How To Remove ‘IDM Has Been Registered With The Fake Serial Number ’ Error?

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Almost everyone is aware about ‘Internet Download Manager’ (IDM). You might have been using this application since it helps you to download files from web at high speed. I would say, this is from one of the best tool to be used to download files from internet. But you may have been facing the pop up that ‘IDM has been registered with the Fake serial number ’.

This pop up is really very irritating since it appears every time when you are about to download some file or when you start your system.  This error leads you to search for cracked file from torrent and other alternative.

Here in this article I am going to reveal 2 simple and easy steps to get rid of this pop up without using any torrent file or without using any fake serial key.

Let’s start with the methods to resolve problem of IDM which shows ‘IDM has been registered with the fake serial number ’.

Before proceeding use Revo Uninstaller to remove previously installed IDM completely.

Method 1: Tweaking with IDM files.

#1. Open window explorer and navigate to ‘Internet Download Manager’folder in program files.

      Open ‘Internet Download Manager’ folder to see the list of files as shown below:

 

#2. In open window, search and delete ‘IDMGrHlp.exe’ file. And copy‘idmBroker.exe’ from same folder and paste it in same folder.

#3. Once you done with Step #2. Now rename the copied file of ‘idmBroker.exe’ to ‘IDMGrHlp.exe’ as shown below:

 

#4. Now last step is to restart your system to apply this effect and enjoy the downloading without any interruption.

Worth reading: Remove unwanted files and boost performance of the system.

Method 2: Play with Hosts File

#1. Open window explorer and navigate to folder >‘C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\’.

This folder contains 5 files out of which one is ‘hosts’ file.

#2. Right click on that file follow by Open With >> Notepad.

 

#3. Once you have opened this file in Notepad. In my case I am using ‘Notepadd++’ it doesn’t make any difference.

Worth Reading: Recover your deleted files from SD card or HDD for free.

Now just copy the below lines of code and paste it after the last line in the ‘hosts’ file.

127.0.0.1           tonec.com
127.0.0.1           www.tonec.com
127.0.0.1           registeridm.com
127.0.0.1           www.registeridm.com
127.0.0.1           secure.registeridm.com
127.0.0.1           internetdownloadmanager.com
127.0.0.1           www.internetdownloadmanager.com
127.0.0.1           secure.internetdownloadmanager.com
127.0.0.1           mirror.internetdownloadmanager.com
127.0.0.1           mirror2.internetdownloadmanager.com127.0.0.1           mirror3.internetdownloadmanager.com

Your code looks like this:

 

#4. Now just restart your system to see the effect. Enjoy downloading without any interruption.

Note: If you cannot edit host file then use this trick to edit host file which has Read-only property.

These 2 tricks will allow you to use IDM without even registering IDM on internet.

P.S. Any software which has been developed by developers requires lots of skill and expertise to develop it. So to show some credibility towards the developer, you should try to use original key. 

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Introduction to Registry Keys for Drivers

Drivers typically use a set of system-defined registry keys to store or access driver-specific or device-specific information. Your driver might access the following registry keys:

• Parameters key
  The driver's Parameters key can contain configuration information for your driver. For Kernel-Mode Driver Framework (KMDF) drivers, this key is located in the HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services tree, under the driver's service name. For User-Mode Driver Framework (UMDF) drivers, this key is located in theHKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WUDF\Services tree, under the driver's service name. The subkey for the driver always uses the driver's service name, even if the driver binary's file name differs from the service name.
  When the system calls your driver's DriverEntry routine, it passes the driver a path to the driver's Services tree. Your driver must pass this path to WdfDriverCreate. Subsequently, the driver can obtain the path by callingWdfDriverGetRegistryPath, and the driver can open its Parameters key by callingWdfDriverOpenParametersRegistryKey.
  For more information about the Parameters key, see The HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services Tree.
• Software key
  A driver's software key is also called its driver key because the registry contains a software key for each driver. The registry contains a list of all of the device classes, and each driver's software key resides under its device class entry. The system stores information about each driver under its software key.
  Your driver can call WdfFdoInitOpenRegistryKey and WdfDeviceOpenRegistryKey to open its software key.
  For more information about software keys, see The HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control Tree.
• Hardware keys
  When a driver stack informs the Plug and Play (PnP) manager that a device is connected to the system, the PnP manager creates a hardware key for the device. This key is also called a device key. The PnP manager stores each device's unique identification information under the device's hardware key.
  Your driver can call WdfFdoInitOpenRegistryKey and WdfDeviceOpenRegistryKey to open a device's hardware key.
  For more information about hardware keys, see The HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum Tree.

Your driver's INF file can contain INF AddReg directives that set registry values. INF files typically use INF DDInstall.HW sections to set information under a device's hardware key.

To determine whether your driver type requires that you store information under specific registry keys, see the sections of this documentation that discuss your driver's device type by using the table of contents.

For more information about registry keys for drivers, see:

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