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voidmain:

quote:Originally posted by ChakanTGM:
Oh, and VoidMain, you can rest assured that Microsoft has done everything possible to hinder anyone's tampering with these files. An attrib command may or may not work the first time around. But if it does, you will have to do it repeatedly.

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And I think I might know why they autorecreate these directories and don't want anyone to see them (God I hate to defend MS).  I think if you have an old machine with Win95 on it you will see that the cache is not so hidden, and if you delete it it will not recreate the cache on startup.  This will cause many errors/problems and it takes a little work to recreate this (there are instructions in microsofts KB). I recall this being a fairly common problem/annoyance on our cororate desktops... I think this was a way to more easily resolve the problem and cut down on support issues.  Sound possible?

ChakanTGM:
Ooops! Got to go. I'll see if I can get back to ya'll tommarrow.

peaceout

ChakanTGM:
By the way, my program doesn't cause problems (not since the unreleased BETA). That is what makes it so freaking cool!

Just to give you some perspective: It took me over three weeks total to do this. Usually I'm able to crack something in about 5-10 minutes. But Windows has so many hidden APIs and shit, it's hard to understand what it does sometimes.

I'm going to create a full report on these hidden files, because I strongly believe that they are malicious. I have evidence. I've just been keeping on the low.

You take care now.

voidmain:

quote:Originally posted by ChakanTGM:

Now calm down, VoidMain. Something like this needs to be copyrighted. I'll be taking care of that for the next few days. In the meantime, why don't you count down the number of days until I screw IE and Microsoft for the sake of all humanity.

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Well, I applaud your work in prying into the evil empire but you sound just like the evil empire with the above statement. Sounds like to you want a job there.

I would rather see you put your efforts into helping people get rid of MS altogether.. Write Linux code...  I don't use MS so I don't need a patch.

ChakanTGM:
Now there is nothing wrong with capitalism, VoidMain. I need money just as much as the next guy.

As far as working at MS is concerned, I wouldn't do it for the life of me. I'm an independant person. I adhere to nobody.

Writing Linux code is something I'm interested in. I also use Linux about as much as I use Windows. I will do this when I get the chance, thanks for asking.

Well, I REALLY have to go now VoidMain. Keep your eyes open.

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