Question

[slydog5]

Can someone tell me or post a link where I can find out what cracks, keygens and serials are and how to use them? Before anyone says check pinned, I already did that and it shows where to get them not what they are or how to use them.

[sharedholder]

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CrackSearcher

All the cracks, keygens comes with a NFO file you must open it and read how to use the crack.If you have Winrar or other compression software you can view the NFO file , if you don't have it use DAMN NFO Viewer

[Hitchhiker427]

Okay, when you go and obtain retail software, it usually requires a serial number to work. Or, when you download a demo of software, it may have limitations, and once entering a serial number, you will have a full working piece of software. serial, keygens, and cracks work so you don't have to pay.

serials - just what they sound like. Someone gives a working serial to a piece of software, and allows other people to use it on their software.

keygen - a small program whose function is to generate working serial numbers.

crack - a small program that "patches" the retail software. These usually hack into the executable, and modify one parameter of code. For example, if a program has a nag screen at the beginning saying "Buy our software", then a crack could be developed that would patch the program, and not allow the screen to pop up.


For the most part, if you have a choice between a serial/keygen vs. a crack, I'd take the serial/keygen. Sometimes cracks screw up, and ruin the software (Luckily, most cracks create backups). If you use a serial/keygen, you will have THE working app instead of an app that's "just as good".

Hope I helped.

[slydog5]

Thanks! Both replies really hepled.