Subj : Re: Beautiful hacks
To   : StormTrooper
From : Bob Worm
Date : Sun Nov 05 2023 22:29:58

  Re: Re: Beautiful hacks
  By: StormTrooper to Bob Worm on Sun Nov 05 2023 00:51:45

Hi, StormTrooper.

 > Given Win3.x was like a second though over the top of DOS not many files had
 > any sort of protection.  Used to be a thing for the misguided youth to
 > vandalise demo systems at PC shows here....

Yes, indeed. And, I suppose, it was quite useful to remove the Control Panel icon from school computers and the like. You only had to run "cpanel" to get access to it anyway so it was a bit of a weak protection but probably deterred some vandalism :)

 > Must've been about 95-6 I was working in a call centre with a Win NT
 > network. We had a, what I'd call non team member.. I managed to replace the
 > network login splash image with one captured from a Monty Python game of the
 > time which had a boss key they took you to a pretend website "Goat Love".

I'm not familiar with that one - the "Goat Love" part, anyway. I shall Google it with caution!

BobW
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