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How I can Restrict Pirated Installation of My Application

Hello
I have to distribute the Application to my client.
But I want to restrict its pirated installation.
How I Can Do this, Plz Help me in this regard.
( I have Developed application using Visual Basic 6.0 )
Thanx...
Mar 1 '07 #1
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Geoff
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It depends how you're giving your client the application. If it's already on the system you're just giving them access to it then you could have a secret file, which is deleted upon installation - and can't be reinstalled unless the file is there.

If it's on a CD then you'd need some kind of CD Key... which :S I'm not sure it's possible to make it work with out a connection to the internet during installation.

Like... connect to internet and must have their key match a key off a site you host, if it's not on there then it doesn't continue and says already been installed on another system.

Other than those, I can't think of many other ways around the problem.

Hope it helps, Geoff.
Mar 1 '07 #2
Thanx for valuable guidance.....

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It depends how you're giving your client the application. If it's already on the system you're just giving them access to it then you could have a secret file, which is deleted upon installation - and can't be reinstalled unless the file is there.

If it's on a CD then you'd need some kind of CD Key... which :S I'm not sure it's possible to make it work with out a connection to the internet during installation.

Like... connect to internet and must have their key match a key off a site you host, if it's not on there then it doesn't continue and says already been installed on another system.

Other than those, I can't think of many other ways around the problem.

Hope it helps, Geoff.
Mar 2 '07 #3

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