HACKING THE WAL-MART ARMORGUARD COMPUTER PROTECTION SYSTEM.

***NOTE***
To use this, you must have a system disk (i.e. a disk that has been
formatted using [format a: /s]) in 3.5" format under Windows 95, because that
is what they sell all of their computers with.

***NOTE***
In this file, instructions to be input into the computer are surrounded
by [ and ].  Keys are surrounded by < and >.  So if I say "hit [<CTRL>-<F1>] I
mean to hold down the control button and hit F1.

The armorguard is a program that prevents you from writing to the
directories, changing the attributes of files, and deleting files.  It
basically prevents you from doing anything cool.

The first thing to do is to go into Wal-Mart.  Now, go to the
computer section and turn off the screen saver.  Shut down as many apps as
you can with the [<CTRL>-<ALT>-<DEL>] and then choosing a program and
hitting enter.  You cannot simply do this to the ArmorGuard program.

Improve your dialup modem preformance

You can't assume that just because you connected at a speed like 48.3KBps that you will stay there. Today's modems automatically fall back to a lower speed if the line noise is too high to maintain a faster connection, but sometimes they fall back too soon or too far.

Here's how to do it:


Click Start the button.
Select Settings.
Click Control Panel.
Double-click on the Modems icon.
Select your modem.
Click the Properties button.
Click the Connections tab.
Click the Advanced button.
In the "Extra settings" field, type S36=7
Click OK to save your settings.


This will force your modem to try to stay connected at high speeds in two different ways before dropping back to an asynchronous mode with auto speed buffering.