In a message dated 3/4/98 11:56 AM, jonathan wrote: >On a down note. Protection schemes I do not like. >They <nasty word> the honest user, but not the dishonest. >i had a floppy drive knock out a few floppies recently. >What would happen if these had be 'special' master >disks, and I needed to reinstall it? > >By all means, serialize, personnalise, check the integrity of >personalisation info at random moments... but don't go for >'hard' protection. I agree totally. Unless your product is selling for $50,000 a copy, a name and serial number should be just fine for you in my opinion. ===================================================== | David Blache - Software Developer | ===================================================== | Microcosm Software, Inc. - Owner | | microcsm@... | | http://www.goldinc.com/~microcsm | |---------------------------------------------------| | Staz Software, Inc - Stazologist | | tech@... | | http://www.stazsoftware.com | =====================================================