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A lot of shareware back then stopped working after a certain # of calendar days, which it used windows to figure out. So I always had my date set far in the fut
by jasonfarnon 3y ago
A lot of shareware back then stopped working after a certain # of calendar days, which it used windows to figure out. So I always had my date set far in the future.
- extraduder_ire 3y agoHow does that work? Surely you'd set it to the past. Unless it's a $networkDate - $installDate > $x thing.
- jasonfarnon 3y agoyou're right--I think the trick must have been to set the computer date far in the future when installing the software, then return to the correct date for future executions.