Neowin Uptime Project Group

[.KICK]

Ignore my entire last post....I figured it out. Oi.....feel free to bash me over being such an idiot. :boo: :argh:

Edit: How come it's saying I'm running XP home, when I have XP pro? :huh:

It dosent say your using home :rolleyes:

[nwBen]

Just a thought..

Is there a registry key you can edit to make your uptime more than it is? I wouldn't call it cheating.. just, uh, 'stretching the truth' :whistle:

[Adrian]

isnt it the kernel.dll or something like that - that stores your uptime data :unsure:

[AcdShdw]

ill do this once i get my compaq server set up

[ForsakenDecay]

Thanks. He abandoned his current script for something smaller, so I guess we'll never know now. :)

It is Copperplate Gothic, but I dropped the sig. I probably wont get around to making a new one till later on this week, too busy. And I'm a girl. :huh:

It dosent say your using home 

I know it doesn't, the only reason I made that comment was because I swore one of those sig's saying "Windows XP Professional." Usually when I see 'Windows XP,' I think Home edition because most of the time people are specific and say Pro when they have it. Erm..yeah, whatever..not important...

[GR7]

ok i finally got it to work. hey BxBoy check your PM's.

[HeavyTwenty]

My Win XP computer is working fine, but my Linux (Fedora Core) computer gives me this message:

yasuc

Could not resolve hostname: Success

Anyone know what's wrong? I downloaded the latest version from the uptime site.

It refuses to update btw.

[BxBoy]

After reading this thread, I kinda lost track of all the other related threads, do i need to read em? or are they just for specific things like custom sigs and stuff?

the other threads are mainly about the custom sig stuff.. so you can *safely* ignore it.. unless you want to contribute..

Just a thought..

Is there a registry key you can edit to make your uptime more than it is? I wouldn't call it cheating.. just, uh, 'stretching the truth' :whistle:

Nope, I spoke with the client creator and he assured me that there was no way to 'cheat' eerr.. i mean stretch the truth.

ill do this once i get my compaq server set up

sorry, but that made me giggle a bit.. i'm sure compaq has become more reputable now.. ;)

And I'm a girl.

Sorry. :blush:

ok i finally got it to work. hey BxBoy check your PM's.

got it, thanks for the offer. It's been put on reserve!

Edited December 29, 2003 by BxBoy

[nwBen]

Nope, I spoke with the client creator and he assured me that there was no way to 'cheat' eerr.. i mean stretch the truth.

O well, was worth a try ;) :shifty:

[BxBoy]

O well, was worth a try  ;)  :shifty:

tell me about it.. I don't know how this guy does it! :wacko:

[darkmark327]

It looks something like Copperplate Gothic

It is Copperplate Gothic, but I dropped the sig.

Wow...I need to get out more.

[Banjo]

Your uptime is called from a kernel function (GetTickCount) which returns it in seconds.

I'm pretty sure there are ways to cheat :whistle: *Puts away a program which shall not be named (:p) * But I wont

Edited December 29, 2003 by Banjo

[BxBoy]

woah Banjo, where have you been? Did you ever work on a cached version of your script? ;)

Heh, of course there's ways to cheat.. but not for the average n00b.. spoofing packets is a bit hard to do.. hehe.

[Banjo]

Heh, been a bit busy... finished the XML reader a LONG time ago, but the cache thing is annoying me :pinch: I'm storing it all in one XML file but I don't see a way to change the last cache time without rewriting it all =/

On a side note, I killed the server (my comp too) by trying to install a fan for my new processor :D which broke the arm off... so I have to get a new one tomorrow... I hate being on a 500mhz machine :cry:

[Joel]

sorry, but that made me giggle a bit.. i'm sure compaq has become more reputable now..

Sure, Compaq and HP servers are great, it's the workstations and PCs you have to watch out for. I have 2 Compaqs at work, Win2k and UNIX.

[Diablo]

Your uptime is called from a kernel function (GetTickCount) which returns it in seconds.

GetTickCount() returns it in milliseconds. :)

[Adrian]

is it possible to edit that kernal file though ? :rolleyes: :unsure: :whistle:

[Diablo]

Maybe it's possible to cheat in different way. Write your own prog., which sends fake uptime, so then, you can send something like this: 358d 21h 22m 45sec.

[Adrian]

hmm...are there any programs out there where you view the packets exiting your pc?

[Diablo]

I think, you shoud use something like sniffers, but I really don't know what prog. you need to use. Maybe others can help. :)

[nwBen]

Here is a heap of stuff about GetTickCount() -

http://livedocs.macromedia.com/coldfusion/...cs/funct110.htm

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default....ettickcount.asp

http://www.codeguru.com/mfc/comments/10999.shtml

if you need anymore.. Google is your answer ;)

[rpm]

Added my other computer as well.. Signature is perfect, IMHO, now! :-D

[eXclusive]

Added my other computer as well.. Signature is perfect, IMHO, now! :-D

You forgot your thread

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=126899&st=75

:laugh: :rolleyes: :p

[Banjo]

GetTickCount() returns it in milliseconds. :)

Oh yeah... stupid me... I haven't used it in a while. :unsure: :pinch:

[BxBoy]

Heh, been a bit busy... finished the XML reader a LONG time ago, but the cache thing is annoying me  I'm storing it all in one XML file but I don't see a way to change the last cache time without rewriting it all =/

How about storing it in a mySQL database? We thought about doing that.

Sure, Compaq and HP servers are great, it's the workstations and PCs you have to watch out for. I have 2 Compaqs at work, Win2k and UNIX.

That's true, I heard that Microsoft uses Compaq Servers. The server end is great, but the workstation and especially the laptop end needs a lot of work. Finding drivers for them are essentially impossible, they are no where on their site. So I had to look alternatively for them. Since then, I got a bit annoyed at Compaq..

Edited December 29, 2003 by BxBoy