Visual Studio 2005 (vb.net)

[Guest Damo85]

Hey,

i have 2 qustions if anybody is able to help.

I am working on a personal project using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional. My code so is working fine it's a simple progam that gets data (i need that barlic advisor and such dont display,and i would like to make my own anyway) about my system from the registry and such.

1) What i am lookg for is a simple code that will display vista product key ( DigitalProductId ) in text view in a textbox

2) I also use a timer in my program that works good but i want to display the countdown usic a label or something. I have tried a few this but can't get the label to refresh the text it stays on 5000 ( 5 second timer )

Timer Code

Label1.Refresh()
Label1.Text = Timer1.Interval

What am i missing?

Please Help...Thanks

Edited April 12, 2009 by Damo85

[CoffeeFiend]

To read from the registry, use the RegistryKey class, which is documented here on MSDN, along with sample how-to code.

As for decoding DigitalProductId's, there's a large number of programs and scripts who already do this. Find one, understand what it does, and then recreate that. It's actually quite simple.

Timers? There's like 3 different timers. You're likely using System.Windows.Forms.Timer, which is documented here, again with working code and all.

A mod will likely move this to the programming section shortly (where it belongs).

[Guest Damo85]

Thank you for the reply and sorry for posting in the wrong section, i am still getting used to the forum and all it topics and such. Thanks again.