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A few of you have been asking about this so I’ve decided to go ahead and post this.  The following instructions will remove the hash that appears after the build string on your windows 8 7955 and 7959 desktop.

What you will need:

1. Windows 8
2. Hex Editor (I use XVI32)
3. A few minutes to perform this procedure

The procedure itself is very easy to perform.  Here’s how to do it:

1. Copy shell32.dll from the system32 folder to the desktop
2. Open XVI32
3. Open shell32.dll in the hex editor
4. Go to Search –> Find
5. Under Hex string, search for “34 00 37 00 38 00 43” (without quotes)
6. Replace 34 with 35
7. Save the dll
8. Take ownership of shell32 in your system32 folder and rename it to shell32.dll.old
9. Copy your newly saved shell32.dll into the system32 folder
10. Reboot and enjoy no more hash on your desktop!

Hope this helps everybody who wants to accomplish this on their Windows 8 install.  Post in the comments and let me know how the procedure went for you!

Tags: hacking, hash, windows, windows 8