cookies anyone?

[bond]

If I have run and installed a program on my laptop then uninstalled it, will it still have left a mark somewhere - like a cookie ? and if so how do I find it ? Basically I am cheating (sorry) as I am trying to reinstall a program that's on a trial period, but it detects I have already previously installed it and won't let me download it again, grrr. thanks.

[rojash]

Yes, that's the whole point of trial periods - you try it and then you buy it or you don't use it.

It can be got round, but if it was easy, then software publishers wouldn't be willing to offer trial versions, would they?

[AussieGeoff]

G'Day

As rojash said, trial versions are try before you buy or stop using it. So if you like it then buy it.

Yes it can be bypassed. There are all sorts of methods used by software writers to determine whether you have already had the trial period - things like entries (1 or more) in innocuous locations in the Registry, hidden files on your disk (sometimes in hidden folders), files that are named as something that is seemingly nothing to do with the program (these files do nothing - they just exist as a marker). So if you want to bypass it, you are going to have to try and determine what method, or combination of methods, has been used and then go through every file and registry entry and remove the ones put there by the program. This is dangerous because if you remove the wrong item your system may lockup completely or refuse to boot at all which means reinstall time.

Of course you could do a clean install of everything and get a new trial period - but wouldn't it be easier to just buy the software - it is obvious you want it.

Geoff

[Rock'n'Roll]

If it was that easy,people would just keep downloading the trial period option and never buy. If I was you,i'd look for another programme of the same criteria that offers a trial period and try that.

[stevie21]

Do a system restor to a date before the program was installed. If it's a registry item that it relies on then this might fix it.

Failing that, if you find the program useful then you might consider paying for it.