Files in this archive:
NAPSTER.INF - 5/10/00 8:25pm - 919 bytes
README.TXT  - 5/11/00 12:02am - 3239 bytes


First a little history:

When you log in with an account that is to be banned Napster makes a couple of registry entries for you.  The ones I have found are listed below.  This definately works for Windows 95 and 98.  With the new ones I just found it appears to work with Win98SE.  You cannot use the INF for Win2k, but there are instructions below for doing it manually.

Registry Keys it makes for Win9x:

HKey_Classes_Root\CLSID\
    {CAD8C813-1F34-1B3E-00CEAE43FF0AAD}
    {35D38C13-1434-AB7E-003483943341AA}
    {A1AD8C13-1383-5343-DCC38E43FF0AAE}
HKey_CurrentUuser\Software\CLASSES\CLSID\
     {35D38C13-1434-AB7E-003483943341AA}
     {A1AD8C13-1383-5343-DCC38E43FF0AAE}
     {CAD8C813-1F34-1B3E-00CEAE43FF0AAD}
HKey_Local_Machine\Software\CLASSES\CLSID\
     {35D38C13-1434-AB7E-003483943341AA}
     {A1AD8C13-1383-5343-DCC38E43FF0AAE}
     {CAD8C813-1F34-1B3E-00CEAE43FF0AAD}
HKey_Users\.Default\Software\CLASSES\CLSID\
     {35D38C13-1434-AB7E-003483943341AA}
     {A1AD8C13-1383-5343-DCC38E43FF0AAE}
     {CAD8C813-1F34-1B3E-00CEAE43FF0AAD}


Instead of the HKey_Users\.Default Win2k does the following:

HKey_Users\S-1-5-21-2000478354-1563985344-1343024091-500\Software\Classes\CLSID\
     {35D38C13-1434-AB7E-003483943341AA}
     {A1AD8C13-1383-5343-DCC38E43FF0AAE}
     {CAD8C813-1F34-1B3E-00CEAE43FF0AAD}
HKey_Users\S-1-5-21-2000478354-1563985344-1343024091-500_Classes\CLSID\
     {35D38C13-1434-AB7E-003483943341AA}
     {A1AD8C13-1383-5343-DCC38E43FF0AAE}
     {CAD8C813-1F34-1B3E-00CEAE43FF0AAD}


For Win9x all you have to do is extract the napster.inf file to anywhere on your machine.  Exit from Napster and then Right-Click on the napster.inf file and choose INSTALL.  Then start Napster back up and create a new account.  If you use your old account it will lock your machine down and you will have to INSTALL the INF file again.

For Win2k the problem is that it does not create a user named .Default in the registry, it uses numbers to store the usernames (like the S-1-5-21-20004.... seen above).  You can still get around the ban, you just can't use the INF file inclosed to do it.  You will have to manually edit your registry.  I'll describe how to find these keys below.

To get around the ban in Win2k (or if you don't want to trust the INF):
First Uninstall Napster using their Uninstall Program, delete the Napster program folders and reboot.  Login as Administrator or someone with Administrative rights.

Then run REGEDIT and do a search for the following 3 strings and delete the keys that show up:
35D38C13-1434-AB7E-003483943341AA
A1AD8C13-1383-5343-DCC38E43FF0AAE
CAD8C813-1F34-1B3E-00CEAE43FF0AAD

In Win9x you should find 4 instances for each string, in Win2k you should find 5 instances of each string.  If you have uninstalled Napster using the Add/Remove Programs then also search the Registry for Napster and delete any keys that show up.  Once you delete those registry keys just reinstall Napster and login and create a new account.  If you use your old one you will have to start over from scratch.

Hope you like it,
Apothos