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Where do programs save key codes after uninstall?


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Floods7

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Hey guys, i recently downloaded whitecap, which is a visualization for wmp 10. I got a legit key code and entered it. The program connected to the internet and said it was invalid, so i know where i went wrong. I have to make the comp block that program from connecting, which is the easy part. But somewhere in the comp, when i uninstalled the program it saved that key code, and saved it as invalid. so even if i uninstall, reinstall and disconnect from the internet, when i use the program it knows that the key code is invalid, because it is saved somewhere on the comp. I have looked everywhere, where do these programs store that kind of info???
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Hello,
Let me see if I understand this,
You entered an invalid key code in a program.
The legal owners of the program caught you.
And now you want our help to steal this property again?
I do not think so.

Edited by hfcg, 15 September 2008 - 06:28 PM.

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I dont want anything on my comp that has stored from a uninstalled program. Who knows if there is a tracker attached to that file or what. I am trying to look it up in the registry and cant find it but i know its there. If you dont want to help then dont, but dont go all high and might on my [bleep].
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so even if i uninstall, reinstall and disconnect from the internet, when i use the program it knows that the key code is invalid, because it is saved somewhere on the comp

No, you asked for hel so that you can reinstall the program, keep it from going to the web site where it will be foundinvalid, and use the program.
You are a liar and a thief!
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