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Windows NT

Protecting yourself from being a spam base

Attach a debugger to winlogon.exe and look at memory address 0x00010000.

You should see the password of the logged on user in clear text.

Works most of the time ... but not always.


Microsoft Windows NT version 3.51

  1. Go to the Main Menu and select Control Panel
  2. From Control Panel, select Desktop
  3. Select Open GL 3D text as your screen saver type
  4. Click on Options to configure the settings for the screen saver
  5. Change the text that the screen saver will display to "I love NT"
  6. Either wait for the screen saver to come up or hit test. The names of all of the programmers will float in and out in 3D Text
  7. This also apparently works if you put "I love NT" in other languages as well . . . I know "j'aime NT" works. Try any languages you can
    think of
  8. If "I love NT" doesn't work, try "I like NT." For instance, "Me amo NT" doesn't work, but "Me gusta NT" does

Windows NT v3.51 Additional OpenGL 3D-Text Eggs

  1. Go to Control Panel/Desktop/ScreenSaver
  2. Change Screen Saver to OpenGL/3D-Text
  3. Edit Settings
  4. Change text to "BEER" (without quotes) for list of beers
  5. Change text to "Rock" (without quotes) for list of bands

NT V3.51 3D Text screen saver

  1. Run Control panel
  2. select Desktop
  3. Select 3D Test (OpenGL) screen saver
  4. Select setup
  5. enter "MUSIC"
  6. press OK to save settings (or try test first)
  7. press OK to save

Windows NT 3.5 Screen Saver Egg

  1. Open Control Panel
  2. Open Desktop
  3. Select 3D Pipes (OpenGL) as the screen saver
  4. Click Setup and set the joint style to mixed.
  5. When the screen saver comes on, look closely. Every once in a while, a 'teapot joint' will appear

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation New 3D Text (OpenGL) eggs

  1. Right click on the desktop and select Properties, or open Control Panel from the Start button/Settings menu and select Display
  2. From the Display Properties, select Screen Saver
  3. Select 3D Text (OpenGL) as your screen saver type
  4. Click on the Settings button to configure the screen saver
  5. Change the text that the screen saver will display to "Not Evil"
  6. Click OK to save the changes. Click the test buttom or wait until the screen saver kicks in the next time
  7. This will show the names of all the members of the Windows NT developer team
  8. You can also try the changing the text to "Volcano"
  9. This will display the names of a bunch of volcanos all over the world

 

 

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