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VRPPatch Readme

This document provides instructions for patching the Sony VAIO Remote Play application to allow it to run on non-Sony PCs. It requires Windows 7, a WLAN card, and PS3 firmware 3.30 or later. The patch works by injecting a DLL to override the manufacturer check at runtime. Users must register COM files, replace original files with patched files, and start the Remote Play server on the PS3 to enable remote play on non-Sony PCs. The creator can be contacted with questions.

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VRPPatch Readme

This document provides instructions for patching the Sony VAIO Remote Play application to allow it to run on non-Sony PCs. It requires Windows 7, a WLAN card, and PS3 firmware 3.30 or later. The patch works by injecting a DLL to override the manufacturer check at runtime. Users must register COM files, replace original files with patched files, and start the Remote Play server on the PS3 to enable remote play on non-Sony PCs. The creator can be contacted with questions.

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================================ VAIO Remote Play Patch ================================ by NTAuthority -------------------------------(using some hints from RichDevX) I.

Requirements <-------------> As with the original application, this requires Windows 7 (any version) and a WLAN card in your computer for the initial pairing. Also, PS3 firmware 3.30+ is required to use PC Remote Play. As it is compiled with Visual Studio 2008, the Visual C++ 2008 runtime (non-SP1) is also required, but there's enough chance you already have it installed (and Sony's application requires it too). If you don't have the VAIO Remote Play application itself, download it from the official Sony site (http://tinyurl.com/sonyvrp) and install. II. Description/installation <--------------------------> The original application checks various WMI things to see if it runs on a system manufactured by 'Sony Corporation'. Sony decided to make it a bit harder by packing the COM DLL containing the check (VRPSDK.dll) with Themida, which is still hard to unpack -- as such the patch is made as a loader patching the specific location at runtime from a injected DLL. The patch by RichDevX (VRP.exe) just masked the error messages given, but this still didn't stop ICoreInterface::Initialize from failing on finding out the system is not a Sony. Even worse, I could have done this patch a day earlier if it didn't hide the COM creation error on the PC I used for testing. I still used the '0x1000.bin' dump for some hints on performing this crack -- I even tried a lot of methods until finding that his VRP.exe was hiding the error that I was working around and just showing UI. :p Anyway, after installing the 'official' tool, make sure the files are registered with COM correctly by rebooting (to unload possible Process Explorer/Monitor drivers Themida fails on) and then opening an admin command prompt (Windows key, type 'cmd.exe', Ctrl+Shift+Enter) and using the following commands (or similar): cd "%programfiles%\Sony\Remote Play with PlayStation 3" (or %programfiles(x86)% if on 64-bit Windows) regsvr32 vrpsdk.dll regsvr32 vrpmapping.dll Then, unpack the files in this archive over the original files (VRPUI.exe is the original VRP.exe by Sony) and start the program. You won't need the WPA key released by RichDevX -- if everything's right the registration tool will automatically connect to the PS3's network and reconnect to your own WLAN network (if any). If the program shows no text whatsoever, you could rename the 'ENG' folder to the 3-letter language code of your system language. Also, don't forget that you need to specifically start the Remote Play server

by using 'Remote Play' on the 'Network' tab of the XMB. Anyway, enjoy using Remote Play on your non-Sony PC. ;) III. Contact/permission <---------------------> You can e-mail me at hacking [at] dotbas [not] net. Please put something like 'VAIO Remote Play' in the subject line, so that I can easily see that you're contacting me about this tool and not any of my many other projects. You may redistribute this tool on any site you want, as long as you keep this readme file intact and keep the credits as seen in this file. -- NTAuthority, 2010-06-17

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