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THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO FINDING SERIAL NUMBERS
BY: DIzzIE [c]opyleft2003

Words of Caution

This is not a guide on how to manually reverse engineer software or other such 
'cracking tutorial,' there are plenty of those available.

This is not an invitation to email me asking for serials, this guide was created 
for the purpose of you helping yourself.

This is not a guide on how to use third party applications. It is assumed that 
you know how to use newsgroups, IRC, and so forth..If not, a simple search on 
Google or search engine of your choice, will find you all the help you need.

On the other hand, this is a guide on where to find, or at least look for, 
serial numbers, key generators, patches, and so forth for games and software. 
Either you downloaded a shareware copy that's about to expire or need a serial 
to play a multiplayer game you begin looking for serial numbers, well this guide 
will show you some places to look. However, since this text features websites 
and such, don't be surprised if some of the links don't work by the time you 
read this. All I can guarantee is that at the time this was written all links 
were (are) active.

Search Venue 1: The Web

There is a cornucopia of websites that archive key generators (which generate 
serial numbers). Arguably, the most popular search engine, which searches 
several websites for serials is http://astalavista.box.sk , simply type the name 
of your application or game and hit search. A tip on searching is not to be 
specific, for example, leave out the version number. While this may bring up a 
lot of useless results for older versions, it nonetheless increases your chances 
of success due to simply things like the fact that a search for 'v7.0' would've 
turned up nothing because the file was titles as 'v 7'. 

Several other websites which archive serials are listed below, keep in mind that 
pop ups are rampant in some sites, hence it is advisable that one gets a pop up 
stopper program before visiting the sites.

http://cracks.am 
www.cerials.net
www.newcracks.net
www.gamecopyworld.com
www.100grams.com
http://www.trinsic.org 
www.fatmacserials.com 

You may also wish to use a search engine, such as Google, to search for serial, 
in the search field use your head and type something creative like "photoshop 
serial."

Search Venue 2: Newgroups

You can use newsgroups to post a request for serials, as well as to browse back 
archives of previous requests/replies. You can search archives of newsgroups 
using Google's Group search at http://www.google.com/grphp?hl=en&tab=wg&ie=UTF-
8&oe=UTF-8&q= and typing in some keywords. 

Some newsgroups which you should visit include:

alt.2600.crack
alt.2600.crackz
alt.cracks 
viwa.hack.and.crack
alive.market.wanted.serialnumbers

Search Venue 3: IRC

There are also various IRC channels which allow you to search for serials, such 
as #serialz on efnet and #serialz or #crackz on undernet.

Search Venue 4: Miscellaneous Last Resorts

In the unlikely event that all of the above venues yielded no results, here are 
a few more last resort methods you can try.

1) Go to the computer store and inconspicuously open a software or game box and 
copy down the serial number.

2) Write a heart touching letter (not email, but snail mail) to the software 
company explaining how you bought the software only to find out there was no 
serial number.Although this method is unlikely to work, you may also want to 
include a forged receipt.

3) Finally, I have seen a few companies which publish a default serial number on 
their websites in case the customer has lost her original number, so it's always 
a good idea to browse through the software maker's website.

Good luck!
Email me: xcon0@yahoo.com

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