Ford Headlight Hack

I old school hacked the headlights on my just out of warrenty 2003 Ford Windstar Minivan because the switch when turned to the headlight on position would not always turn off (causing a fun dead battery).



A new switch was going to cost at least $60.00 from a Ford Authorized Dealer. I was going to fix/rewire the switch ... figuring that it could only save me a nice dinner ($60.00) when I discovered it is actually a 5 position switch. The "Always On" positions are simply if the car is "ON" or started the headlights are on. Sort of Daylight running lights.




Simply put the you can hack it any way you want. I simply pulled the knob from the switch a little and it moved it to the always on head lights selection and pressed the knob back on the switch. If you want to go crazy you can remove the pieces of plastic on the plastic panel (behind the switch) and you do not have to pull it out.

video on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfHNj1jIrgE




Digg it --> http://digg.com/mods/Ford_Automatic_Headlight_Modification

Confirmed: Vista Activation Hack

I am starting to test Vista and the different flavors to determine a easy way of deployment. Unfortunately, from what I understand is that unless you have a key server then you cannot activate it in the corporate environment. And from what I understand All of the features are not active unless it is activated. Well I have found a way, along with others on the net. here is a link on how to activate Vista 32 bit.

http://xmbill.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/bypass-vista-activation-with-paradox/

After running the "Clony Auto Activator". Run ‘SLMGR.VBS -dlv’ to verify activation. voila..... activated.

I only use this for testing, as I am reimaging the PCs for learning. Microsoft will disable this soon... I would hope.

Ok, I am Finally blogging my H@cks.

I have been asked all the time "When are you going to start Publishing your hacks?" or "Do you Blog this shit?" or "where the f**K do you find this shit?". Well I am going to attempt to start posting my stuff. Enjoy.