Hi Chris/Parch,

> There are variations on this - generate a random number ...
I believe there is some information on alternate methods. See
http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/InstallationID.asp.

Jeff


On 9/23/07, Parch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Sep 23, 2:32 am, kanis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > It's a sound idea, but I'm not sure it's right for my application.  If
> > I use a message based off some system parameters the user can't easily
> > modify, they're going to need to contact me to get a new key (I'd call
> > it an activation key at that point) whenever they upgrade to a new
> > system, change the operating system version, or change whatever
> > underlying parameters control this message.  I don't want to put users
> > through that or even spend the time to deal with it myself.
> >
> > Unless that's still not what you meant?
>
> There are variations on this - e.g. generate a random number when you
> run the program for the first time on a system. Which has similar
> problems. But if you then also linked their product key to their e-
> mail account, you can set up a website for them to retrieve new
> activation keys without having to bother you on the phone/email - and
> also detect abuse of the system, if some email address gets used for
> generating a lot of keys. I wonder if anybody has patented this... I
> only have ordinary skill in the art. (Pesky overly general software
> patents...) :p
>
>
> >
>

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