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“The system cannot execute the specified program.”
There is a pretty interesting article over at winprogger.com about the problems connected with IMAGE_DLLCHARACTERISTICS_FORCE_INTEGRITY (set through /integritycheck ever since VS2005) and ERROR_INVALID_IMAGE_HASH (aka Win32 error code 577). Now, I’ve been fighting with this problem for two full days and … Continue reading
Posted in EN, IT Security, Programming, Reversing, Software
Tagged force integrity, integrity check, sigcheck, signtool
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Painful lessons I had to learn again and again
Since this is something I’ve stumbled over several times now and since it is discussed in Microsoft’s documentation only as if there is only the option to import it into your store, i.e. within your user account. Now, I was … Continue reading
Fighting with Windows 7 SDK
I’ve been fighting with the Windows 7 SDK which kept complaining that I have no Visual Studio 2005 or 2008 installed. Well, I don’t have 2008 installed, but I do have 2005. Problem, however, was that most posts on the … Continue reading
Money makes the world go round
Given the situation in the US elections this year, one is only left to wonder who will place the winning bid 😐 // Oliver
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What also disappeared
Back to the topic of the Windows 7 task bar, I noticed that MS decided to strip yet another useful function: the system menu. On older Windows versions right-clicking the task bar button for a running program would show the … Continue reading
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1 Woche/week
Außer den Fotos von Max, habe ich seit einer Woche keinen Beitrag veröffentlicht. Ich habe allerdings einige geschrieben, deren Veröffentlichung nach und nach automatisch passiert. Except for the photos of Max, I haven’t published a post for one week. I … Continue reading
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Another favorite
Max often started to yawn when being petted for a while 😉 (Click image for English version of the gallery) // Oliver
Max: Bilder hinzugefügt / added pictures
Ich habe ein paar weitere Bilder von 2009 hochgeladen und in Max’ Seite eingefügt. I’ve uploaded several more images of 2009 and added them to Max’ page. (Bild anklicken für die deutsche Version der Gallerie) (Click image for English version … Continue reading
Farewell, little fellow
Max, unser Wellensittich, ist heute am Vormittag gestorben. Max, our budgie, passed away this morning. Max (1997 – 2010) Ich bin sehr froh, daß ich ihn vor zwei Tagen noch ein letztes Mal sehen durfte bevor ich nach Island zurückflog. … Continue reading
Now with ads
During my flight back to Iceland, I noticed that Icelanders (the airline and the shuttle bus operator) seem to have acquired a taste for ads played to an audience that can hardly flee the location. Having a number of people … Continue reading
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Updated WP and switched to default theme …
Just updated my WordPress installation and switched to the default theme TwentyTen. I’ll probably adjust some aspects of it, but I like it so far. I also sifted through my link lists to update links, add new ones, remove old … Continue reading
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Revived Quick Launch keeps disappearing
So, after solving part of the mystery surrounding the Quick Launch in Windows 7 to restore at least some of the functionality that MS decided to strip, the Quick Launch keeps disappearing. Reboot once and everything appears to be fine. … Continue reading
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Check it out: Visual Studio 2010 Help Downloader
Mathias pointed me to the Visual Studio 2010 Help Downloader. Will give this a try soon. I hate when I have to be online to access the docs. But the VS 2005 docs are obviously not up-to-date for Windows 7, … Continue reading
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The so-called superfluous “Quick Launch” and Windows 7
I was and still am really unhappy that Microsoft decided to take away our choice of using the classic start menu and task bar with the introduction of Windows 7. Not only was it faster to use, it also never … Continue reading
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Scandal: Ahmadinejad trips again over diplomatic tripwires at UN security council
We got it, the man has some weird ideas and he’s a bit clumsy when it comes to diplomacy in general. But frankly, he’s by far not the only one to think that 9/11 was an inside job. Look from … Continue reading
SQLite index optimization
Learned one fascinating fact tonight: when creating indices for a table in SQLite the order in which the columns are indexed seems to have a huge impact on performance. On the table in question, which has 20.2 million rows, one … Continue reading
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Seriously?
So Embarcadero released version XE of the RAD Studio. Great stuff. Would love to buy it, but for a private person buying an upgrade is quite pricey. 800 EUR or 700 EUR until September 30th as a special offer. As … Continue reading
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Charges against the WikiLeaks founder
Daily Mail article: Supporters dismissed rape accusations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange… but the two women involved tell a different story. Assange is one amorous geek (or nerdy Casanova) according to that Not trying to dismiss the charges, though. It … Continue reading
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cvsnt [server aborted]: Couldn’t open default trigger library: No such file or directory
To my surprise I noticed CVSNT is now only available for money (and compared with my other development tools for a lot of money, so I’ll stick with Mercurial which comes with plenty of better features for which I would … Continue reading