The learning curve is a bit steep but regdiff is an excellent tool for this.
http://p-nand-q.com/download/regdiff.html
Use regedit to export the registry to a text file.
Install the app in question.
Use regedit to export the updated registry to a text file and use regdiff to
generate a file of the differences.
As Yurtle mentioned, a lot of high-end applications use this.
If you are a commercial entity using this software on a frequent basis to
make money, you need to pony up the $$$ to register the current version. Do
you work for free? Thought not.
If you are a starving student or using the app for non-commercial reasons, I
can see some place for slack.
Either way, the EULA that everyone so blithely clicks through on
installation is, by your click, a legal and binding contract between you the
installer and the entity that wrote the app and you are bound by the terms
of that contract...
Dave
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Yurtle Turtle
> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 05:57
> To: Tesla Coil Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [TCML] Schematic Capture Software
>
>
>
> That trick works best if you reset the clock before it
> expires. Some software is more sophisticated than others, and
> once you go past the expiration date, resetting won't help.
> I've even tried uninstalling and reinstalling, but it leaves
> something behind that doesn't get uninstalled. Probably
> something in the registry, if you can find it.
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Steve Young <youngster@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: 'Tesla Coil Mailing List' <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, May 2, 2014 12:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [TCML] Schematic Capture Software
>
>
> To all who replied - thank you very much. I will download and try the
> recommended software.
>
> In the meantime, I tried setting my computer clock back a
> year, and lo and
> behold, DesignWorks Lite came back to life! This technique
> might also work
> for other trial version software that has "expired".
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Gary Lau
> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 8:09 PM
> To: Tesla Coil Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [TCML] Schematic Capture Software
>
> I had been using the free OrCAD 8.0 Pspice package, and while
> the schematic
> capture may be lacking many things, the ability to simulate
> circuits was
> HUGE!
>
> I just got a Windows 8 PC, and sadly, I don't seem to be able
> to install
> OrCAD. I tried compatibility mode - no dice.
>
> I don't want this to devolve into a Windows 8 bashing thread
> (no one has the
> bandwidth for that), but has anyone installed a free trial
> version of OrCAD
> on W8?
>
> Regards, Gary Lau
> MA, USA
>
>
> On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Jeremy Gassmann
> <jeremyee78@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> > Steve,
> > I actually just downloaded a free lite version of
> Cadence OrCAD
> > (pSPICE). It will obviously have limitations but I can't
> remember what
> > they are. Their website details those limitations. Another
> one that I
> > heard is pretty good is LTSPICE from Linear Technogies. I
> have no idea
> > if it is still active or not but I know am engineer that preferred
> > using that over company paid full version of OrCAD. Hope this helps.
> >
> > Jeremy
> >
> > On Saturday, May 17, 2014, Steve Young <youngster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > I need your advice:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I have used DesignWorks Lite for years to draw circuits
> (schematics)
> > > because the price was right - free. But alas, the
> registration has
> > > expired, the product no longer works, and the product is
> > > discontinued. The
> > professional
> > > version is about $500 which is out of my budget range.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Does anyone have a still-working (free) copy of
> DesignWorks Lite 4
> > > they could send me so I could print out my circuit design files?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > What schematic capture software is available for hobbyists these
> > > days
> > that
> > > is free or low cost for drawing circuits ranging from
> spark gap TCs
> > > to digital logic for several dozen ICs and hybrid analog/digital
> circuits?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > S. Young
> > >
> > >
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