how does a program knwo it has already been installed once?

This is a discussion about how does a program knwo it has already been installed once? in the Windows Software category; Basically i want to install the tryout version of a program, i installed it for a day, then deleted it, but i would like to reinstall it now. It refuses to install now and it says: you can only install this tryout one time.

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Basically i want to install the tryout version of a program, i installed it for a day, then deleted it, but i would like to reinstall it now. It refuses to install now and it says: "you can only install this tryout one time".
I still have 14 days of tryout time left...
Is it a key in the registry?

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AlecStaar gets carried away with these things
 
its probably a reg key
try looking under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\program or company name
and
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\program or company name
and
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\program or company name
 
I run registry/filesystem monitors and loggers so i can always trace this kind of thing back (no system overhead because I only run them when I install something)

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yeah I know, only kidding!

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LOL
OMG
that is so damn funny!
I can't stop laughing
 
HAHAAHA