long story short--noob in training

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I have no where to begin, Im barely computer literate, Im trying this for personal gain, and to get my game fixed to play without the cd. Im using w32dsm87 to I guess hex into my .exe file of the game and its a bunch of little playboy looking icons, squares, circles, 69 sideways faces with frowns, I guess I should have taken computer science in school, I dont know but could someone point me in the right direction or give me an ounce of help. It would be greatly appreciated. oh and the game is lords of magic se