I had to activate again…

Hello All,

I tried to start CS this evening, and I got a warning saying that my "configuration" had changed and that I had to activate again. My wife said that she had a similar problem earlier, but the warning said something about a 30 day trial. (She just shut it down and waited for me to come home to see the problem) I couldn’t get it to recognize my internet connection and had to actually call and punch in my serial number to get them to give me a code to release the app. The computer in question is a laptop. I did plug in a PCMCIA CF adapter card today. If you use a different brand CF card in the adapter, windows sometimes has to load new drivers. Could that have caused my problem? Am I going to have to re-activate everytime I buy a different CF card? WTF?

John O.

absolutly not! theare is a perfectly good crack of the activation available on the web, use it and tell adobe to take a flying f>>> at a rolling donut.

"James Connell" wrote in message

absolutly not! theare is a perfectly good crack of the activation available on the web, use it and tell adobe to take a flying f>>> at a rolling donut.

No don’t. This provides a perfect reason to bitch to them about the senseless activation crap. Tell them you want to speak with a supervisor, that you are fed up with this sort of treatment of a good customer. If enough people let Adobe know they will not be purchasing such crap in the future, perhaps they will reconsider the activation scheme.

Nah, just use the crack. They’ll never give up. I see activation activated progs popping up even in the freeware world.

There are progs that demand a free registration and then you have to re-register after a certain amount of time (say, two to three month).
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Branko
(http://www.dobrojutro.netfirms.com/)

"Jimmy" wrote in message

"James Connell" wrote in message

absolutly not! theare is a perfectly good crack of the activation available on the web, use it and tell adobe to take a flying f>>> at a rolling donut.

No don’t. This provides a perfect reason to bitch to them about the senseless activation crap. Tell them you want to speak with a

that you are fed up with this sort of treatment of a good customer. If enough people let Adobe know they will not be purchasing such crap in

future, perhaps they will reconsider the activation scheme.

Hello All,

I tried to start CS this evening, and I got a warning saying that my "configuration" had changed and that I had to activate again. My wife said that she had a similar problem earlier, but the warning said something about a 30 day trial. (She just shut it down and waited for me to come home to see the problem) I couldn’t get it to recognize my internet connection and had to actually call and punch in my serial number to get them to give me a code to release the app. The computer in question is a laptop. I did plug in a PCMCIA CF adapter card today. If you use a different brand CF card in the adapter, windows sometimes has to load new drivers. Could that have caused my problem? Am I going to have to re-activate everytime I buy a different CF card? WTF?

"James Connell" wrote in message

absolutly not! theare is a perfectly good crack of the activation available on the web, use it and tell adobe to take a flying f>>> at a rolling donut.

No don’t. This provides a perfect reason to bitch to them about the senseless activation crap. Tell them you want to speak with a supervisor, that you are fed up with this sort of treatment of a good customer. If enough people let Adobe know they will not be purchasing such crap in the future, perhaps they will reconsider the activation scheme.

On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 07:29:05 GMT, "John O."
wrote:

Hello All,

I tried to start CS this evening, and I got a warning saying that my "configuration" had changed and that I had to activate again. My wife said that she had a similar problem earlier, but the warning said something about a 30 day trial. (She just shut it down and waited for me to come home to see the problem) I couldn’t get it to recognize my internet connection and had to actually call and punch in my serial number to get them to give me a code to release the app. The computer in question is a laptop. I did plug in a PCMCIA CF adapter card today. If you use a different brand CF card in the adapter, windows sometimes has to load new drivers. Could that have caused my problem? Am I going to have to re-activate everytime I buy a different CF card? WTF?

Probably. You get three changes per computer then you have to reactivate. Note that even changing a disk volume label is recorded as ca change. And then, after you’ve contacted Adobe 3 times for reactivation, be prepared to face the third degree as they don’t believe anyone needs to reactivate more than three times…

Probably. You get three changes per computer then you have to reactivate. Note that even changing a disk volume label is recorded as ca change. And then, after you’ve contacted Adobe 3 times for reactivation, be prepared to face the third degree as they don’t believe anyone needs to reactivate more than three times…

You are kidding, right? I have two different CF cards
that I need to read on my machine. That means that I’ll quickly go beyond the three changes limit.[*]

I certainly can’t be the only one in this position. Can anyone comment?

On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 02:17:47 +0000 (UTC), Paul J Gans
wrote:

Probably. You get three changes per computer then you have to reactivate. Note that even changing a disk volume label is recorded as ca change. And then, after you’ve contacted Adobe 3 times for reactivation, be prepared to face the third degree as they don’t believe anyone needs to reactivate more than three times…

You are kidding, right? I have two different CF cards
that I need to read on my machine. That means that I’ll quickly go beyond the three changes limit.[*]

I certainly can’t be the only one in this position. Can anyone comment?

No, I’m not kidding. If I could remember it, I’d point you at a site which gives all the different types of things you can do to a machine that are checked to see if you are required to reactivate.
This also applies to XP of course, if you have an activated version rather than a business version.

I suspect you’ll probably be alright with the CF cards as it should see the reader rather than the cards – the disk volume labels will be for fixed disks. At least, I hope so anyway.

—

Hecate

veni, vidi, reliqui

I’m planning to buy an exterior rack device holding switchable HD

drawers (from Vipower company) connected via USB2 or different ports to my computer, actually with PS7 version installed. Should I reactivate PS-cs every time I switch a new HD?
And if I’ll install the CS on another set with double bootable OS (win2K

winXP)??
Where in the Adobe sitecan I have responses?

ued

"Hecate" wrote in message

On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 02:17:47 +0000 (UTC), Paul J Gans
wrote:

Probably. You get three changes per computer then you have to reactivate. Note that even changing a disk volume label is recorded as ca change. And then, after you’ve contacted Adobe 3 times for reactivation, be prepared to face the third degree as they don’t believe anyone needs to reactivate more than three times…

You are kidding, right? I have two different CF cards
that I need to read on my machine. That means that I’ll quickly go beyond the three changes limit.[*]

I certainly can’t be the only one in this position. Can anyone comment?

No, I’m not kidding. If I could remember it, I’d point you at a site which gives all the different types of things you can do to a machine that are checked to see if you are required to reactivate.
This also applies to XP of course, if you have an activated version rather than a business version.

I suspect you’ll probably be alright with the CF cards as it should see the reader rather than the cards – the disk volume labels will be for fixed disks. At least, I hope so anyway.

—

Hecate

veni, vidi, reliqui

On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 02:17:47 +0000 (UTC), Paul J Gans
wrote:

Probably. You get three changes per computer then you have to reactivate. Note that even changing a disk volume label is recorded as ca change. And then, after you’ve contacted Adobe 3 times for reactivation, be prepared to face the third degree as they don’t believe anyone needs to reactivate more than three times…

You are kidding, right? I have two different CF cards
that I need to read on my machine. That means that I’ll quickly go beyond the three changes limit.[*]

I certainly can’t be the only one in this position. Can anyone comment?

No, I’m not kidding. If I could remember it, I’d point you at a site which gives all the different types of things you can do to a machine that are checked to see if you are required to reactivate.

This also applies to XP of course, if you have an activated version rather than a business version.

I suspect you’ll probably be alright with the CF cards as it should see the reader rather than the cards – the disk volume labels will be for fixed disks. At least, I hope so anyway.