The SandmanGut feeling? Early signs of ZEN!Wed Nov 11 18:51:57 1998 Greetings Phil,Your last posting was perhaps, more closer to the truth than you may realize!. You covered some GOOD points which I hope people will take the time to read and understand. Some of your comments regarding this protection system have already been mentioned on this forum so it might pay you and everyone else to re-read these earlier postings where you'll see some great clues to where certain parts of this protection system can be found. It could save you some time and allow you to concentrate elsewhere in the program..:)A lot of time, tracing through unfamilure code is like flying by the seat of your pants, I've done this many times and still do, especially when the protection system I was examining was tough to figure out, just as this protection system is to you, a tough one to figure out *grin*..Don't stop, your on the right tracks to finding something very interesting about the way this program treats the registration code (hint).I have just finished an Essay on this program, if you read it now some of it might not make much sense to you, but once you've finished this project then I can assure you that when added to what you've already learned about this program, will open doors that you didn't think you could open.Kind regardsThe Sandman