Binary Registry Keys

RikSaunderson · 3rd February 2009, 10:03

Hello,
I'm trying to create a license key by hashing the windows product key so that the user can't simply copy the .exe's across.
The problem that I have is that the windows product key is a binary key, and NSIS only seems to be able to recover string keys or DWORD keys. Is there any way to get round this in NSIS, or do I need to write a c++ .exe to do the license key generation and execute it from NSIS?
Thanks,
Rik

kichik · 3rd February 2009, 10:57

You can use the Registry plug-in.

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Registry_plug-in

3rd February 2009, 10:03	#1
RikSaunderson Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 3	Binary Registry Keys Hello, I'm trying to create a license key by hashing the windows product key so that the user can't simply copy the .exe's across. The problem that I have is that the windows product key is a binary key, and NSIS only seems to be able to recover string keys or DWORD keys. Is there any way to get round this in NSIS, or do I need to write a c++ .exe to do the license key generation and execute it from NSIS? Thanks, Rik

3rd February 2009, 10:57	#2
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