Installing and controlling trial software
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Nov 25, 2003
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Dec 31, 1999
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Dec 31, 1999
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According to one aspect of the invention, a method of creating a trial software product on a target system is provided. The method consists of intercepting file system calls from an installation process associated with a full software product and, responsive to a write request from the installation process, encrypting data associated with the write request if the write request is associated with one of a predetermined set of critical product files. The predetermined set of critical product files including those product files comprising the full software product that have been identified as files to which access is to be controlled.
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