There is no “Go live license” for this release. That means you cannot publicly deploy any applications you create with the beta. This is for testing and evaluation purposes only.
Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition may be the C++ entry point to the full power of Visual Studio 2005, but Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition isn't necessarily lacking in power or capability. With a professional-grade compiler, code editor, debugger, project system, and more, Visual C ...
The harder you make your protection, the more it will cost (time / money) to create such a protection. But someone will break your protection sooner or later, no matter how good it is.
Why not leave to protection out of it and see it as an extra feature for your game. If its fun to do it, your game ...