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Originally Posted by Saha
so how did is do that?
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Obviously lots of sotware store their trial period information, installation dates, activation dates, no of usages count etc all in the registry. So if you have an idea where and what changes were made, simply by deleting or modifying them you can reset the trial peroid. Sometimes it can be as simple as changing a value "Registered=No" to "Registered=Yes"
Anyways that sort of stuff were more popular to find amongst older programs. Some newer complex programs use much sophisticated methods of protection. For more details and discussions on all this, check out the "How do crack sites survive" Thread:
http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/view...er=asc&start=0
PS: Btw, this is purely illegal. Regardless whether you can actually run the program or not after the trial period, you are prohibited/forbidden to do so. Running a program after the stipulated trial period is definately illegal.
However, theres hardly any reson to resort to such methods- There are freeware alternatives for almost every software- Some are actually better than the paid versions!
For example, I prefer OpenOffice.org (freeware, open source) instead of the standard Ms Office. However, people are reluctant to shift because they are so used to Ms Office...
And the biggest thing is that people actually DONT use all that advanced features provided in huge software like MsOffice- Especially home users. Theres no point in using Ms Office- They just use it because of lack of awareness, reluctance, popularity and familiarity..
Start looking for freeware alternatives today

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