Activation OK – but this is ridiculous!

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roger_leale
Apr 14, 2004
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CS installed about one month and working just fine. Because of a minor problem with Windows XP I reverted the system 24 hours using Go Back. Got the message "It appears that the configuration of your machine has changed . . .etc"
The re-activation was simple enough, only took a few seconds, but it seems a bit odd that a couple of files being changed can be called a configuration change. Only two activations in 6 months – will that be enough?
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Bill Crocker
Apr 14, 2004
It will get worse, before it gets better. The only way to put an end to this type of thing, is to put an end to the companies that deploy it!

Back in the day, Ashton Tate attempted forced copy protection on dBase, and Lotus did it with their products. It caused so many problems that companies started to buy their competitors products. Everyone dropped copy protection immediately! Seems they need to be reminded.

Bill Crocker

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CS installed about one month and working just fine. Because of a minor
problem with Windows XP I reverted the system 24 hours using Go Back. Got the message "It appears that the configuration of your machine has changed . .. .etc"
The re-activation was simple enough, only took a few seconds, but it seems
a bit odd that a couple of files being changed can be called a configuration change. Only two activations in 6 months – will that be enough?
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LenHewitt
Apr 14, 2004
Roger,

Only two activations in 6 months – will that be enough?<<

What you just did was a re-activation and you can do as many of those as you need to – they don’t count against your number of activations.
DP
Daryl_Pritchard
Apr 14, 2004
Roger, just for some added info…

I don’t believe System Restore affects the hidden sector of the hard drive where one of the activation records is kept for PS CS. As the result, when you do perform a system restore to some earlier date, it causes some of the activation entries in your registry and elsewhere to become out of synch with the hard drive entry. This in turn causes the license manager to think something has gone awry and require a re-activation. As Len said, you can reactivate all you want on a single system and never have that count against your two permitted activations. Other similar activities may have the same result, such as creating an image of your hard drive and later restoring it, depending upon the approach taken.

Regards,

Daryl
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roger_leale
Apr 14, 2004
Thanks for the info, I am reassured.
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Gene Palmiter
Apr 22, 2004
A big part of the revolt was a major computer magazine publisher declared that no software using the particularly onerous copy protection would ever be rated "Editor’s Choice"….

"Bill Crocker" wrote in message
It will get worse, before it gets better. The only way to put an end to this type of thing, is to put an end to the companies that deploy it!
Back in the day, Ashton Tate attempted forced copy protection on dBase,
and
Lotus did it with their products. It caused so many problems that
companies
started to buy their competitors products. Everyone dropped copy
protection
immediately! Seems they need to be reminded.

Bill Crocker

wrote in message
CS installed about one month and working just fine. Because of a minor
problem with Windows XP I reverted the system 24 hours using Go Back. Got the message "It appears that the configuration of your machine has changed
..
. .etc"
The re-activation was simple enough, only took a few seconds, but it
seems
a bit odd that a couple of files being changed can be called a
configuration
change. Only two activations in 6 months – will that be enough?

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