Well,

I am attempting to trace the code to reverse it. Things I know so far:

After pressing F9 once.

Press SHIFT + F9 22 (BEFORE it's placed on the stack) times and the stack holds the key brought in from the registry. It's stored here in memory: STACK 12EA90: 9910D4 (address). Address varies by size of key

Try this:
Create a new String Value of "KEY" in: KEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DVDIdle Pro

Right click modify and place something obvious... MARKUSMARKUSMARKUS in it

Press F9 once, then SHIFT + F9 (22 times to see it already loaded in stack)
Look at 12EA90

This is as far as discovery as I've made... Since I'm new to olly (not reverse engineering techniques) I am attempting to bp when my fake key is loaded and backtrace.

If you are interested in this with me I will share everything I find.

-Malt

I could use some help too along the way if you have time.

P.S. MaRKuS... I'm not trying to crack the encryption. That would be if I had an encoded string... and tried to figure out what it originally said before it was encrypted without the formula. The formula/algorithm for AsProtect/DVDIdle is in the code as it checks it's validity. One just has to reverse the steps. So technically I'm not trying to perfrom an amazing feat... Getting to that code is my focus now.