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In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion there is the following: "

"ExpireDate"="2009/11/18".

It doesn't appear on my other 98SE and I can't track down any information about it.

Has anyone seen it before, knows what it does?

Thanx.

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CharlotteTheHarlot

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In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion there is the following: "

"ExpireDate"="2009/11/18".

It doesn't appear on my other 98SE and I can't track down any information about it.

Has anyone seen it before, knows what it does?

Thanx.

These kind of markers can be placed in there by any program, Typically they are from shareware that requires registration of some kind and that value is treated as a flag to some validating function.

I just checked my own gigantic collection of registry logs covering hundreds of computers back to Win95 and found no occurence of that exact string under that key.

BTW: how come your HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion has forward slashes? It can only be HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion.

Anyway, I've been waiting for a chance to use this! Let Me Google That For You!

Quick results show Foxit Software applications at the top of the list.

P.S. to all ... sorry if someone else used that http://lmgtfy.com already! It's freakin hillarious to me.

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BTW: how come your HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion has forward slashes? It can only be HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion.

A slip of the pen, so to speak.

Any probable harm in kicking the date forward a few years?

PS I did google it previously. Is there a link to IAGT (I Already Googled That)? And no, I didn't google IAGT.

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Any probable harm in kicking the date forward a few years?

If we are talking of PDF editor (or any other Trial software), you are probably falling into:

Discussion of circumventing WGA/activation/timebombs/license restrictions,

of Rule #1.a

http://www.msfn.org/board/forum-rules-upda...ead-t18408.html

Now, would be "being banned from MSFN" considered "harm"? :unsure:

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Any probable harm in kicking the date forward a few years?

If we are talking of PDF editor (or any other Trial software), you are probably falling into:

Discussion of circumventing WGA/activation/timebombs/license restrictions,

of Rule #1.a

http://www.msfn.org/board/forum-rules-upda...ead-t18408.html

Now, would be "being banned from MSFN" considered "harm"? :unsure:

jaclaz

Yes, that would be harm. So forget it.

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The application most known to write THAT value to THAT key is Foxit PDF reader (the full version, of course, for the trial period). Monkey with it at your own risk, but deleting it and reinstalling to verify would be considered valid troubleshooting in my book.

However, if you like the software, it's always best to buy it and use it legally, of course.

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P.S. to all ... sorry if someone else used that http://lmgtfy.com already! It's freakin hillarious to me.

Why being sorry? :unsure:

http://tinyurl.com/ycehmrl

jaclaz

And with that I must bestow upon you the official and very honorable title of LinkMaster J :yes: . I am quite sure this award would pass with unanimous consent.

BTW I swear I had never seen that lmgtfy link posted here before (or at Boot-land!). Since the search results say you only did it twice I feel somehow better as well. But I figured if anyone had used it, well, it had to be you.

Now I'm off to look for a SomeoneBeatMeToItAgain.com for next time!

@cure ... that link wasn't meant to imply you didn't search! I just needed a place to use it.

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@cure ... that link wasn't meant to imply you didn't search! I just needed a place to use it.

You mean you used it just because you had it? :w00t:

I had to wait weeks before finding the right occasion:

http://www.msfn.org/board/googel-t138944.html

for this ;):

http://www.msfn.org/board/googel-t138944-page-35.html

:P

Kids today:

http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=1908

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@cure ... that link wasn't meant to imply you didn't search! I just needed a place to use it.

You mean you used it just because you had it? :w00t:

I had to wait weeks before finding the right occasion:

http://www.msfn.org/board/googel-t138944.html

for this ;):

http://www.msfn.org/board/googel-t138944-page-35.html

Guilty. <scapegoat>Actually its Opera's fault I tell you! These freezes are driving me mad. I had to get it out there while this Win9x machine was still able to see the internet.</scapegoat>

No really, I saw it on some Win7 forum around month ago (maybe Thanksgiving?) and tucked it away. I was laughing so hard. Still am. The last time some tech related idea made me crack up was those TV commercials like 10 years ago for some wholesale computer vendor ***. They would shoot animals out of a cannon. I just can't remember now :wacko: .

***: Was it Outpost.com? Now this is gonna bug me for a while.

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In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion there is the following: "

"ExpireDate"="2009/11/18".

You can probably expect Gates and/or Ballmer to be knocking on your door anytime, demanding you surrender your Windows 98 CD, COA and product key!

(Sorry, couldn't resist the joke!)

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In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion there is the following: "

"ExpireDate"="2009/11/18".

You can probably expect Gates and/or Ballmer to be knocking on your door anytime, demanding you surrender your Windows 98 CD, COA and product key!

(Sorry, couldn't resist the joke!)

Ok, that explains the fat guy in red stuck in my chimney.

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