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Reproducing the printer hack of Windows 95
During my daily web crawl I encountered a very interesting gif that I haven't seen in a long time. It was a hack of an unspecified version of Windows 95, which showed how to bypass the login screen with the help of the menu and printing dialog. However, after a brief check, I found a fair amount of people stating that "just hitting the cancel" button
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