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  • C Chris Losinger

    is it me, or is the number of requests for strange, system-level code going up? seems like every 7th post is for some kind of strange system hook or keyboard capture or sneaky process trick. i wonder, what the hell are people doing with this stuff ? -c


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    Jeremy Falcon
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    Chris Losinger wrote: i wonder, what the hell are people doing with this stuff ? Trying to fix Windows? :rolleyes: Jeremy L. Falcon Homepage : Sonork = 100.16311
    "But everybody darlin' sometimes bites the hand that feeds." "Remember in this game we call life that no one said it's fair." "Just because you're winnin' don't mean you're the lucky ones." Song: Breakdown - Album: Use Your Illusion II - Artist: Guns N' Roses

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    • C Chris Losinger

      is it me, or is the number of requests for strange, system-level code going up? seems like every 7th post is for some kind of strange system hook or keyboard capture or sneaky process trick. i wonder, what the hell are people doing with this stuff ? -c


      Garbage collection, making life better - for weenies!

      Image Processing - just like mom used to make.

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      Chris Losinger wrote: is it me, or is the number of requests for strange, system-level code going up? Yes interesting isn't it. You'd think with .NET newbies wouldn't need that now. When I use to need system stuff answered, I use to at least explain why especially for the dicy stuff. Eg How do I detect and Kill another program? or How do I replace a system dll without rebooting? What is a really good way to Hide a file on a HD? How do I recover all the passwords ? :-) Regardz Colin J Davies

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      • C Chris Losinger

        is it me, or is the number of requests for strange, system-level code going up? seems like every 7th post is for some kind of strange system hook or keyboard capture or sneaky process trick. i wonder, what the hell are people doing with this stuff ? -c


        Garbage collection, making life better - for weenies!

        Image Processing - just like mom used to make.

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        Navin
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        Not sure why the requests would go *up*. Although it is true that system stuff, especially the workings of drivers, have realtively impoverished documentation - especially when it comes to errors, error codes, and what they *really* mean. Even if you win the rat race, you're still a rat.

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          Not sure why the requests would go *up*. Although it is true that system stuff, especially the workings of drivers, have realtively impoverished documentation - especially when it comes to errors, error codes, and what they *really* mean. Even if you win the rat race, you're still a rat.

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          Chris Losinger
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          Navin wrote: Not sure why the requests would go *up*. well, neither am i. that's why i posted this :) -c


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          • C Chris Losinger

            is it me, or is the number of requests for strange, system-level code going up? seems like every 7th post is for some kind of strange system hook or keyboard capture or sneaky process trick. i wonder, what the hell are people doing with this stuff ? -c


            Garbage collection, making life better - for weenies!

            Image Processing - just like mom used to make.

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            Martin Marvinski
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            Hey Chris, I was wondering if you are intrested in an article about NOP sleds... After a poor performance in London in 1899, Steinitz went insane and died a year later on August 12, 1900 at Wards Island, N.Y.

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            • M Mazdak

              Well,number of hackers and ... grows up these days. :rolleyes: Mazy **"If I go crazy then will you still Call me Superman If I’m alive and well, will you be There holding my hand I’ll keep you by my side with My superhuman might Kryptonite"**Kryptonite-3 Doors Down

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              you mean they now even can type "www.codeproject.de" instead of "woot.c0d3pr0j3ct.d3" ?????


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              • C Chris Losinger

                Navin wrote: Not sure why the requests would go *up*. well, neither am i. that's why i posted this :) -c


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                Navin
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                Yep, I expect the feds out here any minute now. :-D Even if you win the rat race, you're still a rat.

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                • C Chris Losinger

                  is it me, or is the number of requests for strange, system-level code going up? seems like every 7th post is for some kind of strange system hook or keyboard capture or sneaky process trick. i wonder, what the hell are people doing with this stuff ? -c


                  Garbage collection, making life better - for weenies!

                  Image Processing - just like mom used to make.

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                  Nish Nishant
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                  Chris Losinger wrote: is it me Nope. Me too. I have noticed too an increase in the number of questions on keyboard hooks, closing other programs, hiding programs and one guy wanted to know how to set a hook so that every new window that's created will have it's title text changed :eek:


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                  • M Martin Marvinski

                    Hey Chris, I was wondering if you are intrested in an article about NOP sleds... After a poor performance in London in 1899, Steinitz went insane and died a year later on August 12, 1900 at Wards Island, N.Y.

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                    only if it has the word "gliss" in it. -c


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                    • N Navin

                      Yep, I expect the feds out here any minute now. :-D Even if you win the rat race, you're still a rat.

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                      Chris Losinger
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                      ok.ok. ;p i wasn't implying terrorist activity... i was just wondering what kinds of things the masses are writing that require them to be able to run processes as someone else, capture keystrokes, launch processes on other boxes, capture command lines from other apps, detect app launches, etc.. i want to know who apps to not install. -c


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                        Chris Losinger wrote: is it me Nope. Me too. I have noticed too an increase in the number of questions on keyboard hooks, closing other programs, hiding programs and one guy wanted to know how to set a hook so that every new window that's created will have it's title text changed :eek:


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                        Well... there are a *few* legitimate uses for keyboard hooks... :) --------_**

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                        • C Chris Losinger

                          is it me, or is the number of requests for strange, system-level code going up? seems like every 7th post is for some kind of strange system hook or keyboard capture or sneaky process trick. i wonder, what the hell are people doing with this stuff ? -c


                          Garbage collection, making life better - for weenies!

                          Image Processing - just like mom used to make.

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                          No proof of course, but another possibility is that CP is simply becoming more visible (google searches, etc.) and the same people who are *always* looking for this information are now looking to tap our knowlege. Chris Losinger wrote: Image Processing - just like mom used to make. Oooh, with all the crunchy-crackly bits even? *sniff* mmmm... :-D --------_**

                          The real problem is that you don't have to be religious to be a religious fanatic, you just have to be a fanatic.

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                          • C Chris Losinger

                            ok.ok. ;p i wasn't implying terrorist activity... i was just wondering what kinds of things the masses are writing that require them to be able to run processes as someone else, capture keystrokes, launch processes on other boxes, capture command lines from other apps, detect app launches, etc.. i want to know who apps to not install. -c


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                            Image Processing - just like mom used to make.

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                            Navin
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                            Chris Losinger wrote: i was just wondering what kinds of things the masses are writing that require them to be able to run processes as someone else, capture keystrokes, launch processes on other boxes, capture command lines from other apps, detect app launches, etc.. i want to know who apps to not install. Actually, writing processes that run as somebody else could be quite useful. My team writes an installer, which requires admin rights to run. It could be useful for a "real" admin to supply a script containing an encrypted user name and password to an accout that has admin rigths, then regular users can run a specialized isntall without having to know the admin password. Of course, I'm not the one that posted that question, so I don't know for sure what *they* are doing with it. :-D But I did see how doing something like that could be useful. Even if you win the rat race, you're still a rat.

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