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I posted this problem awhile ago when I first installed PS CS. What is happening is when I startup PS CS everyday, it acts like I never ran the program before in that it tells me to activate the software and if I don’t I wont be able to use it. Again, this happened when it first came out and several of the replies I got were to un-install it and re-install the program.
Well, last week I caused my machine to crash (dumb me I know) but anyway I had to do a total rebuild of everything:
1. FDisk the HDD, then run a killdisk against it.
2. Break my raid "0" array.
3. Rebuild the array.
4. Re-install XP on a new 7 gig volume that I quick formated NTFS
5. Rebuilt my dynamic volumes and formatted them quick NTFS
6. Re-installed all my programs including PS CS
Now when I startup PS CS every day it tells me I have to register the software. Basically it is the same problem I had before all of the above took place. An interesting side note is when CS is "registering" the process bar doesnt get all the way to the end and it only runs for like 4 seconds before it thanks me for activating!! I am wondering if the application is getting through my firewall? Is it running on Port 80? Or something else that I should open up?
Here are my system specs: AMD 1.4 GHz CPU
512 megs of ram
(2) IBM Deskstar 60 gig HDD in a raid 0 array using a RocketRaid PC card that is not scuzzy. (1) IBM Deskstar 40 gig HDD not it a raid array but hooked up to a IDE channel. Matrox G450 vid card.
Any insight as to what may be causing this to happen? It doesnt really bother me except for the fact that Adobe is going to have me down a trillion times as registering the same software.
Well, last week I caused my machine to crash (dumb me I know) but anyway I had to do a total rebuild of everything:
1. FDisk the HDD, then run a killdisk against it.
2. Break my raid "0" array.
3. Rebuild the array.
4. Re-install XP on a new 7 gig volume that I quick formated NTFS
5. Rebuilt my dynamic volumes and formatted them quick NTFS
6. Re-installed all my programs including PS CS
Now when I startup PS CS every day it tells me I have to register the software. Basically it is the same problem I had before all of the above took place. An interesting side note is when CS is "registering" the process bar doesnt get all the way to the end and it only runs for like 4 seconds before it thanks me for activating!! I am wondering if the application is getting through my firewall? Is it running on Port 80? Or something else that I should open up?
Here are my system specs: AMD 1.4 GHz CPU
512 megs of ram
(2) IBM Deskstar 60 gig HDD in a raid 0 array using a RocketRaid PC card that is not scuzzy. (1) IBM Deskstar 40 gig HDD not it a raid array but hooked up to a IDE channel. Matrox G450 vid card.
Any insight as to what may be causing this to happen? It doesnt really bother me except for the fact that Adobe is going to have me down a trillion times as registering the same software.
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