New PC Guard V6 service build has been released. This update is highly recommended for all PC Guard V6 users!

What's new:

[+] Mandatory locks feature added to machine locking.

Each locking method (lock) can now be marked as mandatory in machine locking options.

By default, all locking methods are not mandatory. 

For example, if NET ID is NOT marked as mandatory (default) and if Ethernet network adapter is not present on remote machine, protection code will just set NET ID to 0, obtain other locks and generate site/mid codes for remote computer.

If NET ID is marked as mandatory protected application will require presence of at least one Ethernet network interface on remote computer. In this way you can "force" locking to MAC address of network interface.

If lock is marked as mandatory and if protection code is not able to obtain such lock on remote computer error message "Unable to obtain lock!" (Lock_Unavailable message in language editor) will be displayed to end user.

Error message will also include error code so that missing mandatory lock can be identified accordingly to the following table:

lock id        error code
----------------------
HD ID        1
BIOS ID     2
OS ID        3
NET ID      4
CPU ID      5
HD HW ID  6
CD HW ID  7
----------------------

NOTES:

Application will display error message on each run until it is able to obtain mandatory lock. Activation dialog will not be displayed at all and user will not be able to activate application until protection code is able to obtain mandatory lock.

Locks from remote machine can be reviewed by decoding MID codes. 

[*] New error message added to language editor.

"This activation code can be used for license extension only!" error message added to language editor (Lic_Ext_Code_Error).

This error message will now be displayed instead of "Invalid Activation code!" (Invalid_Activation_Code) message in case license extension activation code (marked with special license extension flag) is used for activation of locked application which should make error message more clear for both you and end users.

[!] Few other minor fixes and security improvements.

[>] Interface dll has been updated. Please be sure to update existing version with latest one.

Knowledge base now includes list of related articles for each article for easier navigation.

The following new articles have been added to knowledge base:

Application signature and its significance

PC Guard project files

How to: Multiple applications - different activation codes

Protect and test your program in 1-2-3! (DEMO version)

Command line interface options in PC Guard

Limited license feature

Why I'm getting "Machine ID (MID) decryption error" ?

New PC Guard V6 service build has been released. This update is highly recommended for all PC Guard V6 users!

What's new:

[+] Macros added to language editor

It is now possible to add macros to messages in language editor.

Before displaying message protection code will scan messages for macros and replace macros with appropriate values.

Following macros are currently available:

%SITECODE% - Site code value
%MIDCODE% - Machine ID (MID) value 
%NEXTSITECODE% - Next site code value (for license extension feature) 
%NEXTMIDCODE% - Next Machine ID value (for license extension feature) 
%APPNAME% - Application name
%SERIALNUMBER% - Serial number value (empty if no serial number is set) 
%LOGFILE% - full path to log file (empty if logging is disabled)

User information data as set in project settings:
 
%USERNAME% - User name 
%USERADDRESS% - User address 
%USERCOMPANY% - User company 
%USERCUSTOM1% - User custom info 1
%USERCUSTOM2% - User custom info 2
%USERCUSTOM3% - User custom info 3

[+] Language macros dropdown list added to language editor.

Use this option to select available macros and copy them to clipboard.

[!] Few other minor fixes and security improvements.

[>] Interface dll has been updated. Please be sure to update existing version with latest one.

New PC Guard V6 service build has been released. This update is highly recommended for all PC Guard V6 users!

What's new:

[+] Custom features and custom counters added to server configuration file.

It is now possible to pass custom features and custom counters to applications protected with network protection method by using server configuration file.

Embed custom features and embed custom counters options added to server configuration file settings.

Custom features to be embedded into configuration file can be edited directly from server configuration file panel.

Server configuration file can now hold the following information:

- General network protection settings
- Custom user information
- IP filters
- Custom features
- Custom counters (10)
- Validity period (of configuration file)

Notes:

- Server configuration file version has been increased to 5.

- Server configuration file report will now include information about stored custom features and custom counters.

- Old protected applications will not be able to handle latest server configuration files.

- Applications protected with this version will be able to handle old (ver. 3 and ver. 4) configuration files.

- User information & custom features can be edited directly from server configuration file panel. If these dialogs are not opened from server configuration file panel PC Guard will use default user information/custom features as set in project settings and store them into configuration file.

[!] Few other minor bug fixes and improvements.

New build for Activation center (ACEN) has been released. This update is highly recommended for all Activation center users.

What's new:

[+] Added support for limited license day of the month limitation.

Day of the month limitation settings added to program control (limited license settings).

[!] Few minor fixes.

[>] UPGRADING NOTES:

Please refer to whatsnew.txt document for detailed information and upgrade instructions.