Contributor: DAVID DUNSON { Hello All! Here's a little procedure that just poped into mind. It's a good way to prevent unathorized usage of a certain task. { ------- CUT HERE ------- } Program LockItUp; Const Lock = $1234; Procedure Lockup(Key: Word); Assembler; ASM MOV CX, Key SUB CX, Lock @@1: INC CX LOOP @@1 End; Begin Lockup($1234); WriteLn('Key works!'); End. { ------- CUT HERE ------- } You could give someone a registration code who's CRC value will result in the same value as your Lock and if an incorrect value is entered, their system will lock up (at least that task will). Try running the program with Lockup($1235) and see what happens. (Make sure you don't have anything important in memory!) Just an idea..