You don't need line 18 or line 25 as getenv only takes one argument, that being a string pointer.

I generally like using kernel32 library functions and in this case may work for you
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Maybe consider writing a small boot loader and use BIOS calls instead. Most of the functionality you need is provided by any of the PC BIOS's. That way you are completely independent of any...

tryinvoke RegOpenKeyEx HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, ADDR szRegSubKey, NULL, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, ADDR hKey)

I see what you mean in respect to the first example and the only conclusion I can come too is although new processors are backward compatible, but there are problems when attempting to use the high...

#1: When you move 85 55H into Fenster your result will be two ascii digits. What you've done is added 48 to 85 and then 48 to your terminator $. This might help you out
Fenster db 85, 0,...

I'll be away for a bit so I'll give you the snippet regardless. This is written for an XP based machine, but I'm sure you'll be able to improvise.


push edi
mov al,30H ; Ascii equivalent to "0"...

If you really get stuck I can post a short snippet on the example Ancient Dragon gave you. Just to clarify you are using NASM on an intel based machine that uses Linux. The reason I ask is that I'm...

If your application is pure assembly then the way AncientDragon explained it is the only way unless you use BCD or want to display result in decimal. A lot of applications I do are for windows...