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           -- originally released on 11/18/01, updated on ../../.. --

== ( disclaimer ) =======================================================/\==

  this program comes without a warranty. run it at your own risk.

== ( program use ) ======================================================/\==

  run CTFMKILL.EXE from any directory and wait less than a second.
  now watch a dvd!

== ( final notes ) ======================================================/\==

  this program has been a long time coming. if you downloaded it, chances
  are you already know what it does. this small application is dedicated
  to everyone who installed microsoft office xp and later found out that
  playback of movies through their hardware dvd decoder card was terminally
  broken! if you've tried in vain to figure out how to fix this problem,
  look no further. here at a2ure we take a direct and optimal approach
  to solving your computer related headaches.

  ctfmon.exe comes bundled with office xp. microsoft says that it's necessary
  to have this file in memory at all times (taking up more than 2mb of ram)
  so that office components run 'smoothly'.. bullshit. This file loads
  portions of other (microsoft) dll code into the same memory space as the
  "protected" area that your hardware decoder driver lives in. although
  microsoft guaranteed vendors that they would never touch this protected
  area, when programming office xp they ignored all conventions and started
  hitting each other over the head with flexible keyboards. this caused
  the code run faster, but become far more annoying in practice.

  here's what our program does: (i) terminates the ctfmon.exe process in
  memory (NOTE: this does not work on Windows NT v4.0 because the toolhelp32
  api does not exist on that platform [way to go microsoft]), (ii) removes
  the registry key that causes ctfmon.exe to load every time windows
  restarts, and (iii) viciously deletes the ctfmon.exe file if it exists
  in your current path (if it's not in the current path, then office xp
  wouldn't be able to load it either, and since we removed the offending
  registry key in (ii) ctfmon.exe will never load again).

  personal greets go out to tantrum and gE!.

  by Digit@l MonkeyWrynch (a2ure), 11/18/2001

== ( end ) ==============================================================/\==