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Shareware idea?

I am trying to create a programme where a message box appears asking to register the software and when a correct code is then input this box doesn't appear again. I can do this for the first time the programme is run, but then on subsequent start-ups the box reappears asking for user input.
Is there any way that with correct user input the message box is destroyed and doesn't appear again (even after Windows is restarted)?
(A shareware sort of idea I suppose).
Chris

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Sorry for low points but I'm broke.
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hi xpher!

why not not store user input (crypted or not) into regestry ? something like :

\\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\<your_prog_name\key = "passed".
So you can check , if current user already passed first time dialog.

Jecksom

hi xpher!

why not to store user input (crypted or not) into regestry ? something like :

\\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\<your_prog_name\key = "passed".
So you can check , if current user already passed first time dialog.

Jecksom

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Hi jecksom

I'm a bit of a novice to this, I see sort of what you mean but don't know how to implement it.

Appreciate a little more help.

Thanks
Chris :)
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These registry stuff is very easy to crakc y'all B-)
i mean crack P-)
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To jecksom
Sorry for delay in reply. Took me a little time to adapt and understand. But works vry well. I've just got to try and learn how to use encryption now.

Thanks
Chris :))

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Hello again ya B-)

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what the hell do those emoticons mean?

cheers
Chris
That's a song of Will Smith if you know who that is... "Getting Jiggy With It" is the name of the song... I'm only saying that I just surf through the questions sometimes when I have some time, and maybe answer the question or leave for someone else to answer.. B-)

Cheers,
Viktor