The supposedly offcial twitter account at http://twitter.com/wikileaks seems to be a scam by the same folks. The wikileaks.org link there redirects to the.info domain, which is clearly a shoddy website (different layout, bunch of shoddy "mirrors" with the same IP address, etc).
That was till some nice folks decided to write a simple utility: NTSwitch
From the TXT:
This program will change the operating system type on your computer.
You can turn a Windows NT Workstation (or a Windows 2000 Professional)
installation into a Server environment and vice versa.
While the software has been tested on NT4 and Windows 2000 installations,
there are no guarantees that it will work on your system. USE AT YOUR
OWN RISK!
The software also appears to turn Windows XP Professional into "Windows
Whistler Server", but the resulting operating system is not fully
functional. DO NOT USE THIS PROGRAM ON WINDOWS XP UNLESS YOU ARE WILLING
TO REINSTALL THE OPERATING SYSTEM.
REASON: It's a well-known fact that Microsoft's Windows Workstation and
Windows Server products share the same binaries - the only difference
lies in the registry. The sole reason for the creation of this software
is to demonstrate this fact to the public.
HOW: The operating system decides which "flavor" to run in based on two
registry values:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ProductOptio ns - ProductType [REG_SZ]
HKLM\SYSTEM\Setup - SystemPrefix [REG_BINARY 8 bytes]
ProductType is "ServerNT" or "LanmanNT" for servers, and "WinNT" for workstations.
The third bit in the last byte of the SystemPrefix value is set for servers,
and cleared for workstations.
Since the release of NT4, Microsoft has taken measures to keep the user
from changing these registry values. The operating system has two watcher
threads that revert any changes made to these two registry settings, as
well as warn the user about "tampering".
The good guys at SYSInternals have supposedly created an application called
NTTune. They did not release it to the public, but only to the press - their
intent was to demonstrate the fact that there's really no difference between
Server and Workstation. However, they did not make their utility publicly
available. The application disabled the system threads thus letting the
user change the aforementioned registry values.
The public is curious - people came up with a way of changing these settings
without NTTune. Details are here. It involves hacking the NTOSKRNL.EXE executable
so that the watchdogs are looking at some other registry setting. While
this works, it's definitely not for the faint at heart.
Our utility, NTSwitch, is not as slick as NTTune - it does not disable the
system threads. It's not as horrible as the NTOSKRNL.EXE hack either.
Our approach is the following:
Backup the SYSTEM hive of the registry using the registry API.
Edit the information contained in the backup file.
Restore the registry from the backup.
Reboot the computer so that the changes can take effect.
LEGAL: The software is provided "as is". Neither explicit nor implicit
warranties are granted. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! No right is granted to sell
or redistribute this software in any form.
(C) 3am Laboratories PL. All rights reserved.
http://www.03am.com/
Also, this is the pop-up Windows shows you after messing with the reg value: click
Max Payne IP was sold to Take2 and not to Rockstar, which is just another Take2 'division'. From the linked page:
Take-Two also announced that it has acquired ownership of the Max Payne brand and all intellectual property rights associated with the brand, including trademarks, copyrights, characters, perpetual license to utilize proprietary technologies, including the Max Payne game engine and associated "Bullet Time(TM)" technology, and rights to license fees from ancillary Max Payne brand extensions such as cinema, television and literary productions.
Take-Two purchased the Max Payne property from Remedy Entertainment and Apogee Software in exchange for $10 million in cash and 969,932 shares of restricted common stock, in addition to certain future development incentives.
Slashdot Mirror
As shown by a `dig www.theregister.co.uk +trace`, DNS servers are returning the correct data already. Same for ups.com.
The supposedly offcial twitter account at http://twitter.com/wikileaks seems to be a scam by the same folks. The wikileaks.org link there redirects to the .info domain, which is clearly a shoddy website (different layout, bunch of shoddy "mirrors" with the same IP address, etc).
Be warned.
That was till some nice folks decided to write a simple utility: NTSwitch
From the TXT:
Also, this is the pop-up Windows shows you after messing with the reg value: click
er, "too" - To stop the grammer police.
I guess you failed.
HA! I think I got your nick: JLMS. You are brazilian right?
http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/ That's what I use and it can do what you want.
The domain has been hijacked.
I think the parent is refering to the fact that both movies don't appear in the "Botton 100" IMDb list.
> Now I can visit unsafe websites like microsoft.con
:)
Hmm, great idea for a new TLD. My nigerians friends will love it!
Great post! LedMAO :)
Others would say that it's not only at work that this setup increases productivity, but I can't confirm this. ;)
I don't know... What if the key is lost? How they will be able to recover the data?
Dear H4ck3r, have you read any interesting book recently? :)
Tested by me in Firebird v0.7rc and it works like a charm. Great extension!
Should work with no problems in Mozilla too.
Take-Two also announced that it has acquired ownership of the Max Payne brand and all intellectual property rights associated with the brand, including trademarks, copyrights, characters, perpetual license to utilize proprietary technologies, including the Max Payne game engine and associated "Bullet Time(TM)" technology, and rights to license fees from ancillary Max Payne brand extensions such as cinema, television and literary productions.
Take-Two purchased the Max Payne property from Remedy Entertainment and Apogee Software in exchange for $10 million in cash and 969,932 shares of restricted common stock, in addition to certain future development incentives.
Let's get things straight please.
In case someone is still interested, I've found 6 pics here. Nothing that justify the fuzz, I must warn you.
I was just checking this site before loading /.
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ps: I'm not related in anyway with then. Just helping a fellow
Something tells me that my Voodoo3 is becoming obsolete... And I have it for what? 4 years only?
Who is the author of all those phone calls to Tsutomu during/after the invasion of his computers?
First Post Rules!
Check for yourself: A ViA 'lab' and an Intel one.
Open two tabs (or windows) and see then side by side.
Now guess what chipset/cpu combo I'll get next?