actually im refering to products such as MS Office or MS FrontPage 2002. You do not have to do these steps with software that comes with your PC.. lol Microsoft KNOWS u bought that software... they sold it to Dell...ect.. to put in it. And so what if you have to do this ONCE on your PC... heres the thing... IF a company cuts back on Pirate Loss... its Prices for the actual software will drop... (HERES THE CYCLE.... the more peopel pirate... the higher the actual software cost gets... the HIGHER the price of the software... the MORE people pirate) its a BAD cycle.. and that why you pay 899.00 for the newest version of Adobe PS right when it comes out.. your paying for your copy as well as many others that got theirs free. SOO.. the point is this... IF they make a register system that is HARD for the pirate to copy... you wont pay 899 for the program anymore.. youll actually pay alot less.. (or thats what Shoudl happen). And in my opinion, have to go through these steps is worth the discount. And i understand your opinion on this, but Id suggest getting a lil more educated in a topic before commenting, saves embarrasment.