Skype reads your BIOS
Posted by: [NT] on: 02/08/2007 11:19 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ] · 737 views
REPORTS are coming in from eagle-eyed users who have spotted the Voice over IP outfit Skype's software reading their BIOS and motherboard serial number.
Over here, one bloke who runs 64-bit versions of Windows, spotted a strange dialogue box which says "the program or feature "??C:Documents and SettingsMyriaLocal SettingsTemp121.com" cannot start or run due to incompatibility with 64-bit versions of Windows."
In other words your phone is trying to run a .com file, which doesn't work that well in Win64 because there?s no NTVDM. Again read on at Inq
Over here, one bloke who runs 64-bit versions of Windows, spotted a strange dialogue box which says "the program or feature "??C:Documents and SettingsMyriaLocal SettingsTemp121.com" cannot start or run due to incompatibility with 64-bit versions of Windows."
In other words your phone is trying to run a .com file, which doesn't work that well in Win64 because there?s no NTVDM. Again read on at Inq
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