.NET Mamak @ KLCC

Yes I know is such a long time ever since I wrote something here. Since I have a little time right now, here I am. Sounds busy huh? You bet..~! :P

Early morning yesterday, my colleges and I went for the .NET Mamak session at Microsoft Auditorium which located at 29th floor of KLCC Tower 2. Well throughout these 5years in KL, honestly I had never been to the KLCC Tower. We get lost our way where we went up to 41st floor, then to 36th floor, then back to 40th floor, then down to ground floor and finally 29th floor. Anyway cut the craps on the KLCC things and back to the main topic, .NET Mamak session which organized by Microsoft was pretty up to my expectation. :) The session kicked start with introduction of .Net Framework 3.5, and mostly the speakers focused on Windows Presentation Foundation which is nothing new to frequent .NET event participants, I believed. That doesn't really caught much of my attention.

On the session 2 and 3, the speakers introduced and explained some of the tools which is really cool such as the Windows Mobile 6 SDK where it really makes development of Pocket PC application a breeze. Tools like "Cellular Emulator" and "FakeGPS" enables the Pocket PC emulators to receive Calls, Texting, 3G Connections and even GPS. Yea it's cool. I think is time for me to get one and play around with it (provided that I have time to do that). For more information, visit :
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb278115.aspx

Extras : Candids from KLCC Tower 2. :P

Creating backdoor for your Windows Vista

Recently my colleague shown me an article about creating a backdoor for Windows Vista and after we tried it out, it was pretty cool and I would like to share with you guys. What we gonna achieve is to create a backdoor so that we can access almost anything in the computer includes those operations that requires UAC, reset/changing admin password and etc without needing you to logon as an authenticate user. Sounds cool?

The overview of the whole thing is that by replace some of the features in Ease of Access provided by Windows Vista, we can actually brings up the command prompt console in the CAD (Ctrl+Alt+Del) Screen.

To achieve this, first you would need to logon as an administrator or whoever that has sufficient privileges to play with the Windows files. After you logon, now starts to gets your hand dirty. I am using a Windows 2008 beta Virtual PC Image for demo as I don't want to mess up with my machine.

Open up your windows explorer, navigate to C:\Windows\System32, and when you open up the properties for magnify.exe, it shows that TrustedInstaller own the file and has the rights to modify it.


In order for you to have the rights to change the file, simply open your command prompt and pump in these command :

takeown /f magnify.exe

This will update the ownership of the file to your account. Next followed by this command :

cacls magnify.exe /g administrator:f

This will grant full access to "administrator" account for magnify.exe. In case you are not running as administrator, you can grant to your current user account by changing the "administrator" to whatever name that your current user account was. After you pump in this command, you will usually prompted with a confirmation, type Y for yes to proceed. Now you hold full permission on magnify.exe, you can proceed to change the file. As for safety reasons, I would suggest that you rename the original magnify.exe instead of replacing it. For eg, type in this command:

rename magnify.exe magnify.bak

which basically will update magnify.exe to magnify.bak.



After done with the command, just copy the original cmd.exe and paste it on the same directory. You should be able to see something like "cmd - copy.exe". Just rename the copy to "magnify.exe" and logoff.




To see the wonders, simply click on the Ease of Access button at the CAD screen, and check on the Magnify option, a command prompt would be prompted out right after you click on the OK button. To double confirm you are running on what kind of user account, you can type on the following command :

whoami /user

You can also enter the GUI mode by pump in the explorer.exe command at the command prompt. The only limitations of this account is you have to depends on the command prompt mode as Windows Explorer wouldn't open when you try to trigger it by double click on My Computer icon.


*Please consume information above at your own risk and I am not responsible for any damage caused by the steps above.

Original guide that I read : http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/vista/vista_backdoor_logon.htm

I am back and Connected!

Streamyx Combo 1MB package is what I am getting after many considerations. The process of getting the phone line installed, and getting streamyx up and running in my new place is quite ease. I took 2 trips to TM building located at Cyberjaya, first time for applying the phone line and second time to take the modem since I opted for self installation. Those who interested, this is for your information... All I have to pay was :
RM75 for registration fees (Streamyx Combo)
RM10 for stamp duty
RM40 for phone line installation
so in total was RM125.

At last I choosen to have this duo combinations - Billion ADSL Modem + Netgear WGR614 Wireless Router + Switch due to budget constraints. All-in-one devices (ADSL Modem + Wireless Router + Switch) cost RM120 more than the one without modem functionality. :S

Configuring both of the device was pretty easy as you would hardly goes wrong with the wizard provided by both the modem and the router.

At last, I am connected... yeay... :)

Boss wedding reception

Came to KL since 2003, which is 5 years ago, and I've been planning to spare some time for myself to have a visit to the tallest tower in Malaysia, the KL Tower. Actually, I've never been to a tower before. Thanks to my boss I had an opportunity to visit KL Tower for free (Well.. exclude the red packet for the new weds) as his wedding reception for KL was held in that tower.

As soon as we reach on top of Bukit Nenas (which is where KL Tower was built on top of it), we were busy running around and taking pictures like a tourist who never see a KL Tower before. :D

When we reach on the top, which is the reception hall, we were still busy taking pictures. Of course we behave ourself during the dinner as we don't want to miss out the good food.

After the ceremony ends, we start to run around and taking pictures again. You must be wondering since we kept on taking pictures, but I only publish a few pictures here. I can only tell you that my Sony Ericsson P1i can't perform well during night time, so can't expect much from that. :D

A little wonderland at the corner of the banquet hall.

Opps.. someone steals the baloon from the banquet.... :P

Commuters forced to use Touch N Go cards

For those who are commutes through RapidKL public transport would be aware of the surprise change made by RapidKL. As usual RapidKL love to make some surprise changes and though they did provide a notice/memo before changes took place, but usually it happens few days before changes commited. Commuters who don't often pay attention to the tiny unattractive white paper from RapidKL would be caught in real surprise most of the time. Commuters that does not use RapidKL daily (eg: weekly, or few times a month) falls into the victim list too. I've been commutes for almost 3 years in KL city, and the surprise I got from them include :
1. Sudden change of bus routes, which either re-routed or route has been cancelled.
2. Out of sudden, Touch N Go cards was not supported/not accepted.
3. Change of bus schedule.

This month, they gave us another brand new surprise. RapidKL has stopped selling SEPADU (Alliance) and SEMUA (All) tickets manually. The only way to get this ticket is by using Touch N Go for the transaction. This eventually might be replacing all manual tickets available. Thus Touch N Go is the only way to travel. Well this might be a very good idea for promoting the convenience of using the Touch N Go card while travel. However you might need to think again. As per current infrastructure, reloading your Touch N Go card is not an easy task. First, not ALL LRT stations has the service of reloading your Touch N Go card. Second, even if you managed to find the LRT stations that provide such service, they are not available for all times. Third, Touch N Go frequently out of service for a long period. Fourth, if you only commutes in bus instead of lrt, hell you have to purposely go LRT stations or locate a Maybank ATM that supports Touch N Go reload.

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