• Troy@lemmy.ca
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    3 hours ago

    This feels like an old school error, just with modern protection code.

    Like in the Win95 days where the installer would ask for a serial number to install… But you could load the installer in a hex editor, look for the PKZ magic bytes, and run unzip on it. :)

    • Cousin Mose@lemmy.hogru.ch
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      1 hour ago

      I unlocked a ton of “paid” games on Windows 95 from Compaq at ~5 years old just by typing 000000. It was even easier because it gave away the maxlength.