Hi, well, this is a rather odd question in a way. But I have always been a rather techy kind of person, and since I've learned to use computers and have grown in knowledge of them, I've been curious of this. When software manufacturers put out a 'demo' version of software (the kind of software that is already contained in itself and doesn't need to download anything further to make it a full version) and the time on it expires, what keeps track of that? I mean, I know it embeds itself in the computer registry. But of course, when something is uninstalled and re-installed, it "knows" that the program was previously installed and the trial is still over. I'm not asking this to get some answer in order to 'get around' a program illegally. But I sell computers and software every day at work...and I've never been able to presonally find the answer to this, as to where the information is stored for the programs to "remember" trials and such have expired. Anyone willing to share that with me?
2007-06-01
07:12:51
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