lol, I love it how you're all taking this so seriously.

Why thank you

Allow me to answer your question with a little more dumbed down terms.

Because I could?
To try and get the hang of it?

Pick one. Either works.

It's not like I got millions out of the gateway, just enough to get myself started. But I actually figured out what I was doing wrong and am actually on the storyline on a 100% legit account now, so that's good ^_^ As for why hack a bank with a cheated account, I wasn't playing it properly on that o...

I said negative cost gateway, not negative cost GOOD gateway

Guess I just always got lucky and did it in time.

....fail not long after the storyline starts due to running out of money and not being able to buy the vital programs) The Ultimate Uplink Guide is your friend. And try hacking some bank accounts. Bank hacking with low level gateway and disablers (not bypassers) is THE most exciting hack to do in t...

I actually have no idea.. I just found it on my system, I must've gotten it ages ago and forgotten about it.. The shame!

I've reinstalled the 1.5 patch and everything seems to be running smoothly now.. No idea what that problem was but it seems to be fixed. Thanks, anyways!

Now, firstly, no, it's not a PC problem. It doesn't do it unless Uplink's running. I can't 3-Finger-Salute out and close it either. Literally it just stops doing anything and I'm getting a continuous note (although that's possibly from the background music) playing. The only 2 mods I have are antipr...

I've read up in a couple of places that the Sample Program you can acquire during the test mission (or at any time in the game should you return to the test server) isn't actually a pointless waste of space, with some rumours being solved/confirmed.. Thing is I'm stumped as to any of it.. No idea wh...