>Hello everybody,
>
>I am making an evaluation program that I want to protect by two entries in the registry.
>
>One entry is with an expire-date and the other one with a value that says if the program is expired.
>
>My question is which is the best directory of the registry where I can store the entries in.
>

If the setting is machine specific, and not user specific, it is recommended that you put it in

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\YourCompanyName\YourProgramName\

You should probably encrypt the expiration values to prevent them from being tampered with.




>Thanks in advanced,
>
>Janneke Huizinga