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State of the Art Fake technology

Out of curiosity, I brought a laptop with 2GHz 64bit Intel CPU, ATI graphic, 2G RAM, 320G HD, as reported by Vista. The seller asked for $600 and it seems too good to be true. To my surprise, he accepted my offer for $300. So, I got this incredible laptop for half-price.

First of all, it is too slow for 2G CPU. When I started loading up the second partition (300G), it crashed every time. So, I took it apart. Sure enoght, the hard drive is 20G (1.8").

I brought another hard drive and loaded it up with XP. Now I got a P- III 750MHz, trident video, 256M RAM and 20G HD. I probably overpaid $50 to $100, but still a nice slim light weight laptop.

I am just wondering how they do it. Did I get a custom OS? Any one with similar experiences? Seems like lots of work just to earn my $50. Buyer beware!!!

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linnix
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looks like it is easily done in the registry

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-Lasse

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langwadt

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Noop, registry shows the real thing. They did it somewhere else. At least I know where to check next time.

Intel(R) Pentium(R) III Mobile CPU 750MHz

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linnix

The fact that the registry of your machine "shows the real thing" does not contradicts the fact that this string can *also* be tampered with, so you have to look for this information somewhere else. I would only trust in an utility I brought in the my media even so with a grain of salt. . .

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Cesar Rabak
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Cesar Rabak

At the very least, look at what the *BIOS* says (most modern BIOSes will give you a clue as to what they think the machine is). If your "thief" is willing to reflash a custom BIOS *and* hack the OS, then you probably should be looking for other sources for your equipment! (you get what you pay for -- *sometimes*!)

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D Yuniskis

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I got a new drive with XP, and it shows P-III 750MHz, same as the Vista registry. I think they hacked a custom control panel. Anyway, the custom Vista is now dead and I am staying with XP anyway.

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linnix

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This would help:

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It uses the CPUID x86 - AMD64 command as far as I know, so at least you can be sure for the processor type and frequency.

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GM

Yes. For me the simple fact it fake a single window is symptom to search for other source and report it to authorities. . .

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Cesar Rabak
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Cesar Rabak

I don't want to rain in someones' party but this utility is as safe as the provider is.

Once a system has booted the calls to any CPU instruction can be intercepted and 'faked' the only way to elide this is to have an utility that works like a mini OS, like but not the only one that does it, the UBCD

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And always remember to bring _yours_ copy of the CD that _you_ assembled!!

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Cesar Rabak
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Cesar Rabak

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