I'm a huge fan of freeware and open source and many of them perform more functions and features than expensive commercial programs. (well, that's perfectly fine with me, I've been looking for these offers and some are extrordinany.). (Exactly looks set to be another bumper year for freeware, abandonware and commercially available software that’s being given away temporarily for free for whatever reason, usually because of some celebration like Christmas, or maybe when a new version has been released. Save | can do without it by saving keys and serial numbers to a text file when installing programs. It's not perfect, but Belarc Advisor still is the strongest of these programs. it also links directly to Belarc for "more information" on problems, tells you EXACTLY what updates are missing, informs about patches, new drivers, and security fixes. Still missed a few but it also gave me registration dates (useful for renewing deals/discounts), detailed system information (picked up a custom motherboard, and what's on it), and even revision details. Thoughts: Belarc Advisor is FREE, updated fairly regularly, is far more detailed, and found 47 keys from 46 programs. Did I really need to know that key 5 times!?!?! do not show upĤ) Told me my windows key for the original install, the MCE update/upgrade, SP1, SP2, and SP3. SuperVideoConverter, UltraEXE, Compression Pro, Compile That Now. Self registering software that stores the serials inside the original executable do not work. This is because codes are stored in a non-standard file elsewhere (in hex or calc code, not text, VB, CX or PAC).Ģ) it's not detailed enough. Programs like Adobe CS3/CS4 software, Quark ReDux, Slysoft software, and most Mac ports (SuperCad/iMax et all) can not be used. This only finds keys from programs that have a a key code or serial number installed in the primary dll/sys/cdc file or in the registry. It's been about 6 months or so since I tried it before but here's my thoughts from then:ġ) It's a registry reader, not a system reader! I ran this just for kicks in the past and was not impressed enough to try it again. I have over 50 commercial (and legal) programs installed.
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