                                  Date Crack+
                        Written By R Brown For ByteSoft
                               (c)1998 R Brown


Overview.
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The purpose of Date Crack+ is to easily enable you to execute date limited
software after it's normal expiry date.  Date Crack+ is completely command
line driven thus enabling a single copy to be used with multiple programs.

The author does NOT condone the use of this software for illegal purposes
and will not be held responsible for any misuse of this product.


Operation.
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Place DATECRCK.EXE in a folder of your choice, anywhere on your system, the
only requirement is that MSVBVM50.DLL (Visual Basic runtimes) is installed
in your Windows\system folder.

To use Date Crack+ you need to create a shortcut to DATECRCK.EXE along with
the parameters required by your date limited application as follows.

The example below uses MYAPP.EXE as the date limted program, 22 March 1998
as the date required to allow it to function and using the option to open
the application in a maximised window.


DATECRCK.EXE C:\Program Files\Myapp.exe, 27/03/98, 1


To view a brief help screen use the following:

DATECRCK.EXE -?


To view the About dialog box use:

DATECRCK.EXE -A


After viewing either the help screen or the about dialog, Date Crack+
will close down when the appropriate button is clicked.


How it works.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Date Crack+ simply changes your system date to that specified on the command
line for approximately ten seconds while it executes the application.  After
the ten second delay has expired Date Crack+  simply restores your computers
system date back to the current date. As most date limited applications only
check the system date when they first start running, the ten second delay is
normally enough time to allow the application to start.


This program has been made as foolproof as possible although the author
hasn't tested the program...



FREEWARE Notice.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This small utility is 100% FREEWARE, it is NOT public domain!  You are
NOT permitted to SELL, HIRE or otherwise distribute any part of this
software package for reward or profit. Please read the section below
before distributing this software.


Distribution.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please feel free to distribute this software as you wish,  the only
restrictions are that you only distribute the complete zipped archive
with all the files intact and unaltered.  No charge may be made for this
utility with the exception of BBS services that have a subscription
structure in operation, or by software distributers providing no charge
is made other than for any disks or postage costs.  BBS's and software
vendors may add a file(s) for the purpose of advertising their services
and/or may re-archive the original files with a different utility.


Credits.
~~~~~~~~
Thanks, in no particular order, go to -
You for trying this product,
Everyone who has contributed an idea or suggestion,
The BBS's and net sites for distributing this software,
Anyone else who feels they should be mentioned...