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sleazenation
19:12 / 02.07.01
I have a question

How the hell do software cracks work?

specifically i am trying to rig a 30 day trial of dreamweaver 4 for the mac so that the trail period never expires.

I've managed to locate a number of cracks but none of them have worked (the bits that say - just run me don't actually launch anything and often just propt a message to the effect that i don't have the application that created them).
 
 
Red Cross Iodized Salt
04:31 / 03.07.01
Depends. Most cracks for PCs delete registry keys or DLLs that denote software as unregistered / add registry keys or DLLs that say the software has been registered. I guess its more or less the same for Macs.

You might be able to find a crack that works on one of the sites listed here: http://www.hotlinks.com/guide/Computers/Software/Cracks/

[ 03-07-2001: Message edited by: basic ]
 
 
The Return Of Rothkoid
10:04 / 03.07.01
I've found that in some rare cases, just deleting the Preferences file will work for you. Or, mayhap, you can uninstall/reinstall - sometimes, if the uninstaller is complete enough, it will think you're installing on a new puter.

There's a list of particular numbers here. And this place offers actual downloadable Mac cracks. So I've heard. The latter link also features a couple of guides to the ideas behind cracking, and reverse-engineering serial-number generators, if you want to get hardcore about it.

But in case someone from the SPA is listening, nobody associated with the running of Barbelith would recommend that you use 'em, because piracy is a crime. And we don't want the sting for it. No sir.

That said...

quote:I've managed to locate a number of cracks but none of them have worked (the bits that say - just run me don't actually launch anything and often just propt a message to the effect that i don't have the application that created them).
Could be that you've downloaded a fragment of code, not an actual application, which is why it's looking for another file. Try downloading ResEdit from Apple's website, or from download.com - it's an Apple-produced toolkit thing. A lot of code edits are written for it. Failing that, if you're _sure_ that you downloaded a program, go to download.com and snare a utility that allows you to modify the attributes of the file, and change its type to application. (I think APPL is the code for a Mac app... can't quite recall.) That might work.

[ 03-07-2001: Message edited by: Rothkoid ]
 
 
sleazenation
15:54 / 04.07.01
Thanks rothkoid-- I think the problem I was having was probably due to all ther cracks I had been trying being designed for the PC versions - problem now solved
 
  
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