I'm realitively knew to cracking, hence the posting within this forum. But I'm requesting help to teach me how, do it with me, or just give some hints as to how to crack Paint Shop Pro 7.02....it would be my first semi-big crack i guess.....thanks

You stand a better chance of getting help if you show what you have attempted so far: What kind of protection(s) you have identified, and what methods you have tried to figure them out.
While there is a chance somebody else in the MB has looked at that app, most ppl are going to let you do your homework and will become interested only when you ask specific questions instead of you plainly saying, as you aparently did, "I don't know where to start".

Well, my advice would be to look for an essay on an older version of PSP and then read up on the essays for the later versions. Read the PSP5 essay, and then the PSP6 essay. Then you'll have an understanding of the type of protection you'll be dealing with.

You'll most likely find that PSP 7.02 will use the same protection, but slightly altered.

Once you've read the essays, and then looked at the latest version of the program, feel free to ask questions here, but don't expect us to do the work for you.

Here is a good tutorial:
http://users.belgacom.net/blackb/

The method works also in 7.02.

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