Fifty Windows XP Tips eBook
Ya know that secret thingy I was telling you about? Well, it's not that much of a secret (actually, I don't think it's a secret at all). Anyway, I believe it's well on its way. If you'd like to get 50 Windows XP tips in PDF, CHM, MHT, TXT, PDB, LIT, **and** TR formats for a total of $5 (the price of an Extra Value Meal), then click here. The transaction is only for PayPal people right now, but we hope to have regular CC transactions ready soon. If this is worth doing in the first place, that is. If we don't get a good response from the idea(s), then we'll stop doing them altogether. If we get a great response, then there will be more eBooks to come. There may still be some snags in the documents, but I will personally e-mail you any updates when a truly final version is available. As always, I appreciate your candid feedback. Now you see why I've been so silent lately! The content won't change, mind you - it's the copyright and (minor) formatting crap that may need tweaking.
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18 Comments
Anonymous
March 22nd, 2002
at 10:43pm
Prillo you gotta get the game spy tunnel and play HALO online.
***Sorry Didn't know where to post this…you're books a good idea too.
Anonymous
March 23rd, 2002
at 3:01am
ooh you know where I am headed right now yep to paypal :)
You rock geek boy
Anonymous
March 23rd, 2002
at 7:12am
Is this the same 50 XP tips that was up on the Lockergnome website???
Anonymous
March 23rd, 2002
at 8:40am
Hardly.
Anonymous
March 23rd, 2002
at 9:23am
That was 50 Windows XP new features.
Anonymous
March 23rd, 2002
at 9:32am
My bad gentlemen. I've just ordered. :)
Anonymous
March 23rd, 2002
at 9:56am
Attention XP users. I happened across this link while going through Lockergnomes's web cam page. This person really hates XP and s/he also stated that the link will shutdown your machine. Marc and I were sceptical but sure enough after opening the link his XP machine logged him out. I'm putting this link on here purely for “academic purposes” and assume no responsibility for any problem you may experience. Have a look at the source code for the page and see if you can figure out how its done.
http://www.xtacy.org/images/xp_rules.jpg
Anonymous
March 23rd, 2002
at 11:10am
Okay, payed my $5, now what?
Anonymous
March 23rd, 2002
at 11:22am
I took a look at the source of that page that shuts down XP you put up. ( by right clicking link, “Save target as..” … then renaming to xp_rules.txt ) very interesting code! I wonder if Microsoft knows about this.. very inventive.. although I am not sure what the CLSID 111 11 thingy does…
Anonymous
March 23rd, 2002
at 3:34pm
Whoever that @$$hole is who made the xp shutdown thing, im runnin xp and it doesent work so HAHAHA ya moron. And secondly, xp clearly does not suck and is the best os ever made period!
(the guy who made it probably didnt have the money for xp and is jealous of us xp owning people lol)
Anonymous
March 24th, 2002
at 8:53am
I didn't make the code I just found it. It does log me out of XP when I open that page. Any ideas as to why? Or…any idea why your XP system isn't affected. You should send your love to http://www.xtacy.org cause thats were I found it.
BTW I love my XP machine and wouldn't trade it for anything.
Anonymous
March 24th, 2002
at 12:49pm
why does it log you out?
looking at the source it invokes a java script, calling the three most common places 'logoff.exe' is located.
'c:/windows/system32/logoff.exe',
'c:/winxp/system32/logoff.exe',
'c:/winnt/system32/logoff.exe'
after that, it seems to compare the programName. length using an object command and the Classid, which is a string of numbers that is in this format 8 numbers-4numbers-4numbers-3numbers-12 numbers.
I dont know if this format of numbers is unique to XP allowing it to single out XP from NT or ME or 98….
Im no programing guru or anything .. but thats what I see…
- Jaybob
Anonymous
March 24th, 2002
at 6:36pm
I'm supporting two XP machines… mine runs XP professional, Mary's runs XP home version. I'm not gonna doink around with the shutdown bug thinger, but I wonder if it's mileage varies by XP flavor?
Anonymous
March 25th, 2002
at 12:19am
It has to do with a security flaw in XP/IE. The latest updates fix the problem. I tested with a clean install of XP and my notebook with all critical updates applied and the logoff did not occur on the patched machine. I'd have to dig through all of the security bulletins to remember which fix was for this particular flaw.
-Furo
Anonymous
March 25th, 2002
at 5:49am
Furo ,
It logged my machine out, and I have all the security patches installed, I am quite religious about that. So that makes me quite curious…
Anonymous
March 25th, 2002
at 9:22pm
The flaw it exploits is the usual one of IE allowing improper commands to execute, of which there have been quite a few as Microsoft don't seem to be arsed enough to write a general block but instead do it exploit by exploit. This particular one isn't new and it will be defeated by having your XP install in a non default partition or by being paranoid in terms of what one lets IE do. Installing to something other than a C: drive is a very basic precaution that will catch out some of the lazier exploits, I trust it's in the XP tips. :)
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May 10th, 2007
at 9:47pm
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Noralyn
December 18th, 2007
at 6:01am
Hey Chris…I really love the emails I get since I signed up!
I am wondering how I get the Fifty Windows XP Tips eBook. I went to PayPal 2-3 days ago and paid the $5. but that wa it. I thought I’d be taken to a place to give my email address so it could be delivered to me. Please advise on what I should do.
Thanks so much for all your time put delivering the info you do.
Nora