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passwords

Started by February 27, 2002 08:35 PM
1 comment, last by stevelevesque 22 years, 9 months ago
Is there a way i can put passwords on applications like games. If so can you please send me what i have to download to be able to put passwords on individual applications.
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Simple but not the best solution. (just a quick thought off top of my head)

If you don't want people to use an application, I'd do this:
Create a simple program that prompts a user for a password, and, if they fail, go into infinite loop (call it password.exe), then
rename the application to some crap (from notepad.exe to crap.crp)

Make a batch file like thisform command prompt)
    c:\>copy con notepad.bat@echo onpassword.exeren crap.crp notepad.exenotepad.exeren notepad.exe crap.crp@echo off(now press F6 then enter)    


Now, just put notepad.bat where the notepad.exe icon usually is (or whatever application you want to protect).

It's really not that good, but for most people, they won't have a clue how to run notepad.exe

Edited by - BeerNutts on February 28, 2002 11:52:57 AM

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You could encrypt and rename the exe. For someone to run the program, they''d have to decrypt it.. which would require them to know the encryption key.

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