CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ILLEGAL USE PREVENTION REGARDING SOFTWARE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control illegal use prevention regarding software by making a media storing software-to-be-used correspond to equipment identification codes and by checking the correspondence. ;SOLUTION: To install software in equipment 10, CD-RW is set in a medium read/write part 14 and an installation program is read in from the CD-RW according to an indication from an operation part 13. Then the installation program is executed according to an indication from the operation part 13. Before installing the software, the installation program reads information out of the equipment identification code part 16 and the information of the equipment identification code out of a specific area of the CD-RW to check whether or not the equipment identification code matches. When the code matches, the software is installed, but when not, the software is not installed and a warning display is made on the display device of the operation part 13.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2000,JPO