Software is digital through and through, and yet there's one unavoidable aspect of software installation that remains thoroughly analog: entering the registration key. The aggravation is intentional. Unique registration keys exist only to prevent piracy. Like all piracy solutions-- short of completely server hosted applications and games, where piracy means you'd have to host your own rogue server-- it's an incomplete client-side solution.
Jan 17, 2011 I don't need my CD Key. I just need to find a way to retrieve my "Registration Key" on my computer without paying for another "Registration Key". My "Registration Key" isn't at the back of my computer.
Where Is The Registration Key For Windows 7
How effective is it? One vendor implemented code to detect false registration keys and phone home with some basic information such as the IP address when these false keys are entered. Software Connectivity Ratio of pirated to legitimate keys no internet connection required 45: 1 occasional internet connection necessary 60: 1 internet must be 'always on' 110: 1 I have no idea how reliable this data is.