Tried to crack an app which gives me some problems in patching it
I found with no peoblems the points to patch and what to put in to make the prog works ok
But when i try to apply any kind of patch and relaunch the prog i get a streange DialogBox telling me the app isnt correctly initialized
The most strange thing is that the prog hasnt any kind of CRC check (at my sight) and when i load it with symbol loader (which always stops at the ep of the prog when prog isnt patched) it shows me that dialog again
The dialog seems to appear before the prog has been executed and the same thing happens when i try to patch one of the dll of the prog and happens when i change the name to the prog too
Looking at the language of the text of the dialog, it which isnt english like the language of the prog but its italian like the language of my os, it should be a system dialog and not prog related one
But why does it appear every time i try to change something in the exe or its dll (file name too)?
I'm under win2k should be realted to that prog?
Tnx
NikDH

Hullo,

NT/2K runs checks on each exe/dll in terms of CHECKSUMS. Always!

So, though you have checked the CRC, you must NOT have checked the CHECKSUM.

Do that, rectify it, and mostly, it should disappear.

If it still does not, get a resource editor, and try dumping the resources. Alternatively, try dumping the strings seen in the dialog.

If they are present there, then the protection is not defeated. If they are not there, its the OS Checksum.

Have Fun,

Hi
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