Getting Photoshop CS up and running again.

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Oct 1, 2004
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Whether it’s the hardware, I don’t know, but I seem to be forever reformatting my hard disc and reinstalling the programs. That’s a drugery in itself, but it gets worse when I have to ‘phone up Photoshop each time for the activation numbers.

Don’t get me wrong. I understand perfectly why Adobe wants to protect its program, but as I say to them each time, I wish there were an easier way of doing this.

Perhaps there is. Is there something in the registry that one can save to disc, in order to avoid going through this lengthy rigmarole? Advice gratefully received!
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jjs
Oct 1, 2004
"Robert Leggat" wrote in message
Whether it’s the hardware, I don’t know, but I seem to be forever reformatting my hard disc and reinstalling the programs. […]

Hard drives are so cheap. It’s hard to imagine that your time is less expensive.
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noone
Oct 1, 2004
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"Robert Leggat" wrote in message
Whether it’s the hardware, I don’t know, but I seem to be forever reformatting my hard disc and reinstalling the programs. […]

Hard drives are so cheap. It’s hard to imagine that your time is less expensive.

Yes, I would address the hardware problem first! Do you have SCSI? Unique ID’s and proper termination? Bad controller card (SCSI, or ATA)? Bad drives? After one re-format, I’d do a system backup, chuck the hardware and start over from scratch.

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La Esperanza
Oct 1, 2004
Well, it’s not the hard ddrive, because it’s brand new. May be a conflict somewhere, but I really don’t know.

Anyway, its the ‘phoning up for a set of numbers thta irrirtates, and I just wondered whether there was some way I could save the relevant bit of the registry and get round this.

On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 07:36:13 -0500, "jjs" wrote:

"Robert Leggat" wrote in message
Whether it’s the hardware, I don’t know, but I seem to be forever reformatting my hard disc and reinstalling the programs. […]

Hard drives are so cheap. It’s hard to imagine that your time is less expensive.
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jjs
Oct 1, 2004
"Robert Leggat" wrote in message
Well, it’s not the hard ddrive, because it’s brand new. May be a conflict somewhere, but I really don’t know.

Anyway, its the ‘phoning up for a set of numbers thta irrirtates, and I just wondered whether there was some way I could save the relevant bit of the registry and get round this.

Well, that would be hacking so maybe you should take it to a hacking group.
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bhilton665
Oct 1, 2004
Anyway, its the ‘phoning up for a set of numbers thta irrirtates

Why is phoning for the registration more irritating than having to re-format your HD and load all your software? PS registration seems to be the least of your problems …
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John Boy
Oct 1, 2004
Have you tried taking an image of the hard drive when all software is running properly, then restoring the image when you’re having problems? That would probably cure the problem with re-activating PhotoShop.

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Hecate
Oct 2, 2004
On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 15:36:37 GMT, Robert Leggat
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Well, it’s not the hard ddrive, because it’s brand new. May be a conflict somewhere, but I really don’t know.

Don’t assume that because any computer part is new, it’s working correctly.

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Hecate
Oct 2, 2004
On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 17:35:39 +0000 (UTC), "John Boy" wrote:

Have you tried taking an image of the hard drive when all software is running properly, then restoring the image when you’re having problems? That would probably cure the problem with re-activating PhotoShop.

Precisely. Acronis True Image does the job well and without going to the command line like the clunky Ghost or Drive Image.

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La Esperanza
Oct 2, 2004
Many thanks to all who have replied. I’ve been told that it’s the mother board, so back to the repair shop!

Oh, and in case anyone was suspicious, I have a perfectly legitimate Photoshop CS and am not into hacking!

R

On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 02:39:00 +0100, Hecate wrote:

On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 17:35:39 +0000 (UTC), "John Boy" wrote:

Have you tried taking an image of the hard drive when all software is running properly, then restoring the image when you’re having problems? That would probably cure the problem with re-activating PhotoShop.

Precisely. Acronis True Image does the job well and without going to the command line like the clunky Ghost or Drive Image.

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