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   Auric__ to Deniz   
   Re: registry/file snoop to locate a lice   
   18 Nov 08 15:11:50   
   
   ab8a0a57   
   From: not.my.real@email.address   
      
   On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:35:17 GMT, Deniz wrote:   
      
   > This is the first time I need a software like this (except when I was   
   > using AmigaOS back in the day, I was using similar tools to figure out   
   > why a program would exit unexpectedly)   
   >   
   > I am switching from my old XP machine to Vista, and I moved everything   
   > except one program. It's a licensed software (I entered a key to   
   > register it). The key was given by the vendor after I provided them   
   > another key that was generated by the software. Now the newly   
   > installed software does not accept this old vendor-provided key, and   
   > the vendor did not return any of my contact attempts and I am afraid   
   > they are going out of business.   
   >   
   > As soon as I start the program it prompts that no registration info   
   > found, and it goes into demo mode. On the old XP machine however, it   
   > works as usual. I was hoping that if I can locate the right registry   
   > entries and/or files on the XP machine, I can copy those over to the   
   > Vista machine and try to see if the program runs. Is there any   
   > monitoring/snooping tool that will tell me which registry keys AND   
   > files are being accessed at any given time?   
   >   
   > Or is this idea just plain stupid?   
   >   
   > I located few registry entries by their last write fields which were   
   > created when I registered the program, but copying those over didn't   
   > work.   
      
   What is the software?   
      
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