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NAG-BUSTER v.0.73ß, Copyright (c) 1992-1993 PC ONLINE and Erik Famm
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If you are uncertain of what some patches in NAG-BUSTER do, then
read the information in this file. There will normally be a one-
word hint of what all patches do in the DOS and Windows menus in
NAG-BUSTER. But they may be wrong or insufficient. If you do not
see any difference in your program after running NAG-BUSTER, then
try and find out if there is a way to register your program from
your program or from the command line. If there is, then it might
work, since this is what NAG-BUSTER fixed!
DOS-programs:
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CDS - Catalog Search 2.2:
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The patch will make registering of CDS.EXE possible. An undocumented
feature in CDS lets the user register by loading CDS.EXE with
the parameter /REGISTER. Before running the patch in NAG-BUSTER, the
program will not be registered. You will not see a message telling
you that CDS.KEY is created. But if you run NAG-BUSTER's patch
first, and then load CDS /REGISTER (and enter some values you
choose), then CDS will be like the registered program.
In case you try to load CDS after running NAG-BUSTER, and notice the
"Please register" text on the statusline - don't be confused! There
are no errors in the patch - I have removed the nag windows in CDS
anyway - but left the text on the statusline, since it disappears when
you run CDS /REGISTER!
PCopy v.9.3
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Apparently the patch does nothing since you won't notice any differences
when running PCopy after patching. But look again! Start PCOPY with
the parameter /RE (for REgister) and insert any values in the fields -
PCOPY is now registered!
Thedraw 5.00
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The asterisk in the DOS menu indicates that this 5.00 version is
probably a non-existing version, meaning that somebody has hacked
an earlier version. The program is supported by NAG-BUSTER, though.
The Shez programs:
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These programs will, after running NAG-BUSTER, also be registered.
That is, you have to enter Shez once after patching it, look up
the registration code (which now is visible!), then exit Shez and
run the registration program (SETUP), entering the code there -
together with your name. The next time you run Shez, the nag is
gone, and you name is on the screen!
The Blue Wave programs:
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Almost as with the Shez programs: after running NAG-BUSTER, you
must enter BWAVE.EXE and live through the nag and delay once more.
You can enter your name and a random code (BWAVE will accept any
value you enter now!) and BWAVE is like the registered program!
FFF - File Finder and Directory finder:
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The configuration file FFFCFG.COM is patched, to let you enter
the registration code and hence make FFF registered.
VGACOPY PRO 3.2
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This program is strange itself, but the compression method is even more
so. Either the author has got a new, strange TINYPROG version (which is
unlikely since the compression method seems identical to the TINYPROG 3.8
version). What seems to be a bit strange is the fact that the compression
header i VGACOPY.EXE apparently shows that it has been compressed with
PKLITE. A closer study reveals that VGACOPY.EXE is only camouflaged
with the PKLITE header. The TINYPROG header starts a bit further out in
the .EXE file, and with self-modifying code, VGACOPY jumps to the correct
location for program execution with decompression to memory.
The author of VGACOPY has obiously put a lot of effort in trying to confuse
compression reckognizers. We had to add another procedure to reckognize
programs compressed this way, but c'est la vie! We suppose there will be
a lot of this in the future...
There is now only one problem left in patching VGACOPY. NAG-BUSTER must
do it twice! First, NAG-BUSTER must change a few bytes in VGACOPY.EXE to
be able to decompress and patch it afterwards. This should work
satisfactory. It would be more satisfactory to complete the job in one
operation, but we will not rewrite both BUSTER.EXE and COMPBUST.EXE just
for this one 'tweaky' program.
So, if you have problems with this patch, you haven't read this!!
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Windows-programs:
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Complete Works 1.6 (Lite):
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NAG-BUSTER won't regain time used in Complete Works, it will only halt
the time routine. So if you have used all your time and Complete Works
won't save messages or print - NAG-BUSTER will not change this.
You have to start out with a fresh edition of COMPLETE.EXE. Copy it
from you backup diskette and patch this edition. Not a used one!
IconMaster 1.2 c/d.
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Both the slash in the version number and the asterisk in the Windows
menu indicates that the author of IconMaster uses both c and d in
the program, so we are not sure what he means...
Paint Shop 1.31 (by R. Voit)
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Both this program, version number and .EXE-filesize is identical to
Paint Shop 1.31 by JASC, Inc., so one of them is probably a hacked
edition of the other.