I need help with circumventing WinBoost 2001!
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I need help with circumventing WinBoost 2001!
Hmm... I remember using WinBoost 98 once (I think that was it). When the window appeared that showed that I had been using it too long, 'closing in X seconds' I think it said, I would just hit ALT-F4, and only that front window would close, the one behind it (the REAL application) would remain, and be usable.
Dunno if it works in 2001 though, never tried it (WB2001).
I'm sorry if I didn't make myself clear enough. Defining circumventing, I mean to disable it totally by disabling its security features. For example, if WinBoost 2001 forbids me from accessing the A: drive, then I would hope to access the A: drive even without the password. I would rather shorten its usage period than lengthen it. I hope I made myself clear enough.
Oh. Well, I would GUESS that WinBoost, instead of actually running and disabling things through software, is instead changing REGISTRY values so that windows itself does the work. (Hiding the A: drive is an example of this) So a good registry-editing program should let you get around it.
I would suggest trying the Windows Policy Editor (I hope that link works, otherwise try here) to edit some often-changed things, like disabling/enabling the control panel and such.
Here are some examples of Registry-related windows 'security' things you can do.
Just to clear it up, the windows Registry is basically a database within two files, c:\windows\system.dat, and a user.dat file which might be in different places depending on your setup. These can't just be edited in notepad or anything, you need a special program (usually windows regedit.exe, although others exist).
Edit: By the way, messing with your registry by hand, or even at all by yourself, is a sure way to be able to seriously mess up windows. I would be very careful, because if you mess it up, your warranty won't help you. If you DO decide to mess with a computer, try backing up any .DA0 (d-a-zero) files, (those are backups of the system.dat and user.dat files, just renamed. Windows makes them automatically each time you start up.)