friends, more like clones.:omg: One even wanted to rate the article 10 out of 5. It was rating around 1.6 at the time. He did a great job of shooting the messengers. I was looking forward to seeing more comments this morning.:-D Neville Franks, Author of Surfulater www.surfulater.com "Save what you Surf" and ED for Windows www.getsoft.com

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                Michael Dunn
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                Well, whether they were friends or sock puppets, it was still pretty bad behavior all around (even before He Who Shall Not Be Named jumped in).

                --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ

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                • M Michael Dunn

                  Well, whether they were friends or sock puppets, it was still pretty bad behavior all around (even before He Who Shall Not Be Named jumped in).

                  --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ

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                  Jim Crafton
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                  You have NO idea how much it took to not respond to him. Oooohhh, it was so tempting.... ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF!

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                  • M Marc Clifton

                    Rob Manderson wrote:

                    I used the power for what I think was good

                    I can't even find it in the google cache! Marc Pensieve Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson

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                    RaviBee
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                    Marc, it's there. See this[^] screenshot (contents of article not revealed). /ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Music | Articles | Freeware | Trips ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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                    • J Jim Crafton

                      The article provided, supposedly, ways to create a fake user account, access/recover the Admin password, as well other utilities like this. I posted a comment about the article that prompted some of the "you're a lier" responses by noting the "article" as submitted was not an article by CP standards. The guy had put together a few sentences in poorly written english mentioning his article and how he'd been rejected by some other code site. The meat of the article was in his link to a PDF. If you opened the PDF, the content is there, albeit in below average english, and it *is* somewhat interesting, however that's not how we do articles at CP :) (IMHO) Also in the PDF are what appear to be hacked BIOS passwords, which I mentioned was an uncool thing to publish. Apparently this pissed people off, our friend and hero Bill S steps in with his usually witty offerings, and we're off to the race course after that! ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF!

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                      Member 96
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                      The only troubling thing about this is proof of the continuing presence of BillS

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