Can I edit it myself?

Yes you can, using a program called regedit. It is automatically installed and unless your friendly Admin has removed your ability to edit it, you can use this program to set anything in the registry that you want.

NOTE : If you remove the system.dat file ( which you usually have to ) some programs may have problems finding their default settings or refuse to load.

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The ‘Net Plug’ trick

This is a nice easy way of getting Admin rights. I’ve taken this from my other tutorial and pasted it here because I don’t want to have to type it out again. It is a very useful technique which is why I’m duplicating it here.

This is an attack that I worked out myself before I was given Admin status. It always works and I’ve yet to see it fail. Make sure you are at a windows 95 or 98 machine. I doubt NT would be fooled by this trick but I don’t have any NT machines so I can’t test it for you.

Note : Most Admins, believe that they are the most knowledgeable about their system. Many also believe that no one else knows much about computers. In other words, for whatever reasons, they are not too concerned about us i.e. the idiots attacking their servers. Why? Because we aren’t good enough. So why waste valuable time configuring security that won’t be needed eh? I think I’ve made my point. They don’t see us as a threat. You don’t consider a house spider a threat so you don’t go round putting up netting to keep them out. Why? You can’t be bothered. The same rule applies here. Even if you are a computer genius, play it dumb. Admins like to lecture the uninitiated and would love to appear smarter than you. This is the way you want it. The Admins will think you’re a nice guy or gal, totally harmless. This sometimes gives you more leverage because they like you, they’ll be willing to help you. They also won’t expect you to launch a huge assault on their servers either However sometimes there are some smart people out there who will notice your talents and pull you over to their side. This isn’t a bad place to be and can be advantageous later.

First of all, login as yourself. Crash your computer and reset it . Walk over to your favourite admin (the one that hates you most is the best choice ) and apologise for being an idiot but the computer won’t let you login and could s/he please come and take a look for you. Mumbling and grumbling they’ll come over. The best way to test if it is the machine is for them to login. Of course, they’ll log in as an admin or equivalent. They’ll check your account and see that your account is fine. They’ll tell you to log onto another machine and your account will be okay. They’ll now log off and walk off in disgust thinking you are a computer moron. Not so my friend, we’ve just done them good and proper!

Turn off the computer and pull out the network lead. Turn it back on again. The computer will detect that you aren’t on a network and will dump you at a desktop with restrictions of the last user. If this user is the admin then chances are that he or she will have full access to everything including DOS and drive access. Perfect for installing all those really kewl programs you have on a disk in your pocket……

But you aren’t on the network now. That’s no fun is it? Shove the lead back in and try to access a network drive. This is the bit where you hope the Admins are sloppy or not computer geniuses. Windows by default caches ALL passwords so unless the Admins have told it not to ( a key deep in the registry) then windows will have a nice copy of their password. Go into ‘My Computer’ and click on a drive. Whoop with glee as Netware logs you in as an Admin. Why does this happen? Well windows still holds the username and password last used to access the drive. You are logged into windows as Admin and windows knows what credentials you last gave to the server. So it supplies them for you. Likewise because you are now authenticated you know have full access to the NDS tree. Not only can you read but you can no write, modify delete etc etc. Much more fun!

Now, this is the bit where you have to be sneaky. You have to make a new account for yourself or upgrade your old one. There are pros and cons to each of your choices. If you alter your existing accoun

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Phone Systems Tutorial by The Jolly Roger

Phone Systems Tutorial by The Jolly Roger

To start off, we will discuss the dialing procedures for domestic
as well as international dialing. We will also take a look at the
telephone numbering plan.

North American Numbering Plan
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In North America, the telephone numbering plan is as follows:

A) a 3 digit Numbering Plan Area (NPA) code , ie, area code
B) a 7 digit telephone # consisting of a 3 digit Central Office
(CO) code plus a 4 digit station #

These 10 digits are called the network address or destination
code. It is in the format of:

Area Code Telephone #
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N*X NXX-XXXX

Where: N = a digit from 2 to 9
* = the digit 0 or 1
X = a digit from 0 to 9

Area Codes
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Check your telephone book or the seperate listing of area codes
found on many bbs’s. Here are the special area codes (SAC’s):

510 – TWX (USA)
610 – TWX (Canada)
700 – New Service
710 – TWX (USA)
800 – WATS
810 – TWX (USA)
900 – DIAL-IT Services
910 – TWX (USA)

The other area codes never cross state lines, therefore each state
must have at least one exclusive NPA code. When a community is
split by a state line, the CO #’s are often interchangeable (ie,
you can dial the same number from two different area codes).

TWX (Telex II) consists of 5 teletype-writer area codes. They are
owned by Western Union. These SAC’s may only be reached via other
TWX machines. These run at 110 baud (last I checked! They are most
likely faster now!). Besides the TWX #’s, these machines are
routed to normal telephone #’s. TWX machines always respond with
an answerback. For example, WU’s FYI TWX # is (910) 279-5956. The
answerback for this service is “WU FYI MAWA”.

If you don’t want to but a TWX machine, you can still send TWX
messages using Easylink [800/325-4112]. However you are gonna have
to hack your way onto this one!

700:

700 is currently used by AT&T as a call forwarding service. It is
targeted towards salesmen on the run. To understand how this
works, I’ll explain it with an example. Let’s say Joe Q. Salespig
works for AT&T security and he is on the run chasing a phreak
around the country who royally screwed up an important COSMOS
system. Let’s say that Joe’s 700 # is (700) 382-5968. Everytime
Joe goes to a new hotel (or most likely SLEAZY MOTEL), he dials a
special 700 #, enters a code, and the number where he is staying.
Now, if his boss received some important info, all he would do is
dial (700) 382-5968 and it would ring wherever Joe last progammed
it to. Neat, huh?

800:

This SAC is one of my favourites since it allows for toll free
calls. INWARD WATS (INWATS), or Inward Wide Area
Telecommunications Service is the 800 #’s that we are all familiar
with. 800 #’s are set up in service areas or bands. There are 6 of
these. Band 6 is the largest and you can call a band 6 # from
anywhere in the US except the state where the call is terminated
(that is why most companies have one 800 number for the countery
and then another one for their state.) Band 5 includes the 48
contiguous states. All the way down to band 1 which includes only
the states contiguous to that one. Therefore, less people can
reach a band 1 INWATS # than a band 6 #.

Intrastate INWATS #’s (ie, you can call it from only 1 state)
always have a 2 as the last digit in the exchange (ie, 800-NX2-
XXXX). The NXX on 800 #’s represent the area where the business is
located. For example, a # beginning with 800-431 would terminate
at a NY CO.

800 #’s always end up in a hunt series in a CO. This means that it
tries the first # allocated to the company for their 800 lines; if
this is busy, it will try the next #, etc. You must have a minimum
of 2 lines for each 800 #. For example, Travelnet uses a hunt
series. If you dial (800) 521-8400, it will first try the #
associated with 8400; if it is busy it will go to the next
available port, etc. INWATS customers are billed by the number of
hours of calls made to their #.

OUTWATS (OUTWARD WATS): OUTWATS are for making outgoing calls
only. Largecompanies use OUTWATS since they receive bulk-rate
discounts. Since OUTWATS numbers cannot have incoming calls, they
are in the format of:

(800) *XXX-XXXX

Where * is the digit 0 or 1 (or it may even be designated by a
letter) which cannot be dialed unless you box the call. The *XX
identifies the type of service and the areas that the company can
call.

Remember:

INWATS + OUTWATS = WATS EXTENDER

900:

This DIAL-IT SAC is a nationwide dial-it service. It is use for
taking television polls and other stuff. The first minute
currently costs an outrageous 50-85 cents and each additional
minute costs 35-85 cents. Hell takes in a lot of revenue this way!

Dial (900) 555-1212 to find out what is currently on this service.

CO CODES
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These identify the switching office where the call is to be
routed. The following CO codes are reserved nationwide:

555 – directory assistance
844 – time. These are now in!
936 – weather the 976 exchange
950 – future services
958 – plant test
959 – plant test
970 – plant test (temporary)
976 – DIAL-IT services

Also, the 3 digit ANI & ringback #’s are regarded as plant test
and are thus reserved. These numbers vary from area to area.

You cannot dial a 0 or 1 as the first digit of the exchange code
(unless using a blue box!). This is due to the fact that these
exchanges (000-199) contains all sorts of interesting shit such as
conference #’s, operators, test #’s, etc.

950:

Here are the services that are currently used by the 950 exchange:

1000 – SPC
1022 – MCI Execunet
1033 – US Telephone
1044 – Allnet
1066 – Lexitel
1088 – SBS Skyline

These SCC’s (Specialized Common Carriers) are free from fortress
phones! Also, the 950 exchange will probably be phased out with
the introduction of Equal Access

Plant Tests:

These include ANI, Ringback, and other various tests.

976:

Dial 976-1000 to see what is currently on the service. Also, many
bbs’s have listings of these numbers.

N11 codes:
———-
Bell is trying to phase out some of these, but they still exist in
most areas.

011 – international dialing prefix
211 – coin refund operator
411 – directory assistance
611 – repair service
811 – business office
911 – EMERGENCY

International Dialing
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

With International Dialing, the world has been divided into 9
numbering zones. To make an international call, you must first
dial: International Prefix + Country code + National #

In North America, the international dialing prefix is 011 for
station-to-station calls. If you can dial International #’s
directly in your area then you have International Direct Distance
Dialing (IDDD).

The country code, which varies from 1 to 3 digits, always has the
world numbering zone as the first digit. For example, the country
code for the United Kingdom is 44, thus it is in world numbering
zone 4. Some boards may contain a complete listing of other
country codes, but here I give you a few:

1 – North America (US, Canada, etc.)
20 – Egypt
258 – Mozambique
34 – Spain
49 – Germany
52 – Mexico (southern portion)
7 – USSR
81 – Japan
98 – Iran (call & hassle those bastards!)

If you call from an area other than North America, the format is
generally the same. For example, let’s say that you wanted to call
the White House from Switzerland to tell the prez that his
numbered bank account is overdrawn (it happens, you know! ha ha).
First you would dial 00 (the SWISS international dialing refix),
then 1 (the US country code), followed by 202-456-1414 (the
national # for the White House. Just ask for Georgy and give him
the bad news!)

Also, country code 87 is reserved for Maritime mobile service, ie,
calling ships:

871 – Marisat (Atlantic)
871 – Marisat (Pacific)
872 – Marisat (Indian)

International Switching:
————————

In North America there are currently 7 no. 4 ESS’s that perform
the duty of ISC (Inter-nation Switching Centers). All
international calls dialed from numbering zone 1 will be routed
through one of these “gateway cities”. They are:

182 – White Plains, NY
183 – New York, NY
184 – Pittsburgh, PA
185 – Orlando, Fl
186 – Oakland, CA
187 – Denver, CO
188 – New York, NY

The 18X series are operator routing codes for overseas access (to
be furthur discussed with blue boxes). All international calls use
a signaling service called CCITT.It is an international standard
for signaling.

Ok.. there you go for now! If you wanna read more about this, read
part two which is the next file #36 in the Jolly Roger’s cookbook!

-Exodus-

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Boot Block Recovery For Free

1. Boot Block Recovery For Free
3. You don’t need to pay a measly sum of dollars just to recover from a boot block mode. Here it is folks:
5. AWARD Bootblock recovery:
7. That shorting trick should work if the boot block code is not corrupted, and it should not be if /sb switch is used when flashing the bios (instead of /wb switch).
9. The 2 pins to short to force a checksum error varies from chip to chip. But these are usually the highest-numbered address pins (A10 and above).
11. These are the pins used by the system to read the System BIOS (original.bin for award v6), calculate the ROM checksum and see if it’s valid before decompressing it into memory, and subsequently allow Bootblock POST to pass control over to the System BIOS.
13. You just have to fool the system into believing that the System BIOS is corrupt. This you do by giving your system a hard time reading the System BIOS by shorting the 2 high address pins. And when it could not read the System BIOS properly, ROM Checksum Error is detected “so to speak” and Bootblock recovery is activated.
15. Sometimes, any combination of the high address pins won’t work to force a checksum error in some chips, like my Winbond W49F002U. But shorting the #WE pin with the highest-numbered address pin (A17) worked for this chip. You just have to be experimentative if you’re not comfortable with “hot flashing” or “replacement BIOS”.
17. But to avoid further damage to your chip if you’re not sure which are the correct pins to short, measure the potential between the 2 pins by a voltmeter while the system is on. If the voltage reading is zero (or no potential at all), it is safe to short these pins.
19. But do not short the pins while the system is on. Instead, power down then do the short, then power up while still shorting. And as soon as you hear 3 beeps (1 long, 2 short), remove the short at once so that automatic reflashing from Drive A can proceed without errors (assuming you had autoexec.bat in it).
21. About how to do the shorting, the tip of a screwdriver would do. But with such minute pins on the PLCC chip, I’m pretty comfortable doing it with the tip of my multi-tester or voltmeter probe. Short the pins at the point where they come out of the chip.
23. AMIBIOS Recovery bootblock:
24. 1. Copy a known working BIOS image for your board to a floppy and rename it to AMIBOOT.ROM.
25. 2. Insert the floppy in your system’s floppydrive.
26. 3. Power on the system while holding CTRL+Home keys. Release the keys when you hear a beep and/or see the floppy light coming on.
27. 4 . Just wait until you hear 4 beeps. When 4 beeps are heard the reprogramming of the System Block BIOS went succesfull, so then you may restart your system.
29. Some alternative keys that can be used to force BIOS update (only the System Block will be updated so it’s quite safe):
30. CTRL+Home= restore missing code into system block and clear CMOS when programming went ok.
31. CTRL+Page Up= restore missing code into system block and clear CMOS or DMI when programming went ok.
32. CTRL+Page Down= restore missing code into system block and do not clear CMOS and DMI area when programming went ok
33. Btw: the alternative keys work only with AMIBIOS 7 or higher (so for example an AMI 6.26 BIOS can be only recovered by using CTRL+Home keys).
34. Boot Block Recovery for FREE
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37. BLACKOUT Flashing
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40. Recovering a Corrupt AMI BIOS chip
41. With motherboards that use BOOT BLOCK BIOS it is possible to recover a corrupted BIOS because the BOOT BLOCK section of the BIOS, which is responsible for booting the computer remains unmodified. When an AMI BIOS becomes corrupt the system will appear to start, but nothing will appear on the screen, the floppy drive light will come on and the system will access the floppy drive repeatedly. If your motherboard has an ISA slot and you have an old ISA video card lying around, put the ISA video card in your system and connect the monitor. The BOOT BLOCK section of the BIOS only supports ISA video cards, so if you do not have an ISA video card or your motherboard does not have ISA slots, you will have to restore your BIOS blind, with no monitor to show you what’s going on.
43. AMI has integrated a recovery routine into the BOOT BLOCK of the BIOS, which in the event the BIOS becomes corrupt can be used to restore the BIOS to a working state. The routine is called when the SYSTEM BLOCK of the BIOS is empty. The restore routine will access the floppy drive looking for a BIOS file names AMIBOOT.ROM, this is why the floppy drive light comes on and the drive spins. If the file is found it is loaded into the SYSTEM BLOCK of the BIOS to replace the missing information. To restore your BIOS simply copy a working BIOS file to a floppy diskette and rename it AMIBOOT.ROM, then insert it into the computer while the power is on. The diskette does not need to be bootable or contain a flash utility. After about four minutes the system will beep four times. Remove the floppy diskette from the drive and reboot the computer. The BIOS should now be restored.
45. Recovering a Corrupt AWARD BIOS
46. With AWARD BIOS the process is similar but still a bit different. To recover an AWARD BIOS you will need to create a floppy diskette with a working BIOS file in .BIN format, an AWARD flash utility and an AUTOEXEC.BAT file. AWARD BIOS will not automatically restore the BIOS information to the SYSTEM BLOCK for this reason you will need to add the commands necessary to flash the BIOS in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. The system will run the AUTOEXE.BAT file, which will in turn flash the BIOS. This is fairly easy. Here are the steps you need to take.
48. · Create a bootable floppy diskette
49. · Copy the BIOS file and flash utility to the diskette
50. · Create an text file with any standard text editor and add the following lines
52. @ECHO OFF
53. FLASH763 BIOSFILE.BIN /py
55. In the above example I am assuming that you are using the FLASH763.EXE flash utility. You will need to replace the FLASH763 with the name of whatever flash utility you are using, and replace the BIOSFILE.BIN with the name of the BIOS file you are using. You will also need to change the ‘/py’ to whatever the command is for your flash utility to automatically program the BIOS without user intervention. If you do not know the command to automatically flash your BIOS type the name of the flash utility with a space and then /? to display the utility’s help screen. The help screen should pecify the command switch to automatically flash your BIOS. If you are using the FLASH763.EXE utility then the switch to automatically flash your BIOS is ‘/py’.

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Border & Text Effects In Psp8…

Do you want to jazz up your graphics? Want to add a bit of pazazz to your art? Well, this guide features some knowledge, border effects, and even directions to make your own swirlie brushes!

Now, open PSP and get ready to learn! Let’s start off with the basics.

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-Border Effects

There are two main types of borders, solid borders, and decorative borders. A solid border is like a colored line that raps around the outside of your image and separates graphics from the rest of the page. You can have borders inside the outside borders to make awesome layer effects. Decorative borders are almost the same, except they are not completely connected. (Example – Dashed Borders)
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Dashed Borders
Open PSP and create an image about 380 x 100 pixels with a white background.

Draw a bit with your paintbrush, just add some color. Now maximize your image.

It should take up the whole page. Now go up to the toolbar on the very top and click “Selections” and go down right below that and click “Select All” There should be a dotted line going around the outside of your image.

We’re almost done! YAY! Ok, now look on your keyboard. Go to the very top row next to the F1, F2, F3, F4, and look to the right of the F12 button. It should say “Print Screen”. Press it, and it will take a picture of everything currently open on your computer that you can see. Now go to the top toolbar once one. Go under “Edit”, move down to “Paste”, then move your mouse to the right and select “Paste as New Image”

Now, your image has a dashed border, but you can see all the unwanted parts of your workspace. So go to the left toolbar and click the crop tool. It is the small square with a line through it.

Now drag the segment the crop tool makes just around the image. You might want to zoom in some (Click the magnifying glass on the left toolbar on the spot you want to zoom in). Once you have it fully outlined with the crop segment, double-click to crop it. Wallah! Your image now has a dashed border. So just go to the top toolbar once again, go under “File” and click “Save As”. Then, select the spot and name to save it.

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-Font Suggestions and Styles

So you know how to make a cool border for your images. Now what about fonts? Well usually, for siggies, you would put a bigger font saying their name, and a smaller font with sub-text. Look at my signature:

See how it says “Anonymous” in a large font that matches the background; then under it, it says “SOD’s coolest member” (my sub-text) in a smaller font? That’s the usual format for text on signatures. Of couse, this isn’t the only way.

Now, for some font suggestions:

Larger Fonts
Laurenscript
Baby Kruffy (This one is awesome!)
Casual
Chick
Cheri
Walt Disney
Mullet
Dolphins (yippee!)
Jelly Belly
Flubber
Porky’s
Gilligan’s Island
Cheeseburger

Smaller Fonts
Redensek
Mullet
Georgia
Acknowledge
Tahoma

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Helpful Links

http://peachie.nu
(a few popups though)

Font Places

http://www.dafont.com/en/
http://www.1001freefonts.com/
http://www.fontfreak.com/
http://www.acidfonts.com/

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Ubuntu Linux – Making the switch

Linux, as all of us know, is an Operating Technique, free & open source. Not lots of users prefer to make use of it on their desktops, but Linux is all over the place.

Linux in General

ten of the quickest supercomputers on the planet run on Linux. Why? Because it is safe, secure, never crashes, better at multi-tasking, hardware independent, & utilizes resources to the maximum.

The Android Operating technique is based on the Linux Kernel, which provides limitless possibilities not only to manufacturers but also individual developers.

But in case you have older, unused hardware; Elderly laptops, slow netbooks, ancient PC’s, etc. You might think about resurrecting them in limitless ways using Linux.

In case you use lots of Windows only applications, you may not need to make the switch on your primary machine.

Linux is not an Operating Technique itself, but a Kernel, & has a large number of available distributions; individual operating systems based on it.

Most people over the world make use of machines to do basic tasks, such as Web Browsing, simple Office Work, movies, music, games, etc. In case you are of them, & are prepared to try something new, Linux is for you.

I did a rough count here (a large timeline with links to each distro) & the total number of Linux distributions functional as of 2011 are around 250! (Go find where Ubuntu stands..)

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Like I mentioned earlier, in case you don’t rely much on Windows, need to save OS costs, & resurrect older hardware for lovely. Read on!

Making the Switch

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For the sake of technical correctness, I would be referring to Ubuntu (in lieu of saying Linux), which is of the most famous Linux based operating systems. All tools & features that I may mention, apply to all the Linux distributions available.

There is a gizmo for every need in Ubuntu (& other Linux Distros ) . Be it Office, Entertainment, Productivity, Development, etc.

With the Ubuntu program manager, you will find everything you need.

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Use the computer without a display

Windows has lots of features that enable you to make use of your computer without a display. For example, you can have screen text read aloud by using Narrator or you can have Windows report screen activity to you.

Use the computer without a display

You can turn on or fine-tune settings for these features by clicking Use the computer without a display page in the Ease of Access Middle.

Open the Use the computer without a display page by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking Ease of Access, clicking Ease of Access Middle, & then clicking Use the computer without a display.

Select the choices that you need to make use of:

Turn on Narrator. This option sets Narrator to run when you log on to Windows. Narrator reads aloud on-screen text & describes some events (such as error messages appearing) that happen while you are using the computer. For more knowledge about Narrator, see Listen to text read aloud with Narrator

Turn on Audio Description. This option sets Audio Description to run when you log on to Windows. Audio descriptions report what is happening in videos.

Turn off all unnecessary animations. This option turns off animation effects, such as fading effects, when windows & other elements are closed.

How long ought to Windows notification dialog boxes stay open? This option sets how long notifications are displayed on the screen before they are closed.
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