@gabriel1: astra patched a few bytes in my Windows XP ISO to avoid a memory check that crashes the game this is incredible
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A user named astra patched a few bytes in a Windows XP ISO to avoid a memory check that crashes a game, describing it as an incredible fix.
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astra patched a few bytes in my Windows XP ISO to avoid a memory check that crashes the game
this is incredible https://t.co/GpsBMSQP0y
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