Windows 8 M1 features unlocked with registry keys
Microsoft’s early Milestone 1 build of Windows 8 leaked only a week ago and hackers have been hard at work to unlock hidden features.
Hackers over at MyDigitalLife have enabled the following features using registry keys:
New Windows 8 webcam
New Windows 8 Modern Reader
New Windows 8 Ribbon UI
Microsoft’s early Milestone 1 build of Windows 8 leaked only a week ago and hackers have been hard at work to unlock hidden features.
Hackers over at MyDigitalLife have enabled the following features using registry keys:
New Windows 8 webcam
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\GRE_Initialize\
create a DWORD value named “RemoteFontBootCacheFlags”, set its value to 0x100f (4111)
New Windows 8 Modern Reader
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Applets\Paint\Capabilities
create a string value named “CLSID”, set its value to “{D3E34B21-9D75-101A-8C3D-00AA001A1652}” , then run glcnd.exe.
New Windows 8 Ribbon UI
Create the following key in registry: HKEY_CLASS_ROOT\CLSID\{4F12FF5D-D319-4A79-8380-9CC80384DC08}
Create a string value under the key called “AppID”, set its value to “{9198DA45-C7D5-4EFF-A726-78FC547DFF53}”
Kill explorer.exe and restart and the Ribbon UI will be enabled.
