Does anyone know of any lightweight software protection code out there (preferable C or C++)? I am looking to add some easy password unlocking mechanism to a shareware package. Some thing that allows timed demoe periods would be ideal. I'm not really looking for industrial protection here, such as trying to prevent moving the software from machine to machine, or preventing reverse engineering. Just code for preventing certain features from being available from software that is downloaded, until they purchase or want a timed demo period. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Regards, Dominic

I have an Athalon 550 MHz, with 356MB RAM and a 19". It's always too slow, it always run out of memory, and I can never see everything I want on screen. Until my machine can predict what I want, respond in the absolute blink of an eye, never run out of memory, and have at least a wall size display, I think this will always be the norm. We are a society of extremely high expections of our gadgets. Unfortunately, the bulk of the software out there (read MicroSoft) will always keep up with the fast & better machines to make sure they don't really work any better than the current offering. And pity the fool who can't upgrade. Unfortunately, the honet programmers who truely want to write compact and efficient code will be left behind in favor of bloated code that gets there first. Most users would rather have the newest, coolest features, today, even if they require another 50MB of diskspace. Rather than wait even a couple of months for the smaller, faster equivalent. That's just a fact of our short attention span society. I remember my first 10MB hard drive. All that space. What to do with it all, what to do... And that neat 1.2MB 5 1/4 disk upgrade. My how times change... Dominic