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I have used that method, yeah, I installed XP to an SD card on my eee with it. Personally I'd say it's hardly worth the effort, XP doesn't like being moved around machines so it's not portable, many SD cards an USB sticks are very slow in comparison even to a USB HDD, and it can sometimes cause general quirks to pop up where they otherwise wouldn't. The Windows PE/BartPE methods will probably work slightly better but it's more effort than it's worth imo and you'll find that a sizeable chunk of the OS is missing and you won't be able to use a lot of drivers with it. It still doesn't boot very quickly. So yeah, it does work, but XP's 8 years old now and you won't get a very good experience out of it running from a USB stick. Ultimately I'd recommend the Windows 7 (Embedded 2011) route if you don't mind ditching XP, it still won't be blazing fast but at the very least it's designed to boot from USB devices. You can also use the Vista's WAIK but as with XP's PE environment, it won't be overly functional, and takes a bit of work to set up.

Absolutely right, my mistake, I couldn't find the link I was looking for originally, I found that one in my bookmarks and figured that was the one. Here is the correct link. It looks hard, it's really not, it's just a little tedious.

XP (and possibly 2k3): http://www.msfn.org/board/install-usb-wins...ui-t120444.html Vista: Apparently this works, though I haven't tried it. Win7: Get hold of a copy of Windows Embedded 2011, it installs full copies of Win7 to USB drives as standard, it's a bit like normal Windows 7 but with vLite stuck in the middle of the setup. Works pretty well.

Something like http://www.usb-over-ethernet.com/ might help here (not the only products which does this, but the first I happened to stumble across). I don't know if you can access the devices simultaniously though, so a little research may be req'd.

I have to admit, I can't quite understand how anyone still uses SIMless phones, I can't imagine lacking the convenience that removable SIMs provide. I can switch number, plan or network at will, and pretty much all of the networks here in the UK provide free prepay SIMs at various times to allow you to switch if your particular GSM device (phone/modem/whatever) is unlocked. I haven't seen a SIMless phone in the UK for years, and only because I used to pick up old, used phones as a kid to play with. Still, on topic, I have to say I'm leaning more and more towards getting some form of proper data plan. I often find myself wishing I didn't have to pay for 1 day/week/month of data just for a quick and simple thing which might otherwise cost me significantly when I could have a perminant connection that I don't have to worry about paying extra for. I'm certain I'd be a lot more connected if I didn't have to worry about specifically paying for each time I used it. As for the point in hand, I'd say look around, check out what's available to you, see what catches your eye. It's a personal taste thing, I love my HTC Kaiser and to some it's an ugly, outdated brick with a shitty OS. To me, however, it's a do-everything pocket companion with a hardware keyboard and an extremely powerful OS (ok, the UI's not brilliant, but it has a zillion apps of any kind you could conceive, and you can write new ones very easily in Visual Studio). Keep an eye on other networks too because you might get a "new customer" deal for joining up with them, perhaps a little more discount off the phone or a better contract. If you have a choice, I'd recommend a GSM phone because you can take them to other networks and other countries and they're easier to sell when you're done with it.

VMWare Server and Microsoft's Virtual PC are both free and have much, much better USB support, you might want to check those out.

What he said. VirtualBox's USB has never seemed very stable to me, you have to allow it to keep the focus for the entire time the USB wifi device is installing, from a short while before you plug the stick in until the guest OS recognises it. If you don't, it may hang, crash or just plain not work. Shame really, I love everything else about VirtualBox.

http://hak5.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=14567 Enough. No more of this shit.

My preferred method is to not play it in the first place. Your method works too though I guess. Pretty much pointless really though, the entire point of the "game" is to ssee how fast you can type A-Z, having your computer do it for you is a bit of a waste of time. Still, I suppose knowing how to programmatically type things is vaguely useful on occasion, so not entirely ueless.

It was, but it was spam, so was removed. Probably should've removed the post with the quote in it too, but I don't like to remove posts if I can help it.

You can do your research and stop looking for the easy "HACK SHIT" button. It doesn't work that way. [insert rant]

100ft CAT5e, Black (also available in other colours), $8.01 http://www.monoprice.com/products/product....=1&format=2 Problem solved, I reckon.

There have been a couple of threads on the borderline and this is one of them. There is no magic DDoS button (well, that's debatable, but there isn't one in Backtrack) and it's illegal in many places. There is, as jjhappypants pointed out, no legitimate use for this and explaining outright how to DDoS would undoubtably result in people taking the instructions and actually doing it. In addition, there is no way we could know whether you want to do this to yourself or someone else. I did go back and forth on whether to lock this, but at this point, you're pretty much asking for step by step instructions. There's plenty of material online relating to this topic, and it's not something these forums promote, encourage or assist with. Do a little research and you'll find out all you need to know. Locked.

No-one really said why they were cracking Windows boxes, I was just thinking about removing the password, which is easy as pie. Gotta do what you gotta do, right? Besides, if you back up the SAM, you can set the password to nothing, do what you need to do, then put the old SAM back and the original password will be reinstated.

Rainbow tables are a waste of time and space when it comes to getting into a Windows box, unless you're trying to access encrypted files. If you have access to the machine, it's yours in less than 5 minutes.

You know most of the components come from Foxconn and the like, right?

If it works, why pay thousands for a brand new system to do the same job? Especially wasteful if it involves many many machines, and unnecessary cost in either scenario.

Likewise on the 3 UK, I don't recall having any issues with Orange either, now that I think about it.

Rule 1: Never, EVER, call anything "unhackable", "hack-proof", "hacker-safe" or "secure". Someone, somewhere, will break it, and if they don't, you can guarantee thousands will be trying.

Nokia n800. While I jest, the point I intended to make is that there is no such thing as a "hacker" computer, netbook, device, whatever, the kit is what you make of it. You can make a Zipit handheld messenger work for you if you try.

Rather than having any interest in trying to spark an OS war (as DarkBlueBox mentioned, Windows has been used in such systems too), I'm more curious about the hardware in those systems. All I can really see in those screenshots is reference to some form of flash storage and ethernet, but I can only begin to guess at what else is in there...

I don't know why I didn't move this before, but now I shall. Moved.

The Huawei was a little harder, if I recall, than the ZTE, but it was still reasonably easy. Some modems can be unlocked with a simple flash update using generic, unbranded, manufacturer firmware (in this case, Huawei, rather than Vodafone's firmware). In the case of the E220 I unlocked, though, I think it required reading a couple of bytes from the firmware (the unlock code, easily done with a hex editor and a few seconds). Here's an example of an E220 method, it may work for the E160 (replacing firmware and references to E220 with E160 where appropriate): http://www.avforums.com/forums/mobile-phon...e-vodafone.html Here's another method, since many have reported the first one failing: http://3g-modem.wetpaint.com/page/Huawei+E220 Again, both of these are for the E220, but it may be possible to adapt them for the E160. If I come across any E160-specific instructions I'll post them. Edit: Apparently the E160 uses either a slightly different method (the key is not as easily, or not at all readable) or different length key. Maybe a bit harder than other Huawei models.

First off, if you did want to keep the dongle but change networks, most of those dongles can be unlocked, I've unlocked two "Three" dongles, one Huawei and another ZTE, easy as pie. Second, if you have a PC on at home, or you have access to a server or shell somewhere, check out VPNs or SSH tunnels, both should allow you to browse unhindered via HSDPA.

Can't do much with it, it's a private address, accessible only from your network.