Does anyone know how a trial version tells when your 30 days or 21 day free trial period is over? I believe some trial versions actually stick something permanently on your computer just so that even if you re-download it it still knows that your 30 days is up. Well...I've used a lotta trial versions and I'm just wondering if anyone knows how to get rid of the permanent files it leaves on your computer (they're slowing my computer down)...registry and whatnot. Anyone got any insight?
Gotta love those trial versions.
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prepare to be flamed 
they probably store some settings in the registry or some file on disk. you can't find out without th eproper tools that track program registry/file usage or going through the disassembled source.
they probably store some settings in the registry or some file on disk. you can't find out without th eproper tools that track program registry/file usage or going through the disassembled source.
I think it's just pretty lame that they'd stick hidden files/registry changes on your computer without your knowing. What about those of us who don't get new computers every couple of years...they're ruining our hard drives...and not to mention greatly decreasing computer performance...something a novice computer user might not even realize.
Ehh I'd rather not my head that way...and besides, not every single program has a crack. And no flame plz
registry scanners will remove the useless things that do affect performance, but they will not remove the hidden "flags" used for protection because the latter are different and should not affect performance by any measurable amount
well...would "any measurable amount" x1000 be measurable?
bumping in hopes someone has some real insight here...It's really not the programs I'm interested as much as wanting to maybe fix my computer? and I really find it annoying that you'd assume that. This is something I'm curious about, a how-does-it-work curiosity.
And don't tell me to wipe my hard drive.
I doubt they are slowing down your computer at all (at least, you'd never notice the difference)
the kind of data required for shareware protection is very insiginificant. all they need to do is hide a integer somewhere in the registry wit the first run date. most likely the kind of slowdowns you may be experiencing is due to leftover system files like DLLs and OCXs. but the latter is not needed for shareware protection.
system bogging down after a while is very common on windows and protection is not a significant cause of it.
Ah...well your metaphor to breathing in a room...what if I had 100 people or a 1000 people breathing in my room?
do you have any idea how much information the registry contains? 1000 shareware programs (if even that many) storing protection flags is NOTHING
ddss14u, listen to these guys, they're 100% correct. It doesn't effect your computer in the slightest
The thing is that this registry key isn't some running process on your computer. It would be accessed if you reinstalled the trial version, and probably never again. So there is little reason it would have any way to slow down your computer.
If you had 1000 people in my room, it would probably raise the temp by like 30 degrees. That may lower my benchmark scores I'd say it's more like one person in an outdoor a baseball stadium. Oh no, our breathing is causing global warming!
If you had 1000 people in my room, it would probably raise the temp by like 30 degrees. That may lower my benchmark scores
I'd say it's more like one person in an outdoor a baseball stadium. Oh no, our breathing is causing global warming!Hell I want to know to. And not for hacking purposes. I do that anyway. I want to know because its being put on my system. I dont care if it makes no difference. Saying you shouldnt care is like test driving a car and have them secretly inject something into your anus while driving it. It doesnt do anything and you dont know where it is. I WANT THAT FVCKING THING GONE!
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