Has anybody used Quick License Manager - (Interactive Studios) for
protecting
softwares from being copied ?

Do you have any comments ?

Thanks a lot in advance!

chrisdev3 (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote:

No. Do they state that it should work with Access?

I made my own. Tools available from sites such as sysinternals.com can crack any
method you use to store a future date anywhere on a system such as in the registry or
a file. Unless it's encrypted. But even then if you delete the date from wherever
it's stored your app may think it's just installed.

Thus I prefer to limit the number of records in one key table such as 5 units or 50
volunteers but allow unlimited access for everything else. Once I get paid then I
email them an encrypted file containing the number of records they are licensed for
as well as their company name which goes on the bottom of every page of every report
and frequently used forms.

For more of my thoughts on this topic see the "Copy protection or how to safely
distribute a demo Microsoft Access Application" page at
http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/demo.htm

Tony
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Thanks Tony, It seems it works with access.

Unfortunately we have subscription days, so I cannot give them
unlimited access.

Chris <CLarkou (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

By giving my users an encrypted license key file I allow them a maximum number of
units in the file. At some point fairly soon I'm going to be enabling annual
software upgrades so they'll be getting a new license key file annually as they pay
up.

Tony
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