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               Yahoo Messenger archive(2004-10-23)
               A brief description of how yahoo messenger stores the archive files.

 

    Cross Process Subclassing(2003-10-29)

      
    With the code below I will explain how to subclass a Notepad application window using hooks & subclassing techniques. This technique can be used to build custom dll-based engines for any application  

    Using the registry with Visual Basic-I(2001-12-11)

      
    The registry is a very important part of the Windows operating system. The registry can be thought of as a place where windows and other application keep important information which is needed by them. This information could be about specific hardware or software configuration. The registry gives us immense power to store and retrieve data from it. But with power comes responsibility. A small error in the registry could bring the windows OS crashing down. 

    Yahoo Messenger Protocol(2001-12-02)

      
    For all people who have been waiting to make their own yahoo messenger and could not find any material on the YMSG protocol,well it's time to stop looking and start making !!!!.The basic purpose of writing this document is that people should know what's actually happening when they use the yahoo messenger.There is hardly any if not any documentation available on the internet concerning the YMSG ptotocol ,this made it more difficult and at the same time more exciting and challenging for me to reverse engineer the yahoo messenger protocol. 

    MSN Messenger Protocol(Practical Implementation)(2001-12-01)

      
    You have been using MSN for quite some time wondering how it works. Well You need not look any further. This article will not just tell you how MSN works but will also tell you how to make your own version of MSN messenger.