Hex workshop 3.1
I installed it then run it once then advanced the clock 2 months and run it again
It became locked
Corrected the clock
Still locked
Uninstalled it
Removed the folder and its remaining contents
Removed all registry entries
Removed win.ini section
Reinstalled it
Still locked
Regmon, Filemon
Don't know what
How does it know it was previously installed?
Tried to crack it
Not like the previous version
Failed to crack it
Help Help Help Help

Hullo,

Search for hw*.ini in the C:\windows and subdirectories!

Besides, is it really necessary, that the protection *should* exist in the registry/external files ? Not so.

A simple .dll or the .exe (for that matter HexWorkshop .exe) could be undergoing changes. Try snooping there.

Better to disassemble the .exe and *force* it to reveal its own mystries.

...Have Phun

Hello Toto !

I'm running Hex Workshop 3.11. My version does not have the HW*.INI file anywhere and removing the three "Breakpoint" entries in the registry (after uninstalling it) does the job when reinstalling it.

Hex Workshop is quite old (Jun 3 2000) so I think you would not have to make up too much with your mind in order to keygen it.

yeah, Hex Workshop has not been updated for a long time. I often use it to search Unicode strings, but it seems to have a bug. If you press "Home" key in it, you will know what I say.

Are there any other hex editors which can search Unicode strings? Thx

Hello Solomon !

I don't know a tool to search for UNICODE, but you could follow this (http://www.woodmann.net/forum/showthread.php?threadid=2542) thread to find a solution.

Where does the "Home" error happen? I can use the "Home" key in disc-view, file-view, search history and without a file opened without any problems.

thx DakienDX, I will read it.

I'm using a localized version of Hex workshop, when I press ctrl+home, somtimes it can't go to the correct location. I will get the original English ver.

There is a powerful tool- winhex can search unicode strings!