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I run a digital print shop. One of the things I do is print enlargements from digital images. OK so this is not a commercial it’s about the stupidity of Adobe and the absurd activation of it’s software.
I’ve had CS re-activated 5 times since it was installed 4 months ago. I could never understand why, when I boot my PC after a session with a client’s camera hooked to my PC via the USB cable, this would happen. Now I know!
The cameras are recognized by Windows as being a new drive. Adobe put the activation code in the master boot record of your hard drive. When you boot a PC it straight away knows what drives it had when the software was activated. New drives equal a substantial change to the hardware and force a re-activation.
Just as long as my clients all had the same make of camera, no problems. When I hooked up my Epson ‘Picture Mate’ personal photo lab, the card readers in it were seen as new drives so CS cracked up and wanted to be re-activated. When I hook up my client’s Olympus, Canon, HP, Panasonic or Fuji cameras, they all show up as new drives and CS cracks up again and want to be re-activated when I re-boot the PC. What a bloody joke!
I won’t dispute how good (or bad) Photoshop CS is but when I have to shell out over $1200 Australian for the program and it does this to me, I get pretty angry. How dare Adobe dictate to me what equipment I can connect to my PC!
The PC in question is not connected to the Internet and for some quaint reason, Adobe’s "please wait while we transfer you to a consultant" resulted in a dead line for over 12 hours. India’s phone system is not reliable, it would seem. Not good enough by a mile.
I had to go back to version 7 at the weekend, just to keep my business open. Adobe have seen the last of me. I’d rather use a set of crayons than be dictated to by them.
Ryadia
I’ve had CS re-activated 5 times since it was installed 4 months ago. I could never understand why, when I boot my PC after a session with a client’s camera hooked to my PC via the USB cable, this would happen. Now I know!
The cameras are recognized by Windows as being a new drive. Adobe put the activation code in the master boot record of your hard drive. When you boot a PC it straight away knows what drives it had when the software was activated. New drives equal a substantial change to the hardware and force a re-activation.
Just as long as my clients all had the same make of camera, no problems. When I hooked up my Epson ‘Picture Mate’ personal photo lab, the card readers in it were seen as new drives so CS cracked up and wanted to be re-activated. When I hook up my client’s Olympus, Canon, HP, Panasonic or Fuji cameras, they all show up as new drives and CS cracks up again and want to be re-activated when I re-boot the PC. What a bloody joke!
I won’t dispute how good (or bad) Photoshop CS is but when I have to shell out over $1200 Australian for the program and it does this to me, I get pretty angry. How dare Adobe dictate to me what equipment I can connect to my PC!
The PC in question is not connected to the Internet and for some quaint reason, Adobe’s "please wait while we transfer you to a consultant" resulted in a dead line for over 12 hours. India’s phone system is not reliable, it would seem. Not good enough by a mile.
I had to go back to version 7 at the weekend, just to keep my business open. Adobe have seen the last of me. I’d rather use a set of crayons than be dictated to by them.
Ryadia
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